Eddie Floyd
Encyclopedia
Eddie Lee Floyd is an American soul
/R&B
singer and songwriter
, best known for his work on the Stax
record label
in the 1960s and 1970s and the song "Knock on Wood
".
, Alabama
, but grew up in Detroit, Michigan
. He founded The Falcons
, which also featured Mack Rice
. They were forerunners to future Detroit vocal groups such as The Temptations
and The Four Tops. Their most successful songs included "You're So Fine" and later, when Wilson Pickett
was recruited into the group as the lead singer, "I Found a Love". Pickett then embarked on a solo career, and The Falcons disbanded.
Floyd signed on with the Memphis
based Stax Records
as a songwriter in 1965. He wrote a hit song, "Comfort Me" recorded
by Carla Thomas
. He then teamed with Stax's guitarist
Steve Cropper
to write songs for Wilson Pickett, now signed to Atlantic Records
. Atlantic distributed Stax and Jerry Wexler
brought Pickett down from New York
to work with Booker T. & the MGs. The Pickett sessions were successful, yielding several pop
and R&B hits, including the Floyd co-written "Ninety-Nine and a Half (Won't Do)" and "634-5789 (Soulsville USA)".
In 1966, Floyd recorded a song intended for Otis Redding
. Wexler convinced Stax president Jim Stewart
to release Floyd's version. The Steve Cropper/Eddie Floyd "Knock On Wood
" launched Floyd's solo
career, and has been cut by over a hundred different artists
from David Bowie
to Count Basie
. It became a disco
hit for Amii Stewart
in 1979.
Floyd was one of Stax's most consistent and versatile artists. He scored several more hits
on his own, including "I Never Found a Girl (To Love Me Like You Do)" and "Raise Your Hand
", which was covered
by both Janis Joplin
and Bruce Springsteen
.
The song "Big Bird" (featuring Booker T. Jones
on organ and guitar, Al Jackson, Jr. on drums, and Donald "Duck" Dunn on bass) was written while Floyd waited in a London airport for a plane back to the United States for Otis Redding's funeral. Although not a US
hit, it became an underground
favorite in the UK
, was later covered by The Jam
, and was featured on the video game, Test Drive Unlimited
.
Floyd's career did not keep him from being one of the label's most productive writers. Virtually every Stax artist recorded Floyd material, often co-written with either Cropper or Jones, including Sam & Dave
("You Don't Know What You Mean to Me"), Rufus Thomas
("The Breakdown"), Otis Redding ("I Love You More Than Words Can Say"), and Johnnie Taylor
's "Just the One (I've Been Looking For)". The latter played during the opening credits of director
Harold Ramis
's film
, Bedazzled
.
Floyd, in 1980, also released material on the UK record label
I-Spy Records owned and created by the UK band Secret Affair
. He joined old Stax collaborators Cropper and Dunn, and fronted The Blues Brothers Band on a series of world tours, and in 1998, Floyd and former Falcon Wilson Pickett appeared on screen dueting on "634-5789" in Blues Brothers 2000
.
As well as singing with The Blues Brothers Band, Floyd has been the special guest with former Rolling Stone
Bill Wyman
's Rhythm Kings
on several dates in the US and the UK.
In 2008, Floyd returned to Stax Records which is now owned by Concord Music Group
. His first new album
in six years, Eddie Loves You So released in July 2008.
Soul music
Soul music is a music genre originating in the United States combining elements of gospel music and rhythm and blues. According to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, soul is "music that arose out of the black experience in America through the transmutation of gospel and rhythm & blues into a form of...
/R&B
Rhythm and blues
Rhythm and blues, often abbreviated to R&B, is a genre of popular African American music that originated in the 1940s. The term was originally used by record companies to describe recordings marketed predominantly to urban African Americans, at a time when "urbane, rocking, jazz based music with a...
singer and songwriter
Songwriter
A songwriter is an individual who writes both the lyrics and music to a song. Someone who solely writes lyrics may be called a lyricist, and someone who only writes music may be called a composer...
