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The Mar‐Keys

From: Memphis, United States
Active: 1958–1971
Releases: 15

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The Mar-Keys were an American studio session band for Stax Records, in Memphis, Tennessee, in the 1960s. Formed in 1958 as the first house band for the label, their backing music formed the foundation for the early 1960s Stax sound.

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Members

Charles “Packy” Axton now
Donald “Duck” Dunn now
Isaac Hayes now
Al Jackson, Jr. now
Wayne Jackson now trumpet
Booker T. Jones now
Floyd Newman now
Don Nix now
Steve Cropper · former

Discography

Albums 5

Last Night! 1961 Apple Music
Do the Pop-Eye 1962 Apple Music
The Great Memphis Sound 1966 Apple Music
Damifiknow! 1969 Apple Music
Memphis Experience 1971 Apple Music

Singles 1

Last Night / Night Before 1960

Live 2

Captured Live at the Monterey International Pop Festival (Do It Just One More Time!) 2019
Back to Back 1967

Compilations 7

Memphis Soul Beat: Booker T & the MGs Meet The Mar-Keys 2013
Booker T. & the M.G.s + The Mar‐Keys 2013
Memphis Soul Beat 2013
The Platinum Collection 2007
Stax Instrumentals 2003
Last Night! / Do the Pop-Eye 2002
Damifiknow! / Memphis Experience 1990

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Mar-Kays · Mar-Keys

Identifiers

MusicBrainz: afbb9b08-8d51-4df5-b8a3-d2c5a8b86f35
ISNI: 0000000121589676

Data from MusicBrainz, saved 7 Nov 2026. Photo from Wikimedia Commons, covers from the Cover Art Archive and Apple Music.

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