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If not the most influential guitarist in the Memphis soul music scene, Steve Cropper is definitely near the top. He was a member of 'Booker T & the M.G.s', wrote songs for and performed with Otis Redding, Aretha Franklin and Sam & Dave (he's the Steve referred to when they say "Play it, Steve!" in "Soul Man")... See full bio »

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Stephen Lee Cropper
in Willow Springs, Missouri, USA
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2012 Something in the Air (writer: "Green Onions")
 
2012 Argo (writer: "Hip Hug-Her")
 
2012 Britain's Got Talent (TV series)
– Episode #6.2 (2012) (writer: "Sittin' On The Dock of the Bay" - uncredited)
 
2012 No me la puc treure del cap (TV series)
– Festa i ball (2012) (writer: "In the Midnight Hour")
– Bon rotllo (2012) (writer: " Sittin' On The Dock Of The Bay")
 
2011 X-Men: First Class (writer: "Green Onions" / as Stephen Cropper)
 
2010 Due Date (writer: "Check Ya Self 2010")
 
2010 Easy A (writer: "Knock on Wood")
 
2009 Jools's Hootenanny (TV series)
– Episode #17.0 (2009) (writer: "In The Midnight Hour")
 
2009 A Single Man (writer: "Green Onions" 1962)
 
2008 Soul Men (writer: "Soul Dressing", " Sittin' on The Dock of the Bay", "Water", "Comfort Me")
 
2008 Banda sonora (TV series)
– Episode #4.3 (2008) (writer: " Sittin' On The Dock Of The Bay")
 
2008 Flash of Genius (writer: "Green Onions")
 
2008 It Takes Two (TV series)
– Episode #3.2 (2008) (writer: "Knock On Wood")
 
2008 The Bank Job (writer: "In the Midnight Hour")
 
2008 Be Kind Rewind (writer: "Sunny Monday" / performer: "I Ain't Got Nobody")
 
2007 La rentadora (TV series)
– És cosa d'homes (2007) (writer: " Sittin' On The Dock Of The Bay")
 
2007 Talk to Me (writer: "Hip Hug-Her", "Knock on Wood", "Time Is Tight")
 
2006 Garfield: A Tail of Two Kitties (writer: "Soul Limbo")
 
2006 Glory Road (writer: "Green Onions")
 
2005 Stranded in Canton (documentary) (writer: "Night owl walk", "The Bo bitch")
 
2005 One Last Thing... (writer: "Knock On Wood" / as Stephen Cropper)
 
2005 Empire Falls (TV movie) (writer: "Knock On Wood")
 
2004 Karaoke Revolution Volume 3 (Video Game) ("In The Midnight Hour")
 
2004 Karaoke Revolution Volume 2 (Video Game) (" Sittin' On The Dock Of The Bay")
 
2004 The Life and Death of Peter Sellers (writer: "In the Midnight Hour")
 
2003 Crime Spree (writer: "Can't Be Still")
 
1999-2002 The Sopranos (TV series)
– Watching Too Much Television (2002) (writer: "Green Onions")
– Pilot (1999) (writer: "Can't Be Still" - uncredited)
 
2002 Once Upon a Time in the Midlands (writer: "Bar-B-Q" 1964)
 
2002 K-9: P.I. (video) (writer: "Green Onions")
 
2002 Women or Children First (writer: "Sad Song Fa Fa Fa Fa Fa" / as Stephen Lee Cropper)
 
2002 My Own Private Oshawa (TV movie) (writer: "Knock on Wood")
 
2001 Riding in Cars with Boys (writer: "In The Midnight Hour")
 
2001 Scary Movie 2 (writer: "If I Had No Loot")
 
2001 Blow (writer: "Be My Lady" / as Stephen Cropper)
 
2001 Scratch (documentary) (writer: "Melting Pot" / as Stephen Cropper)
 
2000 Bedazzled (writer: "Just the One I've Been Looking For")
 
2000 Frequency (writer: "Sookie Sookie")
 
2000 An Extremely Goofy Movie (video) (writer: "Knock On Wood" / as Stephen Lee Cropper)
 
2000 28 Days (writer: "Fa-fa-fa-fa-fa Sad Song" 1966)
 
1999 Jesus' Son (writer: "Soul Dressing" / as Stephen Cropper)
 
1998 Stepmom (writer: "Green Onions")
 
1998 Rush Hour (writer: "Hip Hug-Her")
 
1998 54 (writer: "Knock On Wood")
 
1998 The Last Days of Disco (writer: "Knock on Wood" / as Stephen Cropper)
 
1998 Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas (writer: "Time Is Tight")
 
1998 From the Earth to the Moon (TV mini-series)
– 1968 (1998) (writer: "Sookie Sookie")
– We Have Cleared the Tower (1998) (writer: "Sookie Sookie")
 
1998 Ride (writer: "In The Midnight Hour")
 
1998 The Big Lebowski (writer: "Behave Yourself")
 
1998 Blues Brothers 2000 (writer: "634-5789", "Green Onions" / as Steven Cropper)
 
1997 Digging to China (writer: "Green Onions")
 
1997 Nothing to Lose (writer: "If I Had No Loot")
 
1997 Trial and Error (writer: "Mr. Pitiful")
 
1997 Addicted to Love (writer: "Tukka Yoot's Riddim")
 
1997 Plump Fiction (writer: "Soul Dressing")
 
1997 The Devil's Own (writer: "All 4 Love")
 
1996 My Fellow Americans (writer: "In The Midnight Hour")
 
1996 Apollo 11 (TV movie) (writer: "In the Midnight Hour" / as S. Cropper)
 
1996 Sling Blade (writer: "Soul Dressing")
 
1996 Striptease (writer: "Green Onions" / as Steve Croffer)
 
1996 Hollow Reed (writer: "Soul Limbo")
 
1996 Happy Gilmore (writer: "Green Onions")
 
1995 Chicago Hope (TV series)
– The Ethics of Hope (1995) (writer: "In the Midnight Hour" - uncredited)
– A Coupla Stiffs (1995) (writer: "In the Midnight Hour" - uncredited)
 
1995 Casino (writer: "Fa-Fa-Fa-Fa-Fa Sad Song")
 
1995 Get Shorty (writer: "Green Onions", "Aw Mercy", "Can't Be Still")
 
1995 Georgia ("FA FA FA FA FA SAD SONG")
 
1995 Houseguest (writer: "Green Onions")
 
1994 Baseball (TV mini-series documentary)
– A Whole New Ball Game (1994) (writer: "Green Onions", "Slim Jenkins' Joint")
 
1994 Andre (writer: "Green Onions")
 
1993 Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story (writer: "Green Onions")
 
1993 Indecent Proposal ("In the Midnight Hour")
 
1992 Sjans (TV series)
– Oude Liefde (1992) (writer: "Sittin' On The Dock of the Bay" - uncredited)
 
1991 Vacanze di Natale '91 (writer: "Sittin' on the Dock of the Bay")
 
1991 For the Boys (writer: "Green Onions")
 
1991 De provincie (performer: "Fa-Fa-Fa-Fa-FA")
 
1991 Mystery Date (writer: "634-5789")
 
1991 The Commitments (writer: "Mr. Pitiful", "In The Midnight Hour")
 
1990 Rampe & Naukkis - Kaikkien aikojen superpari (writer: "Sittin' on the Dock of the Bay", "Green Onions" / arranger: "Sittin' on the Dock of the Bay", "Green Onions")
 