, best known for his work on the Stax
Stax Records
Stax Records is an American record label, originally based in Memphis, Tennessee.Founded in 1957 as Satellite Records, the name Stax Records was adopted in 1961. The label was a major factor in the creation of the Southern soul and Memphis soul music styles, also releasing gospel, funk, jazz, and...
record label
Record label
In the music industry, a record label is a brand and a trademark associated with the marketing of music recordings and music videos. Most commonly, a record label is the company that manages such brands and trademarks, coordinates the production, manufacture, distribution, marketing and promotion,...
in the 1960s and 1970s and the song "Knock on Wood
Knock on Wood (song)
"Knock on Wood" is a hit 1966 song written by Eddie Floyd and Steve Cropper and originally performed by Eddie Floyd. The Eddie Floyd version peaked at number twenty-eight on the Hot 100, and spent one week at number one on the soul singles....
".
Biography
Floyd was born in MontgomeryMontgomery, Alabama
Montgomery is the capital of the U.S. state of Alabama, and is the county seat of Montgomery County. It is located on the Alabama River southeast of the center of the state, in the Gulf Coastal Plain. As of the 2010 census, Montgomery had a population of 205,764 making it the second-largest city...
, Alabama
Alabama
Alabama is a state located in the southeastern region of the United States. It is bordered by Tennessee to the north, Georgia to the east, Florida and the Gulf of Mexico to the south, and Mississippi to the west. Alabama ranks 30th in total land area and ranks second in the size of its inland...
, but grew up in Detroit, Michigan
Michigan
Michigan is a U.S. state located in the Great Lakes Region of the United States of America. The name Michigan is the French form of the Ojibwa word mishigamaa, meaning "large water" or "large lake"....
. He founded The Falcons
The Falcons
The Falcons were an American rhythm and blues vocal group, some of whose members went on to be influential in soul music.The Falcons formed in 1955 in Detroit, Michigan on the Mercury Records imprint. After personnel changes in 1956, The Falcons had hits for the Lupine Records label with the...
, which also featured Mack Rice
Mack Rice
Mack Rice , is a American songwriter, whose compositions have been performed by many well-known artists, including The Staple Singers, Ike and Tina Turner, Albert King, Johnnie Taylor, Shirley Brown, Rufus Thomas, Etta James, Billy Eckstine, Eddie Floyd, Buddy Guy, The Rascals, Wilson Pickett,...
. They were forerunners to future Detroit vocal groups such as The Temptations
The Temptations
The Temptations is an American vocal group having achieved fame as one of the most successful acts to record for Motown Records. The group's repertoire has included, at various times during its five-decade career, R&B, doo-wop, funk, disco, soul, and adult contemporary music.Formed in Detroit,...
and The Four Tops. Their most successful songs included "You're So Fine" and later, when Wilson Pickett
Wilson Pickett
Wilson Pickett was an American R&B/Soul singer and songwriter.A major figure in the development of American soul music, Pickett recorded over 50 songs which made the US R&B charts, and frequently crossed over to the US Billboard Hot 100...
was recruited into the group as the lead singer, "I Found a Love". Pickett then embarked on a solo career, and The Falcons disbanded.
Floyd signed on with the Memphis
Memphis, Tennessee
Memphis is a city in the southwestern corner of the U.S. state of Tennessee, and the county seat of Shelby County. The city is located on the 4th Chickasaw Bluff, south of the confluence of the Wolf and Mississippi rivers....
based Stax Records
Stax Records
Stax Records is an American record label, originally based in Memphis, Tennessee.Founded in 1957 as Satellite Records, the name Stax Records was adopted in 1961. The label was a major factor in the creation of the Southern soul and Memphis soul music styles, also releasing gospel, funk, jazz, and...
as a songwriter in 1965. He wrote a hit song, "Comfort Me" recorded
Sound recording and reproduction
Sound recording and reproduction is an electrical or mechanical inscription and re-creation of sound waves, such as spoken voice, singing, instrumental music, or sound effects. The two main classes of sound recording technology are analog recording and digital recording...
by Carla Thomas
Carla Thomas
Carla Thomas is an American singer, who is often referred to as the Queen of Memphis Soul. She is the daughter of Rufus Thomas.-Childhood:...
