R&B/Soul

United States

The Mar-Keys

Top Songs By The Mar-Keys

Grab This ThingThe Mar-Keys

Listen to Last Night (Single) by The Mar-Keys, see lyrics, music video & more!

Last Night (Single)The Mar-Keys

Listen to Plantation Inn by The Mar-Keys, see lyrics, music video & more!

Plantation InnThe Mar-Keys

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Bo-TimeThe Mar-Keys

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Morning AfterThe Mar-Keys

Listen to About Noon (Single) by The Mar-Keys, see lyrics, music video & more!

About Noon (Single)The Mar-Keys

Listen to I've Been Loving You Too Long (To Stop Now) [Live] by Otis Redding, Booker T. & The M.G.'s & The Mar-Keys, see lyrics, music video & more!

I've Been Loving You Too Long (To Stop Now) [Live]Otis Redding, Booker T. & The M.G.'s & The Mar-Keys

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Philly DogThe Mar-Keys

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Last NightThe Mar-Keys

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Pop-Eye StrollThe Mar-Keys

More albums from The Mar-Keys

Listen to Stax Instrumentals by Booker T. & The M.G.'s & The Mar-Keys

ALBUMStax InstrumentalsBooker T. & The M.G.'s & The Mar-Keys

Listen to Memphis Experience by The Mar-Keys

ALBUMMemphis ExperienceThe Mar-Keys

ALBUMDamifiknowThe Mar-Keys

Listen to The Great Memphis Sound by The Mar-Keys

ALBUMThe Great Memphis SoundThe Mar-Keys

Listen to Do the Pop-Eye by The Mar-Keys

ALBUMDo the Pop-EyeThe Mar-Keys

ALBUMLast NightThe Mar-Keys

Listen to The Last Night! by The Mar-Keys

ALBUMThe Last Night!The Mar-Keys

About The Mar-Keys

Hometown

Memphis, TN, United States

Formed

1958

Genre

R&B/Soul

As the Stax label's house band in the 1960s, the Mar-Keys were pretty much the architects of the era's Southern soul sound. They started out as the Royal Spades in the late '50s, including saxophonist Packy Axton (son of Stax founder Estelle Axton) as well as all the future members of Booker T. & the M.G.'s and the Memphis Horns. The Mar-Keys--who also recorded on their own--backed the entire stellar Stax roster of the time, from Otis Redding to Rufus Thomas, officially disbanding in 1971.