Steve Cropper performs during the Memphis Music Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony on October 17, 2015 in Memphis, Tennessee

Steve Cropper performs during the Memphis Music Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony on October 17, 2015 in Memphis, Tennessee

 Duffy-Marie Arnoult

Steve Cropper, the Booker T. & the MG's guitarist and key songwriter and producer for the Memphis soul sound of Stax Records, has died aged 84, his family said.

Cropper who co-wrote soul classics including "In the Midnight Hour" and "(Sittin' on) the Dock of the Bay," died peacefully on Wednesday in Nashville, according to a family statement posted on his official Facebook page.

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