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Ben Cauley

real name Benjamin Cauley

Memphis, United States

Ben Cauley is credited on 939 releases across 295 albums tracked on Gatefold, active 1967–2024 — the collector-built map of who actually made the music.

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939

Credits

295

Albums

7

Decades active

352

In collections

Biography

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American trumpeter, singer, songwriter and arranger, born October 3rd, 1947. Died September 21st, 2015 at the age of 67.
Original member of the Bar-Kays since the mid-1960s, sole survivor of the 1967 plane crash that killed Otis Redding and four band members. He rebuilt the band in 1968 with other remaining member James Alexander. Cauley left the Bar-Kays by the end of 1970. In the following years he has played and arranged music for artists like Isaac Hayes, The Staple Singers and The Doobie Brothers.

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Credited work

939 releases · 295 albums · active 1967–2024

  • Performance · 1,135
  • Other credits · 5
  • Production · 2

Studios: Warner Bros. Recording Studios · Sunset Sound Recorders · Royal Recording Studios, Memphis · Hot Buttered Soul Recording Studio

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