1990 Raisins Sold Out: The California Raisins II (TV movie) (writer: "Mr. Pitiful" - uncredited)
 
1989 American Boyfriends (writer: "In the Midnight Hour")
 
1989 Wired (writer: "634-5789")
 
1989 Road House (writer: "Knock on Wood")
 
1989 Dream a Little Dream (writer: "THE MIDNIGHT HOUR")
 
1989 The Experts (producer: "Back In The U.S.S.R.")
 
1988 Twins (writer: "GREEN ONIONS")
 
1988 Alien Nation (writer: "SITTIN' ON THE DOCK OF THE BAY")
 
1988 The Great Outdoors (writer: "Hip Hug-Her" / producer: "Hip Hug-Her", "Land of a Thousand Dances", "Hot Fun in the Summertime")
 
1988 A Night in the Life of Jimmy Reardon (writer: "GREEN ONIONS")
 
1988 Satisfaction (writer: "Knock on Wood", "Talk to Me" / producer: " I Can't Get No Satisfaction")
 
1988 Falcon Crest (TV series)
– The Uncertainty Principle (1988) (writer: "Knock On Wood" - uncredited)
 
1988 Genesis: Live at Wembley Stadium (video) (writer: "In The Midnight Hour")
 
1987 Good Morning, Vietnam (writer: "In The Midnight Hour")
 
1987 Eddie Murphy Raw (documentary) (" Sittin' On The Dock Of The Bay")
 
1987 Hamburger Hill (writer: "Sittin' On The Dock Of The Bay")
 
1987 Barfly ("Hip Hug-Her")
 
1987 White of the Eye (writer: "Slim Jenkins Joint")
 
1986 Le môme (writer: " Sittin' on the Dock of the Bay")
 
1986 Top Gun ("Sittin' On The Dock Of The Bay")
 
1985 Miami Vice (TV series)
– Phil the Shill (1985) (writer: "Knock on Wood" - uncredited)
– Nobody Lives Forever (1985) (writer: "Green Onions" - uncredited)
 
1985 Into the Night (writer: "IN THE MIDNIGHT HOUR")
 
1985 Fame (TV series)
– Tomorrow's Children (1985) (writer: "Sittin' On The Dock of the Bay" - uncredited)
 
1985 Tuff Turf (writer: "GREEN ONIONS")
 
1984 The Flamingo Kid (writer: "Green Onions")
 
1984 Genesis: The Mama Tour (video documentary) (writer: "In The Midnight Hour")
 
1983 The Big Chill (writer: "IN THE MIDNIGHT HOUR")
 
1983 Star 80 (writer: "Sookie Sookie")
 
1980 Roadie (writer: "A Man Needs A Woman")
 
1978 Big Wednesday (writer: "Green Onions" - uncredited)
 
1975 What's Behind the Groupies? (writer: "Green Onions" - uncredited)
 
1973 American Graffiti (writer: "Green Onions")
 
1972 Memoirs of a Madam (writer: "That's a Man's Way" - uncredited)
 
1969 The Lawrence Welk Show (TV series)
– Veteran's Day Show (1969) (writer: " Sittin' on The Dock of the Bay" - uncredited)
 
1968 High School (documentary) (writer: "Sittin' On The Dock of the Bay" - uncredited)
 
1965 Shindig! (TV series)
– Episode #1.50 (1965) (writer: "Green Onions")
 
1938 BBC TV Cricket (TV series)
 
Show ShowActor (10 titles)
2008 Be Kind Rewind
Fats Waller's fan in train (uncredited)
 
2007 Great Performances (TV series)
– Respect Yourself: The Stax Records Story (2007)
 
1998 Blues Brothers 2000
Steve 'The Colonel' Cropper
 
1994 XXX's & OOO's (TV movie)
Cameo appearance
 
1991 Guitar (video)
Steve Cropper
 
1989 Empire of Ash III
Second Unit Raider
 
1988 Satisfaction
Sal
 
1987 Amazon Women on the Moon
Customer (segment "Titan Man")
 
1980 The Blues Brothers
Steve 'The Colonel' Cropper
 
1978 Saturday Night Live (TV series)
Blues Brothers Band
– Steve Martin/The Blues Brothers (1978) … Blues Brothers Band (uncredited)
 
