Don Nix · Spotify · Courtesy of Spotify
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- Born
- 1941
- Works
- 1
Top works
- Road stories and recipes
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Don Nix is a songwriter, composer, arranger, musician, and author. Although cited as being "obscure", he is a key figure in several genres of Southern Rock and Soul, R&B, and the Blues. He was instrumental in the creation of the trademark "Memphis soul" and Stax Records. A native of Memphis, Tennessee, Nix began his career playing saxophone for The Mar-Keys, which also featured Steve Cropper, Duck Dunn and others. The hit instrumental single Last Night (composed by the band as a whole) was the
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Donald
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Memphis
- Place of death
- Germantown
- Occupation
- saxophonist
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Genre
- rhythm and blues
- Instrument
- saxophone
- Image
- DonNix2013.jpg
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- date of birth
- 1941-09-27
- start of work period
- 1961-00-00
- date of death
- 2024-12-31
- copyright representative
- Broadcast Music, Inc.
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