- Born
- Died
- Birth nameStephen Lee Cropper
- Nicknames
- The Colonel
- The Mar-Keys
- Booker T. & the M.G.s
- Crop
- Height6′ 1″ (1.85 m)
- If not the most influential guitarist in the Memphis soul music scene, Steve Cropper is definitely near the top. He was a member of Booker T. & the M.G.s', wrote songs for and performed with Otis Redding, Aretha Franklin and Sam & Dave (he's the Steve referred to when they say "Play it, Steve!" in "Soul Man"). Booker T's band, including Cropper, was enlisted as the backup band for Blues Brothers John Belushi and Dan Aykroyd in both of the "Blues Brothers" movies.
- IMDb mini biography by: somerset@cpcug.org - Steve Cropper is an American guitarist, songwriter and record producer. He is the guitarist of the Stax Records house band, Booker T. & the M.G.s, which backed artists such as Johnnie Taylor, Otis Redding, Sam & Dave, Carla Thomas and Rufus Thomas. Cropper acted as the producer of many of these records. He was later a member of the Blues Brothers Band. Rolling Stone magazine ranked Steve Cropper 39th on its list of the 100 greatest guitarists of all time.
- IMDb mini biography by: Tango Papa
- SpousesAngela Dawn Hightower(June 25, 1989 - December 3, 2025) (his death, 2 children)Betty Elizabeth Grooms(October 21, 1961 - 1978) (divorced, 2 children)
- ChildrenAndrea Dawn CropperStephen Hollis CropperCameron W CropperAshley Elizabeth Cropper
- ParentsHollis Newton CropperGrace Gwendolyn Atkins
- Fender Telecaster.
- Peavey Steve Cropper Classic guitar.
- Co-wrote "Sittin on the Dock of the Bay", with Otis Redding.
- Elected to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame (as a member of Booker T. & the M.G.s ) in 1992.
- Long regarded as one of the finest studio guitarists in the music industry, he has been most closely associated with the Stax Records label in Memphis, TN, and was one of the pioneers in what has come to be regarded as "The Memphis Sound".
- Member of The Mar-Keys, who had a #1 hit song in the early '60s, "Last Night".
- Inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame on 6/9/05 in New York City alongside Robert B. Sherman, Richard M. Sherman, Bill Withers, John Fogerty, Isaac Hayes and David Porter.
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