Person · Male
Spooner Oldham
- From
- Center Star, United States
- Since
- 1943–present
- Releases
- 9
About
Dewey "Spooner" Lindon Oldham Jr. (born June 14, 1943) is an American songwriter and session musician. An organist, he recorded in Muscle Shoals, Alabama, at FAME Studios as part of the Muscle Shoals Rhythm Section on such hit R&B songs as Percy Sledge's "When a Man Loves a Woman", Wilson Pickett's "Mustang Sally", and Aretha Franklin's "I Never Loved a Man (The Way I Love You)". As a songwriter, Oldham teamed with Dan Penn to write such hits as "Cry Like a Baby" (the Box Tops), "I'm Your Puppet" (James and Bobby Purify), and "A Woman Left Lonely" and "It Tears Me Up" (Percy Sledge).
Member of
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The Stray Gators piano
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Drive‐By Truckers keyboard
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The Chrome Hearts organ
Discography
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Also known as
Dewey Lindon Oldham · Dewey Oldham · Linden Oldham
Tags
- 2008 universal fire victim
- session
Identifiers
- MusicBrainz
- ba170eca-541b-4ee5-b332-54ff954b75ea
- ISNI
- 0000000055192389
- IPI
- 00022830905
- IPI
- 00022831020
- IPI
- 00022831216
- IPI
- 00347461747
Data from MusicBrainz, saved 10 Nov 2026. Photo from Wikimedia Commons, covers from the Cover Art Archive and Apple Music.