Eddie Floyd

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born: June 25, 1935 in Montgomery, Alabama

Member of:
- The Falcons 1955 - mid '60s

Eddie Floyd started his musical career as founder-member of the Detroit band The Falcons. With them he scored two hits: "You're So Fine" in 1959 and "I Found A Love" in 1962.

After some solo recordings for small labels in Detroit and Washington, D.C. he eventually moved to Memphis in 1965 to sign a record deal with the legendary Stax label. His fame did not start with his own records, but with his songwriting skills (mostly co-penned with Steve Cropper): Wilson Pickett scored a hit with Floyd's "634-5789". Other artists followed.

In 1966 Eddie Floyd scored a worldwide hit with "Knock On Wood". In the years after he scored more hits (in 1968 with Sam Cooke 's "Bring It On Home To Me"), but never reached the succes of "Knock On Wood".

Covers of Eddie Floyd's songs:
- 634-5789 - Ry Cooder, Wilson Pickett, Sam & Dave, Otis Redding, Tina Turner, Johnny Van Zant
- Big Bird - The Box Tops
- Comfort Me - Carla Thomas
- Got to Make a Comeback - Robert Cray
- I Got Everything I Need - Sam & Dave, Preston Shannon
- I've Never Found A Girl - Al Green
- Raise Your Hand - J. Geils Band, Janis Joplin, Mitch Ryder, Bruce Springsteen
- Sweet Things You Do - Mavis Staples
- Things Get Better - Delaney & Bonnie Bramlett, Dr. Feelgood
and of course the many covers of his classic "Knock On Wood" which was recorded by The American Breed, Count Basie, Michael Bolton, David Bowie, Larry Carlton, Eric Clapton, James Cotton, Ella Fitzgerald, Buddy Guy, Harpers Bizarre, King Curtis, The Kingsmen, Melanie, Buddy Miles, Otis Redding & Carla Thomas, Johnny Rivers, Doug Sahm, Amii Stewart, James Taylor, Ike & Tina Turner, Phil Upchurch, Jesse Colin Young

Singles:
- Things Get Better [1965]
- Knock On Wood [1966]
- Love Is A Doggone Good Thing [1967]
- I've Never Found A Girl [1968]
- Big Bird [1968]
- Bring It On Home To Me [1968]
- California Girl [1970]
- My Girl [1970]
- Baby Lay Your Head Down [1973]

Essential Eddie Floyd album: Chronicle: Greatest Hits

Albums:
- Knock on Wood [Stax S714, 1967] with Booker T. & The MG's reissued: Atlantic/Stax SD-7714
- I've Never Found A Girl [Stax STS-2002, 1968]
- Rare Stamps [Stax STS-2011, 1969] has 2 duets with Mavis Staples - Remastered reissue Digipak
- You've Got to Have Eddie [Stax STS-2017, 1969]
- * California Girl [Stax STS-2029, 1970]
- * Down to Earth [Stax STS-2041, 1971]
- Baby Lay Your Head Down [Stax STS-3016, 1973]
- Think About It [Atco 7023, 1974]
- Soul Street [Stax STS-5512, 1974] with Donald "Duck" Dunn, Barry Beckett, Roger Hawkins, Eddie Hinton, David Hood, Jimmy Johnson, Eddie Willis, The Memphis Horns; reissued in 1984 [Stax MPS-8527]
- Experience [Malaco 6352, 1977] has a duet with Dorothy Moore
- Chronicle: Greatest Hits [Stax STX-4122, 1979] with Isaac Hayes, Booker T. Jones, Johnnie Taylor, Al Jackson, Jr. - Audio Cassette - Import exclusive remastered reissue in a digipak. Includes multimedia track featuring video, biography and pictures
- Flashback [Ichiban 3005, 1988]
- Knock on Wood: Best of Eddie Floyd [Atlantic, 1988]
- Gotta Make a Comeback [Pläne, December 1999]
- Greatest Hits [Unidisc, January 2001]
- All the Hits Plus More [Prestige Elite 393, November 2001]
- To the Bone [Rock House 11, July 2002]

- * reissued as 2-on-1 California Girl / Down to Earth [Stax 087, October 1995]

Eddie Floyd / The Primettes:
- Looking Back [Ember-TKO Magnum, 1968]

Eddie Floyd / Percy Sledge:
- Very Best Of [Time, June 2002]

He appears on the following albums:
Various Artists - Stax: Top of the Stax, Vol. 1: Twenty Greatest Hits [Stax 88005, 1988]
Various Artists - Memphis Soul [Warner Brothers 27609, July 1987]
Various Artists - The Soul of Detroit [Relic 7034, 1992]
Various Artists - Felix Hernandez presents the Rhythm Revue [TVT 4010, September 1997] 3 CD Box Set
Various Artists - Soul Jams [Soul Disciples 5013, November 1998]
Various Artists - Soul Hits of the 60's, Vol. 1 [Soul Disciples, November 1998]
Various Artists - The Stax Story [Stax 4429, October 2000] 4 CD Box Set
Various Artists - Back to Black: 1900-1999 [Universal 541518, February 2001] 10 CD Box Set
Various Artists - Soul Spectacular! The Greatest Soul Hits of All Time [Rhino 78300, February 2002] 4 CD Box Set
Various Artists - If Loving You Is Wrong: 20 Cheatin' Heartbreakers [Kent 208, March 2002]
Various Artists - Vanthology: A Tribute to Van Morrison [Evidence 26128, August 2003]
Various Artists - Box of Rock [Import 50170, December 2003] 10 CD Box set
Dorothy Moore - Gittin' Down Live! [Farish Street 1004, November 2005]

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