# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/donald-duck-dunn
# Generated: 2026-08-14T19:00:32.755Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/donald-duck-dunn"
name: "Donald \"Duck\" Dunn"
slug: "donald-duck-dunn"
description: "Donald \"Duck\" Dunn was an American bass guitarist, session musician, record producer, and songwriter. Dunn was notable for his 1960s recordings with Booker T. & the M.G.'s and as a session bassist for Stax Records. At Stax, Dunn played on thousands of records, including hits by Otis Redding, Sam & Dave, Rufus Thomas, Carla Thomas, William Bell, Eddie Floyd, Johnnie Taylor, Albert King, Bill Withers, Elvis Presley, and many others. In 1992, he was inducted in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a member of Booker T. & the M.G.'s. In 2017, he was ranked 40th on Bass Player magazine's list of \"The 100 Greatest Bass Players of All Time\"."
tagline: "American bass guitarist, record producer and songwriter (1941–2012)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/DDDunn.jpg?width=1200"
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category:
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profileType:
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birthDate: "1941-11-24"
deathDate: "2012-05-13"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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  sourceConfidence:     70
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  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump