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Eddie Floyd

real name Eddie Lee Floyd

Montgomery, United States · b. 1937-06-25

Eddie Floyd is credited on 4,257 releases across 1,039 albums tracked on Gatefold, active 1962–2026 — the collector-built map of who actually made the music.

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4,257

Credits

1,039

Albums

7

Decades active

663

In collections

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American singer, songwriter and producer, born June 25, 1937 in Montgomery, Alabama.
Co-founder of vocal group The Falcons in 1955. Soon after the group disbanded in 1963 he joined the Stax Records label as a songwriter and producer. Later also a recording artist for the label, he had his biggest hit with "Knock On Wood" (1966) (from eponymous album "Knock On Wood" (1967).
Floyd remained with the label until its bankruptcy in 1976. Several albums on other labels followed, all without much commercial success. In the 1990s he went on tour with the Blues Brothers Band.

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4,257 releases · 1,039 albums · active 1962–2026

  • Performance · 5,331
  • Production · 138
  • Other credits · 20

Studios: Lion Share Recording Studios · Amigo Studios · Warner Bros. Recording Studios · The Town House

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