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Donald "Duck" Dunn

real name Donald V. Dunn

Memphis, United States

Donald "Duck" Dunn is credited on 3,110 releases across 634 albums tracked on Gatefold, active 1962–2026 — the collector-built map of who actually made the music.

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3,110

Credits

634

Albums

7

Decades active

1,112

In collections

Biography

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American bassist, songwriter and producer, born 24 November 1941, Memphis, Tennessee- died 13 May 2012 in Tokyo, Japan.
Member of The Mar-Keys in the early 1960's. Soon after that band was effectively disbanded in the mid 1960's he joined Stax' in-house band Booker T & The MG's as a replacement for Lewis Steinberg.
Dunn continued to work as a musician and producer for the label right until their bankruptcy in 1976. He joined The Blues Brothers Band in 1978.

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Credited work

3,110 releases · 634 albums · active 1962–2026

  • Performance · 4,978
  • Production · 144
  • Other credits · 26

Studios: Muscle Shoals Sound Studios · Record Plant, N.Y.C. · Cherokee Studios · Ter Mar Studios

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