Spooner Oldham

Pop Singer

Birthday June 14, 1943

Birth Sign Gemini

Birthplace Center Star, AL

Age 80 years old

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About

Co-writer of such pop hits as "I'm Your Puppet" and "Cry Like a Baby." Also a session musician, he played organ on FAME Studios recordings of "When a Man Loves a Woman" and other hit songs.

Before Fame

He began his music career in Alabama and Tennessee and later moved to California to provide session music for Linda RonstadtBob Dylan, and other renowned singers.

Trivia

He was a 2009 inductee into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.

Family Life

He was born in Center Star, Alabama. Before working for FAME Studios (in Muscle Shoals, Alabama), he briefly attended the University of North Alabama.

Associated With

He was featured on Harvest Moon, a 1992 Neil Young album.