Born on this day – Steve Cropper:

Steve Cropper

Guitarist

Songwriter

Record producer

October 21, 1941 – December 3, 2025

Albums:

Dedicated (2011); Fire It Up (2021); Friendlytown (2024); Jammed Together (1969); Midnight Flyer (2010); Night After Night (1982); Nudge It Up A Notch (2008); Playin' My Thang (1981); Steve Cropper, Lou Marini and the Original Blues Brothers Band (2017); The Interview – Play It, Steve! (1998); This Is ... Steve Cropper & His Friends (1971); With a Little Help from My Friends (1969).

Movies and television:

28 Days (2000); 3rd Rock from the Sun (1996); 40 Hits of 1985 at the BBC (2025); 54 (1998); 8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown (2020); A Bronx Tale (1993); A Celebration of Blues & Soul: The 1989 Inaugural Concert (2014); A Day at the Beach (1970); A Good Life: The Joe Grushecky Story (2007); A Heartbeat Away (2011); A League of Their Own (2022); A Many Splintered Thing (2000); A Night at the Adonis (1978); A Night in the Life of Jimmy Reardon (1988); A Single Man (2009); A Very English Scandal (2018); Addicted to Love (1997); Alien Nation (1988); AM HQ Weekend (2025); Amazon Women on the Moon (1987); American Bandstand's 33 1/3 Celebration (1985); American Boyfriends (1989); American Crime Story (2016); American Dad! (2009); American Graffiti (1973); American Horror Story (2019); American Idol (2003–2012); America's Morning Headquarters (2025); Amii Stewart: Knock on Wood (1979); An Extremely Goofy Movie (2000); Andre (1994); Apollo 10½: A Space Age Childhood (2022); Apollo 11 (1996); Aquarius (2015); Argo (2012); Ask Körfezi (1979); Ask the Family (1978); B.B. King: In the Midnight Hour (1985); B.B. King: Into the Night (1985); Ballers (2018); Banda sonora (2008); Bandstand (1965); Barfly (1987); Baseball (1994); BBC TV Cricket (1963); Be Kind Rewind (2008); Beat Shazam (2018); Becoming Karl Lagerfeld (2024); Bedazzled (2000); Belushi (2020); Best (2000); Big Wednesday (1978); Blow (2001); Blues Brothers 2000 (1998); Bob Dylan, Roger McGuinn, Tom Petty, Neil Young, Eric Clapton, George Harrison: My Back Pages (Live) (1993); Bob Dylan: 30th Anniversary Concert Celebration (1992); Bobby Fischer Against the World (2011); Bodkin (2024); Boomers (2014–2016); Boy Swallows Universe (2024); Britain's Got More Talent (2015–2018); Britain's Got Talent (2012); Cab Calloway, le dandy de Harlem (2010); Calendar Girl (1993); Canadian Idol (2003); Candy Cane Lane (2023); Carnage Park (2016); Casino (1995); Cass (2008); Casual (2016); Caught (2018); CBS News Sunday Morning with Jane Pauley (2025); CBS Saturday Morning (2017); Chicago Hope (1995); Classic One Day Finishes (1992); Cold Case (2009); Conan (2018); Cricket: Today at the Test (2020); Crime Spree (2003); Crip Camp (2020); Crips and Bloods: Made in America (2008); Cyndi Lauper: Let the Canary Sing (2023); David Holzman's Diary (1967); De Mike Burstyn show (1981); De provincie (1991); Der Mann auf der Brücke (2009); Detroit (2017); Deutschland sucht den Superstar (2007); Die große Chance (2013); Digging to China (1997); Discomania (2004); Dolemite Is My Name (2019); Dolly (1976); Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story (1993); Dream a Little Dream (1989); Due Date (2010); Dystopia Tonight with John Poveromo (2021); E! Mysteries & Scandals (1999); EastEnders (2013); Easy A (2010); Eddie Murphy: Raw (1987); Electric Dreams (2009); Empire Falls (2005); Empire of Ash III (1989); Enie backt (2012); Eric Clapton's Crossroads Guitar Festival 2013 (2013); Extreme Justice (1986); Falcon Crest (1988); Fame (1985); Family Guy (2017); Far Cry New Dawn (2019); Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas (1998); Femme Fatales (2011); Festival de Viña del Mar (2007); Flash of Genius (2008); Footloose (2011); For the Boys (1991); For the Love of Music: The Story of Nashville (2013); Frasier (1995); Freeform (1970); Frequency (2000); Fright Night Part 2 (1988); Fringe (2012); From the Earth to the Moon (1998); Funkytown (2011); Garfield: A Tail of Two Kitties (2006); Genesis: Live at Wembley Stadium (1988); Genesis: The Mama Tour (1984); Genius (2021); Georgia (1995); Get Shorty (1995); Getting Wasted (1980); Glory Road (2006); Godfather of Harlem (2021); Good Morning Britain (2019); Good Morning, Vietnam (1987); Graines de star (1996); Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas (2004); Grateful Dead: The Closing of Winterland (1978); Great Performances (2004–2007); Guitar (1991); Hamburger Hill (1987); Happy Ending (2018); Happy Gilmore (1996); Heartbeat (1992); High School (1968); Hollow Reed (1996); Hollywood a Go Go (1965–1966); Hollywood's Master Storytellers: The Blues Brothers (2005); Homicide: Life on the Street (1999); Honest (2000); Houseguest (1995); I Don't Know How She Does It (2011); Idol - Jakten på en superstjerne (2005); Idol stjörnuleit (2003); Ídolos (2003); Idols (2002–2011); Idool 2003 (2003); Idool 2004 (2004); If Beale Street Could Talk (2018); If Not Us, Who? (2011); In Performance at the White House: Memphis Soul (2013); Indecent Proposal (1993); Intimate (2025); Intimate Strangers (2004); Into the Night (1985); It Takes Two (2008); Jackass (2001); James Burton & Friends: the Rock & Roll Supershow (2024); Jesus' Son (1999); Jimmy Barnes Feat. Steve Cropper: I Worship the Ground You Walk On (2016); Jools's Hootenanny (2009); Julia (2008); K-9: P.I. (2002); Kalp Kalbe Karsidir... (1978); Kara Simsek (1985); Karaoke Revolution Volume 2 (2004); Karaoke Revolution Volume 3 (2004); Killing Cinderella (2000); Kizi da Anasi Gibi (1980); Klassfesten (2002); Knuckles (2024); La rentadora (2007); Late Night with David Letterman (1991); Legend (2015); Legends & Lyrics Reboot: 8-Part All-Star Concert (2023); Les 50 ans du Disco - les stars chantent pour le Sidaction (2023); Les femmes... ou les enfants d'abord... (2002); Leyendas de la guitarra (1991); Lilyhammer (2012); Little Big League (1994); Live from New York: The First 5 Years of Saturday Night Live (2005); Love Child (2014); Love Ranch (2010); Mad Love (1969); Mafia III (2016); Marriages (1998); Mavis! (2015); Maximum Bob (1998); Meet the Raisins! (1988); Memoirs of a Madam (1972); Memphis Music Hall of Fame 10th Anniversary (2022); Miami Vice (1985); Michael Bolton: The Dock of the Bay (1988); Midsomer Murders (2007–2009); Mission: Impossible (1971); Mondo Trasho (1969); Monterey Pop (1968); Morfi, todos a la mesa (2016); Murphy Brown (1989); My Family (2000); My Fellow Americans (1996); My Own Private Oshawa (2002); Mystery Date (1991); New Zealand Idol (2004); Night and Day (2016); Night School (2018); No me la puc treure del cap (2012); Nothing to Lose (1997); Nunca es tarde (2016); Obscurity (2014); Once Upon a Time in the Midlands (2002); One Hit Wonderland (2012); One Last Thing... (2005); Only the Strong Survive (2002); Operación triunfo (2003); Otis Redding: Soul Ambassador (2013); Paltrocast with Darren Paltrowitz (2020); Parker Lewis Can't Lose (1992); Paul Rodgers: Live in Glasgow (2007); Perfect Days (2023); Pistol (2022); Plump Fiction (1997); Pop Idol (2003); Premier Festival International de Pop Music (1969); Private Life (2018); Quadrophenia (1979); Quantum Leap (1990–1993); Raisins Sold Out: The California Raisins II (1990); Rampe & Naukkis - Kaikkien aikojen superpari (1990); Reborn in the USA (2003); Resident Alien (2021); Ride (1998); Riding in Cars with Boys (2001); Road House (1989); Roadie (1980); Robot Dreams (2023); Rock & Roll (1995); Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Live: Feelin' Alright (2009); Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Live: I'll Take You There (2009); Rock Around the Dock (1986); Rock Influence (1984); Rock 'n' Roll Guns for Hire: The Story of the Sidemen (2017); Room for Rent (1971); Rough Trades (1977); Roy Orbison: Mystery Girl - Unraveled (2014); Rugby League's Legendary Watersplash Final (2018); RuPaul's Drag Race (2011); Rush Hour (1998); Safe Men (1998); Satisfaction (1988); Saturday Night Live (1978–1993); Saturday Night Live: The Best of Dan Aykroyd (2005); Saturday