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John Jabo Starks
real name John Henry Starks
Jackson, United States
John Jabo Starks is credited on 519 releases across 213 albums tracked on Gatefold, active 1969–2025 — the collector-built map of who actually made the music.
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Albums
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Decades active
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Biography
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American blues (and funk - rhythm and blues style) drummer.
Born: October 26, 1938 in Jackson, Alabama and died May 01, 2018 in Mobile, Alabama, U.S.A.
John played: Bobby 'Blue' Bland, Little Junior Parker, James Brown, Clyde Stubblefield and others.
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Bio from Discogs
Credited work
519 releases · 213 albums · active 1969–2025
- Performance · 749
- Other credits · 8
Studios: Flyte Tyme Studios · International Recording · A&R Studios · Sound Ideas Studios
Discography
Records they worked on — most-collected first.
To Pimp A Butterfly
2015
Illmatic
1994
De La Soul Is Dead
1991
Bizarre Ride II The Pharcyde
1992
janet.
1993
Blackout!
1999
Sex Machine
1970
Like Water For Chocolate
2000
The Payback
1973
Live At The Apollo - Volume II
1968
Whut? Thee Album
1992
Number Ones
2009
20 All-Time Greatest Hits!
1991
In The Jungle Groove
1986
Django Unchained (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
2012
Get On The Good Foot
1972
Design Of A Decade 1986 / 1996
1995
Hot Pants
1971
Ring Ring Ring (Ha Ha Hey)
1991
Hell
1974
Two Steps From The Blues
1961
Revolution Of The Mind (Recorded Live At The Apollo Vol. III)
1971
All For You
2001
Food For Thought (Pass The Peas I Mean Gimme Some More)
1972
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