The Mar-Keys, formed in 1958, were an American studio session band for Stax Records, in Memphis, Tennessee, in the 1960s. As the first house band for the...

recorded by The Mar-Keys. Released in 1961, the track appeared on Last Night!, the first LP released by the Stax label. The label of the single gives...

Jackson Jr. (drums). In the 1960s, as members of the Mar-Keys, the rotating slate of musicians that served as the house band of Stax Records, they played on...

bandleader, who was a member of the Mar-Keys and later the Packers. Charles Everett "Packy" Axton was born in Memphis, Tennessee, the son of Everett and Estelle...

a live album by the Mar-Keys and Booker T & the M.G.'s, released on Stax Records in 1967. It features both groups playing live on the Stax/Volt package...

for the Ardent Studios in Memphis. Nix began his career playing saxophone for the Memphis-based Mar-Keys, alongside Steve Cropper and Duck Dunn. The group...

their system had 12 keys, including keys that considered the number of terms the incumbent party had held the presidency, and if the incumbent party had...

Jackson on trumpet and Andrew Love on tenor saxophone. An "offshoot of the Mar-Keys", they continued to work together for over 30 years. They lent their...

of the Bill Doggett band. Cropper and guitarist Charlie Freeman formed the Royal Spades, who eventually became the Mar-Keys. The name referred to the marquee...

LPs – two by the Mar-Keys, one by Carla Thomas – had been issued on Atlantic Records. Green Onions was the first album released on the Stax label. It was...