Induction Year: 2020
Birth Name: Dewey Lindon Oldham Jr.
Birth Date: 06-14-1943
Place of Birth: Center Star, Alabama
"1980 (Keep On Smiling)"
(written with Karen Oldham)
Spooner Oldham | 1972 |
Ronnie Milsap | 1971 |
"A Woman Left Lonely"
(written with Dan Penn)
Charlie Rich | 1971 | #72 Country |
Janis Joplin | 1971 |
Jody Miller | 1971 |
Patti Page | 1971 | #38 Country |
Rita Coolidge | 1972 |
Maggie Bell | 1974 |
Sammi Smith | 1977 |
Irma Thomas | 1981 |
Dan Penn | 1999 |
Kris Kristofferson | 2013 |
"Another Night Of Love"
(written with Freddy Weller)
Freddy Weller | 1971 | #5 Country |
"Cry Like A Baby"
(written with Dan Penn)
Betty Wright | 1968 |
Jimmy James & The Vagabonds | 1968 |
The Box Tops | 1968 | #2 Pop |
The Ventures | 1968 |
Arthur Alexander | 1969 |
Cher | 1969 |
The Four Freshman | 1969 |
Lulu | 1970 |
The Memphis Horns | 1970 |
Petula Clark | 1971 |
Joe Stampley | 1975 | #70 Country |
Kim Carnes | 1980 | #44 Pop |
Fish Heads & Rice | 1994 |
Long John Baldry | 1995 |
The Hacienda Brothers | 2006 |
Kiki Dee | 2008 |
"Everything I Am"
(written with Dan Penn)
The Box Tops | 1967 |
Plastic Penny | 1968 | #6 UK |
"I Met Her In Church"
(written with Dan Penn)
The Box Tops | 1968 | #37 Pop |
Dan Penn | 1999 |
"I Worship The Ground You Walk On"
(written with Dan Penn)
Jimmy Hughes | 1966 | #25 R&B |
Etta James | 1967 |
Jackie Montre El | 1968 | #34 R&B |
"I'm Your Puppet"
(written with Dan Penn)
James & Bobby Purify | 1966 | #5 R&B, #6 Pop |
Peter & Gordon | 1967 |
Sam & Dave | 1967 |
Sandy Posey | 1967 |
The Box Tops | 1967 |
Dionne Warwick | 1969 |
Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell | 1969 |
Donny Osmond | 1971 |
James & Bobby Purify | 1976 | #12 UK |
Mickey Gilley | 1988 | #49 Country |
Paul Young & Elton John | 1993 |
Dan Penn | 1994 |
Bobby Womack | 2000 |
Irma Thomas | 2000 |
Randy Newman | 2000 |
John Legend w/ Samuel L. Jackson & Bernie Mac | 2008 |
Cliff Richard & Percy Sledge | 2011 |
The Raconteurs | 2019 |
"In The Same Old Way"
(written with Dan Penn)
Bobby Bare | 1966 | #34 Country |
Tommy & The Chessmen | 1966 |
Mighty Sam McClain | 1988 |
"It Tears Me Up"
(written with Dan Penn)
Percy Sledge | 1966 | #7 R&B, #20 Pop |
Jerry Reed | 1982 |
Elvis Costello | 1986 |
Dan Penn | 1994 |
The Box Tops | 1998 |
The Hacienda Brothers | 2006 |
Soul Summit | 2007 |
"Let It Happen"
(written with Dan Penn)
James Carr | 1967 | #30 R&B |
The Sunset Travelers | 2002 |
"Lonely Women Make Good Lovers"
(written with Freddy Weller)
Bob Luman | 1972 | #4 Country |
Freddy Weller | 1972 |
Lynn Anderson | 1973 |
Steve Wariner | 1984 | #4 Country |
Spooner Oldham | 1999 |
"Out Of Left Field"
(written with Dan Penn)
Percy Sledge | 1967 | #25 R&B, #59 Pop |
Al Kooper | 1976 |
Hank Williams, Jr. | 1993 |
Dan Penn | 1999 |
Donnie Fritts | 2016 |
Gregg Allman | 2017 |
"She Ain't Gonna Do Right"
(written with Dan Penn)
Wilson Pickett | 1966 |
Clarence Carter | 1968 |
James & Bobby Purify | 2002 |
"She Loves Me (Right Out Of My Mind)"
(written with Freddy Weller)
Freddy Weller | 1972 | #11 Country |
George Jones | 1972 |
"Sweet Inspiration"
(written with Dan Penn)
Diana Ross & The Supremes and The Temptations | 1968 |
King Curtis | 1968 |
The Sweet Inspirations | 1968 | #5 R&B, #18 Pop |
Wilson Pickett | 1970 |
Ike & Tina Turner | 1971 |
Barbra Streisand | 1972 | #15 Adult Contemporary, #37 Pop |
Rita Coolidge | 1978 |
The Platters | 1995 |
Dan Penn | 1999 |
Vonda Shepard | 1999 |
Jackie DeShannon | 2006 |
The Derek Trucks Band | 2009 |
"Take Me (Just As I Am)"
(written with Dan Penn)
Lonnie Ray | 1965 |
Arthur Conley | 1966 |
Spencer Wiggins | 1966 |
Charles Chalmers | 1967 |
Solomon Burke | 1967 | #11 R&B, #49 Pop |
Z.Z. Hill | 1986 |
Latimore | 2000 |
"The Roadmaster"
(written with Freddy Weller)
Freddy Weller | 1972 | #17 Country |
"Up Tight, Good Man"
(written with Jimmy Johnson, Dan Penn)
Laura Lee | 1967 | #16 R&B, #93 Pop |
"Up Tight, Good Woman"
(written with Jimmy Johnson, Dan Penn)
Dan Penn | 1965 |
Wilson Pickett | 1966 |
Spencer Wiggins | 1967 |
Solomon Burke | 1969 | #47 R&B |
"Wish You Didn't Have To Go"
(written with Dan Penn)
James & Bobby Purify | 1967 | #27 R&B, #38 Pop |
The Embers | 1967 |