# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/steve-cropper
# Generated: 2026-08-13T02:22:47.066Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/steve-cropper"
name: "Steve Cropper"
slug: "steve-cropper"
description: "Stephen Lee Cropper, sometimes known as \"The Colonel\", was an American guitarist, songwriter and record producer. He was the guitarist of the Stax Records house band, Booker T. & the M.G.'s, which backed artists such as Otis Redding, Wilson Pickett, Sam & Dave, Carla Thomas, Rufus Thomas, Johnnie Taylor and Neil Young. He also acted as the producer of many of these artists' records. He was later a member of the Blues Brothers band. Rolling Stone magazine ranked him 36th on its list of the 100 greatest guitarists. He won two Grammy Awards out of his seven nominations."
tagline: "American guitarist, songwriter, and record producer"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Steve_Cropper.JPG?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1941-10-21"
deathDate: "2025-12-03"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           67.21
  momentum:             0
  historical:           22.95186533333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     95
  profileCompleteness:  90
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
totalFollowers: 3350
platforms:
  - platform:  "X"
    url:       "https://x.com/officialcropper"
    handle:    "officialcropper"
  - platform:  "INSTAGRAM"
    url:       "https://www.instagram.com/thestevecropper/"
    handle:    "thestevecropper"
  - platform:  "FACEBOOK"
    url:       "https://www.facebook.com/stevecropper"
    handle:    "stevecropper"
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0188936/"
    handle:    "nm0188936"
  - platform:  "SPOTIFY"
    url:       "https://open.spotify.com/artist/1gLCO8HDtmhp1eWmGcPl8S"
    handle:    "1gLCO8HDtmhp1eWmGcPl8S"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "https://playitsteve.com"
  - platform:  "YOUTUBE"
    url:       "https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCQk6gXkhbUNnhgXHaARGskg"
    handle:    "@stevecroppermusic"
    followers: 3350
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/292375"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B3%D8%AA%D9%8A%D9%81_%D9%83%D8%B1%D9%88%D8%A8%D8%B1"
    title: "ستيف كروبر"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B3%D8%AA%D9%8A%D9%81_%D9%83%D8%B1%D9%88%D8%A8%D8%B1"
    title: "ستيف كروبر"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Cropper"
    title: "Steve Cropper"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/4387a8ed-8a80-453c-a863-73dc0b23900c"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
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    title: "استیو کروپر"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "ستیڤ کرۆپەر"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Cropper"
    title: "Steve Cropper"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Steve Cropper"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Cropper"
    title: "Steve Cropper"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Cropper"
    title: "Steve Cropper"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Cropper"
    title: "Steve Cropper"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D8%B3%D8%AA%DB%8C%D9%88_%DA%A9%D8%B1%D9%88%D9%BE%D8%B1"
    title: "استیو کروپر"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Steve Cropper"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Cropper"
    title: "Steve Cropper"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ha.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Cropper"
    title: "Steve Cropper"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Cropper"
    title: "Steve Cropper"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "スティーヴ・クロッパー"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EC%8A%A4%ED%8B%B0%EB%B8%8C_%ED%81%AC%EB%A1%9C%ED%8D%BC"
    title: "스티브 크로퍼"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://lb.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Cropper"
    title: "Steve Cropper"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Cropper"
    title: "Steve Cropper"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Cropper"
    title: "Steve Cropper"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Cropper"
    title: "Steve Cropper"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Cropper"
    title: "Steve Cropper"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Cropper"
    title: "Steve Cropper"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Кроппер, Стив"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Cropper"
    title: "Steve Cropper"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q471811"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/7176"
    title: "Steve Cropper"
    type:  "DATABASE"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump