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Bobby Emmons

Bobby Gene Emmons (*1943) was an American keyboard player and songwriter. He was an active session musician in Memphis, TN, and was the keyboardist of The Memphis Boys, playing keyboards on tracks by Elvis Presley, Willie Nelson and many others from the 1950s onward. His compositions included "Luckenbach, Texas (Back to the Basics of Love)", written with Chips Moman and recorded by Waylon Jennings; and "Love Me Like You Used To", co-written with Paul Davis and recorded by both Johnny Cash and Tanya Tucker.

Emmons was born in Corinth, Mississippi, and began performing when at high school. In 1960 he joined Bill Black's band and toured widely with Black, both nationally in the US and internationally. He began playing keyboards in the house band at Hi Records around 1963, before moving to Chips Moman's American Sound Studio as a session musician. Among the many records on which he played keyboards in the 1960s and 1970s were Elvis Presley's "Suspicious Minds" and "In the Ghetto", Dusty Springfield's "Son of a Preacher Man", Merrilee Rush's "Angel of the Morning", and Neil Diamond's "Sweet Caroline". He also played on many of Willie Nelson's albums, toured internationally with The Highwaymen.

He died in February 2015.

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Blues With A Beat With An Organ Hi Records HL 12024 released 1965	Bobby Emmons, organ further details unknown
Willie Mitchell Live Hi Records SHL 32042 released 1968	Willie Mitchell, trumpet Andrew Love, tenor sax Charles Chalmers, tenor sax James Mitchell, baritone sax Reggie Young, guitar Bobby Emmons, organ Mike Leech, bass Gene Chrisman, drums
Memphis Underground Atlantic 40038 released 1969 recorded in Memphis, TN/USA	Herbie Mann, flute Roy Ayers, vibes, conga Larry Coryell, guitar Sonny Sharrock, guitar Reggie Young, guitar Bobby Emmons, organ Bobby Wood, piano Tommy Cogbill, bass Mike Leech, bass Gene Christman, drums
Dusty In Memphis Atlantic SD 8214 released 1969 recorded in Memphis, TN/USA	Dusty Springfield, vocals Tommy Cogbill, guitar Reggie Young, guitar, sitar Bobby Emmons, organ, piano, conga Bobby Wood, piano Tommy Cogbill, bass Gene Chrisman, drums Mike Leach, conga
Crying Song CTI 1002 released 1969 recorded July 1969 in Memphis/TN, USA	Hubert Laws, flute Art Clarke, sax Seldon Powell, sax Garnett Brown, trombone Tony Studd, trombone Ernie Royal, trumpet, flugelhorn Marvin Stamm, trumpet, flugelhorn George Benson, guitar Reggie Young, guitar Bobby Emmons, organ Bob James, organ, piano Bobby Wood, piano Lewis Eley, violin Paul Gershman, violin George Ockner, violin Gene Orloff, violin Raoul Poliakin, violin Max Pollikoff, violin Matthew Raimondi, violin Sylvan Shulman, violin Avram Weiss, violin Charles McCracken, cello George Ricci, cello Ron Carter, bass Mike Leech, bass Gene Chrisman, drums Billy Cobham, drums Grady Tate, drums Ed Shaughnessy, tabla
The Dynamics: First Landing Cotillion SD 9009 released 1969	Fred "Sonny" Baker, vocals George White, vocals Isaac "Zeke" Harris, vocals Samuel Stevenson, vocals Reggie Young, guitar Bobby Emmons, organ Bobby Wood, piano Mike Leech, bass Gene Chrisman, drums
The Best Of Herbie Mann Atlantic SD 1544 released 1970 compilation	Herbie Mann, tenor sax, flute Jimmy Wisner, conductor King Curtis, tenor sax Bobby Jaspar, tenor sax, flute Pepper Adams, baritone sax John Hitchcock, trombone Quentin Jackson, trombone, bass trombone Mark Weinstein, trombone Irvin "Marky" Markowitz, trumpet Larry Coryell, guitar Al Gorgoni, guitar Charles Macey, guitar Joe Puma, guitar Ahmed Abdul-Malik, bass Ben Tucker, bass Chick Corea, piano Bobby Emmons, organ Tommy Flanagan, piano Charlie Palmieri, piano Bobby Wood, piano Roy Ayers, vibes Hagood Hardy, vibes Dave Pike, vibes Jose Andreu, violin Daniel Gonzalez, violin Joe Silva, violin Juan Garcia, bass Mike Leech, bass Joe Macko, bass Wendell Marshall, bass Nabil Totah, bass Reggie Young, bass Bruno Carr, drums Gene Christman, drums Rudy Collins, drums, percussion Bobby Donaldson, drums Bernard "Pretty" Purdie, drums Ray Barretto, percussion Chief Bey, congas, percussion Ray Mantilla, percussion Willie Rodriguez, percussion Warren Smith, percussion Carlos "Patato" Valdes, congas Tamiko Jones, vocals
Memphis Two-Step Embryo Records SD 531 released 1971 recorded September through November 1970	Herbie Mann, flute George Bohanon, baritone sax, trombone Melvin Lastie, trumpet, flugelhorn Ike Williams, trumpet, flugelhorn Charlie Brown, guitar Larry Coryell, guitar Richie Resnicoff, guitar Sonny Sharrock, guitar Al Vescovo, guitar Eric Weissberg, guitar Reggie Young, guitar Bobby Emmons, organ Bobby Wood, piano Roy Ayers, vibes Ron Carter, bass Darrel Clayborn, bass Mike Leach, bass Miroslav Vitouš, bass John Barnes, drums Bruno Carr, drums Gene Chrisman, drums Richard Waters, drums Eddie Simon, rainmaker Carlos "Patato" Valdes, conga
Mississippi Gambler Atlantic SD 1610 released 1972 recorded in Memphis, TN/USA	Herbie Mann, flute David "Fathead" Newman, tenor sax, flute Johnny Christopher, guitar Reggie Young, guitar Bobby Emmons, organ Bobby Wood, piano Mike Leech, bass Gene Chrisman, drums Carlos "Patato" Valdes, congas
Understanding United Artists Records UAS-5577 released 1972 recorded in Memphis, TN/USA	Bobby Womack, guitar, vocals Harvey Thompson, tenor sax Ronnie Eades, baritone sax Dale Quillen, trombone Harrison Calloway jr., trumpet Tippy Armstrong, guitar Jimmy Johnson, guitar Reggie Young, guitar Barry Beckett, clavichord, harpsichord, Moog synthesizer, piano Bobby Emmons, organ Clayton Ivey, keyboards Truman Thomas, keyboards Bobby Wood, piano David Hood, bass Mike Leech, bass Hayward Bishop, drums, percussion Roger Hawkins, drums, percussion Pam Grier, vocals Patrice Holloway, vocals Janice Singleton, vocals
Tracy Nelson Atlantic SD 7310 released 1974	Tracy Nelson, vocals, guitar, piano Michael Pierce, sax Earl Lon Price, sax Sherman Marshall Cyr, trumpet Steve Howard, trumpet Clarence Ford, horn Ron Cornelius, guitar Mac Gayden, guitar Jack Lee, guitar, piano, vocals Reggie Young, guitar Bobby Emmons, organ, piano Leon Pendarvis, piano Bobby Woods, piano Tommy Cogbill, bass Kenny Malone, drums Jim Gilstrap, vocals Joe Green, vocals Clydie King, vocals Willie Nelson, vocals Pat Powdrill, vocals Linda Ronstadt, vocals Beau Cecchino, vocals Merry Clayton, vocals
The Evolution Of Mann - The Herbie Mann Anthology Rhino Records 8122-71634-2 released 1994 compilation, recorded August 1960 through April 1992	Herbie Mann, soprano flute, alto flute Paulo Moura, alto sax King Curtis, tenor sax, baritone sax Ed Logan, tenor sax Andrew Love, tenor sax David "Fathead" Newman, tenor sax, flute Pepper Adams, baritone sax James Mitchell, baritone sax Sam Burtis, trombone John Hitchcock, trombone Quentin Jackson, trombone, bass trombone Barry Rogers, trombone Mark Weinstein, trombone Leo Ball, trumpet Doc Cheatham, trumpet Wayne Jackson, trumpet Jerry Kail, trumpet Irvin "Marky" Markowitz, trumpet Joe Newman, trumpet Jimmy Owens, trumpet, flugelhorn Pedro Paulo, trumpet Ziggy Schatz, trumpet Clark Terry, trumpet, flugelhorn Duane Allman, guitar Hux Brown, guitar Rod Bryan, guitar Larry Coryell, guitar Cornell Dupree, guitar Durval Ferreira, guitar Jerry Friedman, guitar Al Gorgoni, guitar Eddie Hinton, guitar Albert Lee, guitar Mundell Lowe, guitar Charlie Macy, guitar Bob Mann, guitar Hugh McCracken, guitar Jeff Mironov, guitar Baden Powell, guitar Sonny Sharrock, guitar Ricardo Silveira, guitar Amauri Tristao, guitar, percussion Nick Woodland, guitar Reggie Young, guitar Gladstone Anderson, piano Barry Beckett, piano Chick Corea, piano Bobby Emmons, organ Bill Evans, piano Antônio Carlos Jobim, piano, vocals Silvester Levay, keyboards Les McCann, piano, vocals Sergio Mendes, piano Charlie Palmieri, piano Pat Rebillot, piano Mark Soskin, keyboards Richard Tee, piano Jimmy Wisner, piano Bobby Wood, piano Winston Wright, organ Roy Ayers, vibes Hagood Hardy, vibes Dave Pike, vibes Johnny Rae,vibes, percussion Jose Andreu, violin Daniel Gonzalez, violin Stéphane Grappelli, violin Joe Silva, violin String Ensemble of the Munich Phi Strings Ahmed Abdul-Malik, bass Octavio Bailly jr., bass Richard Davis, bass Al Gorry, bass David Hood, bass Chuck Israels, bass Jackie Jackson, bass Juan Garcia, bass Mike Leech, bass Tony Levin, bass Joe Macko, bass Earl May, bass Andy Muson, bass Chuck Rainey, bass, drums Paul Socolow, bass Nabil Totah, bass Ben Tucker, bass Gary Unwin, bass Willie Weeks, bass Chief Bey, drums, percussion Bruno Carr, drums Gene Christman, drums Rudy Collins, drums Aynsley Dunbar, drums Reggie Ferguson, drums, percussion Steve Gadd, drums Martin Harrison, drums Roger Hawkins, drums Mel Lewis, drums Rick Marotta, drums Donald McDonald, drums Paul Motian, drums Bernard "Pretty" Purdie, drums Michael Richard, drums Dom Um Romão, drums Rick Sebastian, drums Buddy Williams, drums Cyro Baptista, percussion Ray Barretto, percussion Rubens Bassini, percussion Tesse Coen, congas Armen Halburian, percussion Phil Kraus, percussion Elmer Louis, percussion Ralph MacDonald, percussion Ray Mantilla, percussion Michael Olatunji, percussion, vocals Willie Rodriguez, percussion Warren Smith, percussion Joe Spector, percussion Carlos "Patato" Valdes, percussion Maya Angelou, vocals Munich Studio Choir Dolores Parker, vocals
Skinny Legs And All Kent Soul CDKEND 114 released 1994 compilation, recorded between 1962 and 1968 in Nashville, TN; Memphis, TN; Muscle Shoals, AL and Beaumont, TX/USA	Joe Tex, vocals Excell Dorsett, tenor sax Charles Farley, tenor sax Clarence Ford, tenor sax Sam Miller, tenor sax Eddie Williams, tenor sax Glenn Barbeaux, baritone sax Mack Williams, baritone sax Norman "Sly" Sellers, trombone Sammie Coleman, trumpet Emile Hall, trumpet Warren Johns, trumpet Johnny Whitrack, trumpet Johnny Christopher, guitar Leroy Hadley, guitar Reggie Young, guitar Bobby Emmons, organ Bobby Woods, piano Tommy Cogbill, bass J. Alfred Cook, bass Gene Chrisman, drums Clyde Williams, drums

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