. He then teamed with Stax's guitarist
Guitarist
A guitarist is a musician who plays the guitar. Guitarists may play a variety of instruments such as classical guitars, acoustic guitars, electric guitars, and bass guitars. Some guitarists accompany themselves on the guitar while singing.- Versatility :The guitarist controls an extremely...
Steve Cropper
Steve Cropper
Steve Cropper , also known as Steve "The Colonel" Cropper, is an American guitarist, songwriter and record producer. He is best known as the guitarist of the Stax Records house band, Booker T...
to write songs for Wilson Pickett, now signed to Atlantic Records
Atlantic Records
Atlantic Records is an American record label best known for its many recordings of rhythm and blues, rock and roll, and jazz...
. Atlantic distributed Stax and Jerry Wexler
Jerry Wexler
Gerald "Jerry" Wexler was a music journalist turned music producer, and was regarded as one of the major record industry players behind music from the 1950s through the 1980s...
brought Pickett down from New York
New York City
New York is the most populous city in the United States and the center of the New York Metropolitan Area, one of the most populous metropolitan areas in the world. New York exerts a significant impact upon global commerce, finance, media, art, fashion, research, technology, education, and...
to work with Booker T. & the MGs. The Pickett sessions were successful, yielding several pop
Pop music
Pop music is usually understood to be commercially recorded music, often oriented toward a youth market, usually consisting of relatively short, simple songs utilizing technological innovations to produce new variations on existing themes.- Definitions :David Hatch and Stephen Millward define pop...
and R&B hits, including the Floyd co-written "Ninety-Nine and a Half (Won't Do)" and "634-5789 (Soulsville USA)".
In 1966, Floyd recorded a song intended for Otis Redding
Otis Redding
Otis Ray Redding, Jr. was an American soul singer-songwriter, record producer, arranger and talent scout. He is considered one of the major figures in soul and R&B...
. Wexler convinced Stax president Jim Stewart
Jim Stewart
Jim Stewart may refer to:*Jim Stewart , former Welsh cricketer who played for Warwickshire*Jim Stewart , association football goalkeeper...
to release Floyd's version. The Steve Cropper/Eddie Floyd "Knock On Wood
Knock on Wood (song)
"Knock on Wood" is a hit 1966 song written by Eddie Floyd and Steve Cropper and originally performed by Eddie Floyd. The Eddie Floyd version peaked at number twenty-eight on the Hot 100, and spent one week at number one on the soul singles....
" launched Floyd's solo
Solo (music)
In music, a solo is a piece or a section of a piece played or sung by a single performer...
career, and has been cut by over a hundred different artists
Musician
A musician is an artist who plays a musical instrument. It may or may not be the person's profession. Musicians can be classified by their roles in performing music and writing music.Also....* A person who makes music a profession....
from David Bowie
David Bowie
David Bowie is an English musician, actor, record producer and arranger. A major figure for over four decades in the world of popular music, Bowie is widely regarded as an innovator, particularly for his work in the 1970s...
to Count Basie
Count Basie
William "Count" Basie was an American jazz pianist, organist, bandleader, and composer. Basie led his jazz orchestra almost continuously for nearly 50 years...
. It became a disco
Disco
Disco is a genre of dance music. Disco acts charted high during the mid-1970s, and the genre's popularity peaked during the late 1970s. It had its roots in clubs that catered to African American, gay, psychedelic, and other communities in New York City and Philadelphia during the late 1960s and...
hit for Amii Stewart
Amii Stewart
Amy 'Amii' Paulette Stewart is an American contemporary R&B/disco/dance-pop singer, dancer and actress most famous for her hit disco record "Knock on Wood". Stewart is the stepsister of actress-singer Miquel Brown and aunt to Brown's actress-singer daughter Sinitta.-Career:Amy Stewart was the...
in 1979.