Show ShowMusic Department (5 titles)
2003 Soul Comes Home (TV special) (musical director)
 
1998 Vampires (musician: lead guitar)
 
1994 Little Big League (additional music producer, composer: additional music)
 
1988 Satisfaction (music producer)
 
1986 BBC TV Cricket (TV series) (composer: theme "Soul Limbo" - 1 episode)
– Sport Aid: West Indies vs Rest of the World (1986) (composer: theme "Soul Limbo")
 
Show ShowThanks (1 title)
1998 The Making of 'Blues Brothers 2000' (video documentary short) (special thanks)
 
Show ShowSelf (23 titles)
2009 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Live: I'll Take You There (video)
Himself
 
2007 A Good Life: The Joe Grushecky Story (documentary)
Himself
 
2005 Hollywood's Master Storytellers: The Blues Brothers (TV movie)
Himself
 
2004 Great Performances (TV series)
Himself
– John Lennon's Jukebox (2004) … Himself
 
2004 The South Bank Show (TV series documentary)
Himself
– John Lennon's Jukebox (2004) … Himself
 
2003 Soulsville (documentary short)
Himself
 
2002 Sounds of Memphis (TV documentary)
 
1998 The Stories Behind the Making of 'The Blues Brothers' (video documentary)
Himself (as Steve 'The Colonel' Cropper)
 
1998 The Making of 'Blues Brothers 2000' (video documentary short)
Himself (as Steve 'The Colonel' Cropper)
 
1995 The Kennedy Center Honors: A Celebration of the Performing Arts (TV special)
Himself
 
1995 Rock & Roll (TV mini-series documentary)
Himself
 
1995 The History of Rock 'N' Roll, Vol. 5 (TV documentary)
Himself
 
1994 The 36th Annual Grammy Awards (TV special)
Himself
 
1993 The Tonight Show with Jay Leno (TV series)
Himself - Musical Guest
– Episode #2.34 (1993) … Himself - Musical Guest
 
1991 Guitar Legends (TV documentary)
Himself
 
1991 Late Night with David Letterman (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 20 February 1991 (1991) … Himself
 
1989 Shake!: Otis at Monterey (documentary short)
Himself - Booker T. & the MG's
 
1985 American Bandstand's 33 1/3 Celebration (TV movie)
Himself
 
1985 The Compleat Al (video)
Himself
 
1978 Grateful Dead: The Closing of Winterland (TV movie)
Himself - The Blues Brothers Band
 
1978 Saturday Night Live (TV series)
Himself - Musical Guest
– Carrie Fisher/The Blues Brothers (1978) … Himself - Musical Guest (as The Blues Brothers Band)
 
1978 Things We Did Last Summer (TV movie)
Himself - Blues Brothers Band
 
1968 Monterey Pop (documentary)
Himself - Booker T. & the MG's (uncredited)
 
Show ShowArchive Footage (6 titles)
2005 Saturday Night Live: The Best of Dan Aykroyd (video)
Blues Brothers Band (uncredited)
 
2005 Live from New York: The First 5 Years of Saturday Night Live (TV documentary)
Himself
 
2005 Saturday Night Live: The Best of John Belushi (TV movie)
Himself - Blues Brothers Band (uncredited)
 
1994 The Best of the Blues Brothers (video documentary)
Himself (as Steve 'The Colonel' Cropper)
 
1986 The Best of Dan Aykroyd (video)
Blues Brothers Band
 
1985 The Best of John Belushi (video)
Himself (Blues Brothers)
 

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Personal Details

Other Works:

CD: "With a Little Help from My Friends" (Fantasy)

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Alternate Names:

The Blues Brothers Band | Steve 'The Colonel' Cropper

Height:

6' 1" (1.85 m)
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Trivia:

Elected to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame (as a member of 'Booker T. & the M.G.s') in 1992. See more »

Trademark:

Peavey Steve Cropper Classic guitar. See more »

Nickname:

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Star Sign:

Libra