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Singer, songwriter, guitar player, DAN PENN

Singer, songwriter, guitar player, DAN PENN. PENN has written soul music classics like "Do Right Woman," "Cry Like a Baby," "Sweet Inspiration," and "I'm Your Puppet." His compositions have been made famous by the likes of Aretha Franklin, James Carr, Percy Sledge, Solomon Burke and Otis Redding. PENN left his tiny hometown of Vernon, Alabama when he was sixteen. . . a white kid, singing like Ray Charles and in love with black music. Now, 36 years later, Penn performed his own songs on his album released last year, "Do Right Man." (Warner Brothers, Sire Label) (REBROADCAST FROM 4

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