Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Steve Cropper in 1967: later that year he wrote and recorded (Sittin’ On) the Dock of the Bay with Otis Redding, who was killed in ...

MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — 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 ...

Steve Cropper, the legendary American guitarist and Memphis soul artist, has died at the age of 84. The prolific musician, songwriter and producer died yesterday, according to a statement from his ...

Steve Cropper, the guitarist and songwriter who helped anchor celebrated Memphis backing band Booker T and the MGs at Stax Records, has died at the age of 84. Pat Mitchell Worley, president and chief ...

Guitarist Steve Cropper, whose influence echoed across the Bible Belt and beyond with impressionistic soul licks rooted in his Memphis legacy, has passed away. He was 84. Cropper made an early ...