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Drummer Howard Grimes, a pillar of '70s Memphis soul music who played with the likes of Al Green and Ann Peebles, died on Feb. 12 at age 80.

Drummer Howard Grimes, a pillar of '70s Memphis soul music who played with the likes of Al Green and Ann Peebles, died on Feb. 12 at age 80.

His beats on songs including Al Green's "Let's Stay Together" served as a crucial foundation for the burgeoning Memphis soul sound of the 1970s.

A critical figure in the early years at Stax Records, Howard Grimes made his lasting legacy as a member of the famed Hi Rhythm section.

His beats on songs including Al Green's "Let's Stay Together" served as a crucial foundation for the burgeoning Memphis soul sound of the 1970s.

Howard Grimes, veteran drummer and mainstay of the Memphis, Tenn., soul scene, died on Saturday of kidney failure at Saint Francis Hospital in Memphis. He

For writer Ace Atkins, discovering the music of the Mississippi native, who died this past weekend at 85, was an education in deeper soul

He released dozens of records on an array of labels across five decades, and his work was heavily sampled by rappers. He enjoyed a career revival in his 70s.

Syl Johnson, the soul singer whose "Different Strokes" became one of the most sampled songs in hip-hop history, has died at the age of 85.

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