Floyd was one of Stax's most consistent and versatile artists. He scored several more hits
Hit record
A hit record is a sound recording, usually in the form of a single or album, that sells a large number of copies or otherwise becomes broadly popular or well-known, through airplay, club play, inclusion in a film or stage play soundtrack, causing it to have "hit" one of the popular chart listings...
on his own, including "I Never Found a Girl (To Love Me Like You Do)" and "Raise Your Hand
Raise Your Hand
"Raise Your Hand" is a song written by Steve Cropper, Eddie Floyd, and Alvertis Isbell . It was recorded by Floyd and appeared on his 1967 debut album Knock on Wood...
", which was covered
Cover version
In popular music, a cover version or cover song, or simply cover, is a new performance or recording of a contemporary or previously recorded, commercially released song or popular song...
by both Janis Joplin
Janis Joplin
Janis Lyn Joplin was an American singer, songwriter, painter, dancer and music arranger. She rose to prominence in the late 1960s as the lead singer of Big Brother and the Holding Company and later as a solo artist with her backing groups, The Kozmic Blues Band and The Full Tilt Boogie Band...
and Bruce Springsteen
Bruce Springsteen
Bruce Frederick Joseph Springsteen , nicknamed "The Boss," is an American singer-songwriter who records and tours with the E Street Band...
.
The song "Big Bird" (featuring Booker T. Jones
Booker T. Jones
Booker T. Jones is a multi-instrumentalist, songwriter, record producer and arranger, best known as the frontman of the band Booker T. and the MGs. He has also worked in the studios with many well-known artists of the 20th and 21st centuries, earning him a Grammy Award for lifetime...
on organ and guitar, Al Jackson, Jr. on drums, and Donald "Duck" Dunn on bass) was written while Floyd waited in a London airport for a plane back to the United States for Otis Redding's funeral. Although not a US
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
hit, it became an underground
Underground music
Underground music comprises a range of different musical genres that operate outside of mainstream culture. Such music can typically share common values, such as the valuing of sincerity and intimacy; an emphasis on freedom of creative expression; an appreciation of artistic creativity...
favorite in the UK
United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...
, was later covered by The Jam
The Jam
The Jam were an English punk rock/New Wave/mod revival band active during the late 1970s and early 1980s. They were formed in Woking, Surrey. While they shared the "angry young men" outlook and fast tempos of their punk rock contemporaries, The Jam wore smartly tailored suits rather than ripped...
, and was featured on the video game, Test Drive Unlimited
Test Drive Unlimited
Test Drive Unlimited is an arcade-style racing game, the 9th game of the Test Drive series, it features over 125 licensed sports cars and motorcycles and a terrain modeled after the Hawaiian island of Oahu that features some 1000 miles of roads and highways. Test Drive Unlimited is the ninth main...
.
Floyd's career did not keep him from being one of the label's most productive writers. Virtually every Stax artist recorded Floyd material, often co-written with either Cropper or Jones, including Sam & Dave
Sam & Dave
Sam & Dave were an American soul and rhythm and blues duo who performed together from 1961 through 1981. The tenor voice was Samuel David Moore , and the baritone/tenor voice was Dave Prater .Sam & Dave are members of...
("You Don't Know What You Mean to Me"), Rufus Thomas
Rufus Thomas
Rufus Thomas, Jr. was an American rhythm and blues, funk and soul singer and comedian fromMemphis, Tennessee, who recorded on Sun Records in the...
("The Breakdown"), Otis Redding ("I Love You More Than Words Can Say"), and Johnnie Taylor
Johnnie Taylor
Johnnie Harrison Taylor was an American vocalist in a wide variety of genres, from rhythm and blues, soul, blues and gospel to pop, doo-wop and disco.-Early years:...
