Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Steve Cropper, a founding member of Booker T. & the M.G.’s whose distinctive funky guitar licks graced R&B and soul hits from the ...

Steve Cropper, the iconic and influential guitarist who defined Memphis soul with Booker T. & The MG’s, played on many Stax Records hits and with The Blues Brothers band, died Wednesday in Nashville.

MEMPHIS, Tenn. -- Steve Cropper, the lean, soulful guitarist and songwriter who helped anchor the celebrated Memphis backing band Booker T. and the M.G.'s at Stax Records and co-wrote the classics ...

MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — The Memphis music studio where some of America’s most recognizable songs were recorded decades ago is now a museum. But next door, trumpets blare, drums boom, and singers craft ...

Stevie Wonder, Jimmy Jam & more celebrate songwriting legend as he promotes new memoir.

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — The Memphis music studio where some of America’s most recognizable songs were recorded decades ago is now a museum. But next door, trumpets blare, drums boom, and singers craft the ...