Night Live: The Best of John Belushi (2005); Scandal (2012–2014); Scarecrow (1973); Scary Movie 2 (2001); Scratch (2001); Shake! Otis at Monterey (1987); Shindig! (1965); Show Business Is My Life, But I Can't Prove It (2022); Sjans (1992); Skate. (2007); Sling Blade (1996); So You Think You Can Dance (2005–2007); So You Think You Can Dance Canada (2008); Something in the Air (2012); Sons of Anarchy (2013); Soul America (2020); Soul Comes Home (2003); Soul Deep: The Story of Black Popular Music (2005); Soul Men (2008); Soul to Soul (1971); Soulsville (2003); Soundbreaking: Stories from the Cutting Edge of Recorded Music (2016); Sounds of Memphis (2002); Star 80 (1983); Stars in Their Eyes (1997); State of Mind (2007); Stax, le label soul légendaire (2018); STAX: Soulsville, U.S.A. (2024); Stepmom (1998); Stranded in Canton (2005); Striptease (1996); Sugar Hill (1994); Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised) (2021); Supernatural (2007); 't Schaep met de 5 pooten (2013); Take Me to the River (2014); Tales of the City (1993); Talk to Me (2007); Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem (2023); TFI Friday (1996); The 27-Hour Day (2021); The 36th Annual Grammy Awards (1994); The Addams Family (2019); The Bank Job (2008); The Beanie Bubble (2023); The Bear (2024); The Benny Hill Show (1989); The Best of Dan Aykroyd (1986); The Best of John Belushi (1985); The Best of the Blues Brothers (1993); The Big Chill (1983); The Big Lebowski (1998); The Blues (2003); The Blues Brothers (1980); The Blues Brothers: Soul Biscuit (1978); The Commitments (1991); The Compleat Al (1985); The Dean Martin Show (1970); The Deuce (2017); The Devil's Own (1997); The Ed Sullivan Show (1968); The Ernie Sigley Show (1975); The Experts (1989); The Fall of the House of Usher (2023); The Fear (El Miedo);  (2006); The Flamingo Kid (1984); The Go!! Show (1966); The Great Outdoors (1988); The History of Rock 'n' Roll (1995); The Hollywood Knights (1980); The Johnny Cash Show (1969); The Kennedy Center Honors: A Celebration of the Performing Arts (1995); The Kenny Everett Video Show (1979); The Last Days of Disco (1998); The Last Letter from Your Lover (2021); The Lawrence Welk Show (1969); The Life and Death of Peter Sellers (2004); The Loving Story (2011); The Making of 'Blues Brothers 2000' (1998); The Marty Stuart Show (2010–2014); The Meat Rack (1979); The Midnight Hour (1985); The Missing Picture (2013); The National Parks: America's Best Idea (2009); The Project (2024); The Red King (2024); The Ronnie Wood Show (2012); The Sandlot (1993); The Secret Disco Revolution (2012); The Shrink Next Door (2021); The Simpsons (2019); The Sopranos (1999–2002); The South Bank Show (2004); The State (1995); The Stories Behind the Making of 'the Blues Brothers' (1998); The Story of the Songs (2020); The Tonight Show with Jay Leno (1993); The Twilight Zone (2019); The Vietnam War (2017); The Voice UK (2012); The Voices (2014); The Warriors (2005); The Wednesday Play (1965); The Witches (2020); The Young Ones (1983); Things We Did Last Summer (1978); Third Watch (2000); This Is Tom Jones (1969); Three Giant Men (1973); Tigerland (2000); Tiswas (1979–1980); Tom Jones: Live in Australia (1966); Tony Hawk: Until the Wheels Fall Off (2022); Tony! Toni! Toné!: If I Had No Loot (1993); Top 2000 a gogo (2008); Top Gun (1986); Top of the Pops (1979–1985); Top of the Pops: The Story of 1980 (2015); Tornavida (1979); Trial and Error (1997); Trust (2018); Tu cara me suena (2014); Tuff Turf (1985); Twin Peaks (2017); Twins (1988); Unsung (2015); Uptight (1968); Vacanze di Natale '91 (1991); Vampires (1998); Viki ja Köpi Show (2023); Vinyl (2016); War Dogs (2016); We zijn weer thuis (1991); What's Behind the Groupies? (1975); When Pigs Fly (1993); When We Were Boys (2013); White Boy Rick (2018); White of the Eye (1987); Wild West (2002); Wimbledon (2017); Wired (1989); WKRP in Cincinnati (1981); X-Men: First Class (2011); XXX's & OOO's (1994); Yacht Rock: A Dockumentary (2024); Young Sheldon (2021).