's "Just the One (I've Been Looking For)". The latter played during the opening credits of director
Film director
A film director is a person who directs the actors and film crew in filmmaking. They control a film's artistic and dramatic nathan roach, while guiding the technical crew and actors.-Responsibilities:...
Harold Ramis
Harold Ramis
Harold Allen Ramis is an American actor, director, and writer, specializing in comedy. His best-known film acting roles are as Egon Spengler in Ghostbusters and Russell Ziskey in Stripes , both of which he also co-wrote...
's film
Film
A film, also called a movie or motion picture, is a series of still or moving images. It is produced by recording photographic images with cameras, or by creating images using animation techniques or visual effects...
, Bedazzled
Bedazzled (2000 film)
Bedazzled is a 2000 film remake of the 1967 film Bedazzled , originally written by Peter Cook and Dudley Moore, which was itself a comic retelling of the Faust legend...
.
Floyd, in 1980, also released material on the UK record label
Record label
In the music industry, a record label is a brand and a trademark associated with the marketing of music recordings and music videos. Most commonly, a record label is the company that manages such brands and trademarks, coordinates the production, manufacture, distribution, marketing and promotion,...
I-Spy Records owned and created by the UK band Secret Affair
Secret Affair
Secret Affair were a mod revival band, formed in 1978 and disbanded in 1982. They reformed to perform and record in the 2000s.-Career:In a period of a little over two years, Secret Affair posted five releases in the UK Singles Chart and released three albums...
. He joined old Stax collaborators Cropper and Dunn, and fronted The Blues Brothers Band on a series of world tours, and in 1998, Floyd and former Falcon Wilson Pickett appeared on screen dueting on "634-5789" in Blues Brothers 2000
Blues Brothers 2000
Blues Brothers 2000 is a 1998 American musical comedy film that is a sequel to the 1980 film The Blues Brothers. Directed by John Landis, the film featured Dan Aykroyd and John Goodman, with cameos by many musicians.-Plot:...
.
As well as singing with The Blues Brothers Band, Floyd has been the special guest with former Rolling Stone
The Rolling Stones
The Rolling Stones are an English rock band, formed in London in April 1962 by Brian Jones , Ian Stewart , Mick Jagger , and Keith Richards . Bassist Bill Wyman and drummer Charlie Watts completed the early line-up...
Bill Wyman
Bill Wyman
Bill Wyman is an English musician best known as the bass guitarist for the English rock and roll band the Rolling Stones from 1962 until 1992. Since 1997, he has recorded and toured with his own band, Bill Wyman's Rhythm Kings...
's Rhythm Kings
Bill Wyman's Rhythm Kings
Bill Wyman's Rhythm Kings are a blues-rock band founded and led by former Rolling Stones bass guitarist Bill Wyman. Together with his lifelong musical partner Terry Taylor, The "Dirty Boys" duo produce, arrange and compose original material for the award winning band.The Rhythm Kings are known for...
on several dates in the US and the UK.
In 2008, Floyd returned to Stax Records which is now owned by Concord Music Group
Concord Music Group
Concord Music Group is a record company owned by Village Roadshow formed in 2004 by the merger of Concord Records and Fantasy Records. In 2005, the company acquired the classics and jazz label Telarc International. On December 18, 2006, Concord announced the re-launch of the soul label Stax;...
. His first new album
Album
An album is a collection of recordings, released as a single package on gramophone record, cassette, compact disc, or via digital distribution. The word derives from the Latin word for list .Vinyl LP records have two sides, each comprising one half of the album...
in six years, Eddie Loves You So released in July 2008.
Singles
| Year | Single (US) |
A-Side | B-Side | Chart Positions | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US Pop Billboard Hot 100 The Billboard Hot 100 is the United States music industry standard singles popularity chart issued weekly by Billboard magazine. Chart rankings are based on radio play and sales; the tracking-week for sales begins on Monday and ends on Sunday, while the radio play tracking-week runs from Wednesday... |
US R&B Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs, is a chart released weekly by Billboard in the United States.The chart, initiated in 1942, is used to track the success of popular music songs in urban, or primarily African American, venues. Dominated over the years at various times by jazz, rhythm and blues, doo-wop, soul,... |
UK UK Singles Chart The UK Singles Chart is compiled by The Official Charts Company on behalf of the British record-industry. The full chart contains the top selling 200 singles in the United Kingdom based upon combined record sales and download numbers, though some media outlets only list the Top 40 or the Top 75 ... |
||||
| 1962 | Lu Pine 115 | "Will I Be The One" | "Set My Soul On Fire" | - | - | - |
| Lu Pine 122 | "A Deed To Your Heart" | "I'll Be Home" | - | - | - | |
| 1964 | Safice 334 | "Never Get Enough Of Your Love" | "Baby Bye" | - | - | - |
| Safice 336 | "I'll Be Home For Christmas" | "Can This Be Christmas" | - | - | - | |
| 1965 | Safice 338 | "Make up Your Mind" | "No, No, No" | - | - | - |
| 1966 | Stax 187 | "Things Get Better" | "Good Love, Bad Love" | - | - | 31 (1967) |
| Stax 194 | "Knock on Wood Knock on Wood (song) "Knock on Wood" is a hit 1966 song written by Eddie Floyd and Steve Cropper and originally performed by Eddie Floyd. The Eddie Floyd version peaked at number twenty-eight on the Hot 100, and spent one week at number one on the soul singles.... " |
"Got To Make A Comeback" | 28 | 1 | 19 | |
| 1967 | Stax 208 | "Raise Your Hand Raise Your Hand "Raise Your Hand" is a song written by Steve Cropper, Eddie Floyd, and Alvertis Isbell . It was recorded by Floyd and appeared on his 1967 debut album Knock on Wood... " |
"I've Just Been Feeling Bad" | 79 | 16 | 42 |
| Stax 219 | "Don't Rock The Boat" | "This House" | 98 | - | - | |
| Stax 223 | "Love Is A Doggone Good Thing" | "Hey Now" | 97 | 30 | - | |
| Stax 233 | "On A Saturday Night" | "Under My Nose" | 92 | 22 | - | |
| Stax 246 | "Big Bird" | "Holding On With Both Hands" | - | - | - | |
| 1968 | Stax 0002 | "I've Never Found A Girl" | "I'm Just the Kind Of Fool" | 40 | 2 | - |
| Stax 0012 | "Bring It On Home To Me" | "Sweet Things You Do" | 17 | 4 | - | |
| 1969 | Stax 0025 | "I've Got to Have Your Love" | "Girl I Love You" | 102 | 50 | - |
| Stax 0036 | "Don't Tell Your Mama (Where You've Been)" | "Consider Me" | 73 | 18 | - | |
| Stax 0040 | "Soul-A-Lujah Pt. I" (with W. Bell, C. Thomas & J. Taylor) | "Pt. II" (instrumental Instrumental An instrumental is a musical composition or recording without lyrics or singing, although it might include some non-articulate vocal input; the music is primarily or exclusively produced by musical instruments.... ) |
- | - | - | |
| Stax 0051 | "Why Is The Wine Sweeter (On The Other Side)" | "People Get It Together" | 98 | 30 | - | |
| 1970 | Stax 0060 | "California Girl" | "Woodman" | 45 | 11 | - |
| Stax 0072 | "My Girl" | "Laurie" | 116 | 43 | - | |
| Stax 0077 | "The Best Years of My Life" | "My Little Girl" | 118 | 29 | - | |
