Ann Peebles

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Ann Peebles (b. 1947) is a U.S. singer and songwriter, best known for her popular Memphis soul albums of the 1970s on the Hi Records label. Two of her better known songs are “I’m Gonna Tear Your Playhouse Down” and “I Can’t Stand The Rain”.

Born on 27th April 1947 in St. Louis, Missouri, USA, Peebles was discovered as a talent by Gene “Bowlegs” Miller of Hi Records during a 1968 trip to sit in singing with him at a Memphis, Tennessee, nightclub. A popular local bandleader, Miller was known for also helping other musicians, such as members of the Hi Rhythm Section, get their starts in the Memphis music industry. Peebles soon began writing and singing hits for the label, cowriting with label staff songwriter Don Bryant, whom she married in 1974. Peebles released a number of commercially successful and critically well received albums produced by Willie Mitchell on Hi Records throughout the 1970s, until the rise of disco in the late 1970s took her music out of the limelight. Hi Records was sold in 1977, but Peebles reunited with Willie Mitchell in 1989 to produce her comeback album, Call Me.
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  • ilovesuburbia

    just enough to keeeep me hanging onnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnn

    October 2011
  • mister_tussin

    i wish she had recorded with curtis

    September 2011
  • Druid66

    Love that Memphis soul. "Playhouse" is a killer track.

    September 2011
  • LuanaPacheco

    Blues Brother Soul Sister... The best!

    August 2011
  • noiresque

    What a talent!

    May 2011
  • semionato

    JESUS CHRIST.

    January 2011
  • Peep_this

    her voice !!!

    December 2010
  • floydalbert

    Great songs by Ann Peebles

    November 2010
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