| 1971 | Stax 0087 | "Oh, How It Rained" | "When My Baby Said Goodbye" | - | - | - |
| Stax 0095 | "Blood Is Thicker Than Water" | "Have You Heard The Word" | - | 33 | - | |
| 1972 | Stax 0109 | "Yum Yum Yum (I Want Some)" | "Tears of Joy" | 122 | 49 | - |
| Stax 0134 | "You're Good Enough (To Me Baby)" | "Spend All You Have On Love" | - | - | - | |
| 1973 | Stax 0158 | "Lay Your Loving On Me" | "Knock On Wood" (live) | - | - | - |
| Stax 0171 | "Baby Lay Your Head Down" | "Check Me Out" | - | 50 / 58 |
- | |
| Stax 0188 | "I Wanna Do Things For You" | "We've Been Through Too Much Together" | - | - | - | |
| 1974 | Stax 0209 | "Guess Who" | "Something To Write Home About" | - | - | - |
| Stax 0216 | "Soul Street" | "Highway Man" | - | 65 | - | |
| Stax 0232 | "I Got A Reason To Smile" | "Stealing Love" | - | - | - | |
| 1975 | Stax 0239 | "Talk To The Man" | "I Got A Reason To Smile" | - | - | - |
| Stax 0251 | "I'm So Glad I Met You" | "I'm So Grateful" | - | - | - | |
| 1977 | Malaco 1032 | "Somebody Touch Me" | "Never Too Old" | - | - | - |
| Mercury 73964 | "It's Me" | "If You Really Love Me" | - | - | - | |
| 1978 | Mercury 74003 | "Disco Summer" | "Do It In The Water" | - | - | - |
Albums
- Knock on WoodKnock on Wood (Eddie Floyd album)Knock On Wood is the debut album of soul singer/song-writer Eddie Floyd, released in 1967 on Stax Records. The album was recorded between July and December of 1966 at Stax Recording Studio...
- (1967) - StaxStax RecordsStax Records is an American record label, originally based in Memphis, Tennessee.Founded in 1957 as Satellite Records, the name Stax Records was adopted in 1961. The label was a major factor in the creation of the Southern soul and Memphis soul music styles, also releasing gospel, funk, jazz, and... - Looking Back - (1968) - Ember RecordsEmber RecordsEmber Records was the name of two record labels of the 1950s and 1960s, one American and one British.-1950s to 60s:In the late 1950s, the eccentric avid jazz fan Jeffrey Kruger, owner of the famous Flamingo Jazz Club, was looking for a new challenge...
- Never Found a Girl - (1969) - Stax
- Rare Stamps - (1969) - Stax
- You've Got to Have Eddie - (1969) - Stax
- California Girl - (1970) - Stax
- Down to Earth - (1971) - Stax
- Baby Lay Your Head Down - (1973) - Stax
- Soul Street - (1974) - Stax
- Experience - (1978) - Malaco RecordsMalaco RecordsMalaco Records is an independent record label based in Jackson, Mississippi. Malaco is and has been the home of various major soul, blues and gospel acts, such as Johnnie Taylor, Bobby Bland, ZZ Hill, Denise LaSalle, Benny Latimore, Dorothy Moore, Little Milton, Shirley Brown, Marvin Sease, and the...
- Flashback - (1988) - Ichiban RecordsIchiban RecordsIchiban Records was a hip hop record label founded in Atlanta, Georgia, in 1985. Wrap Records and Nastymix Records were some of its subsidiary labels. Urgent! Records was distributed by Ichiban. Most of its discography is now out of print. Besides hip hop groups, Ichiban also released albums by...
- Red, White & Blues (The Blues Brothers Band) - (1992) - Turnstyle Records
- Gotta Make a Comeback - (1999) - Plane Records
- To the Bone - (2002) - Rock House Records
- Eddie Loves You So - (2008) - Stax
External links
- Biography by Tim Whitsett III at official Floyd site
- Eddie Floyd interview by Pete Lewis, 'Blues & Soul' July 2011
- Soulsville USA: The Story of Stax Records By Rob Bowman
- Biography at History-of-Rock.com
- [ Eddie Floyd Biography] at Allmusic
- Profile @ Soultracks.com