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Released on Stax, also Tramp (Otis Redding), Soul Man (Sam & Dave) and When Something Is Wrong With My Baby (Sam & Dave)
Worth knowing
Counted from cited credits on fono.
Melvin Van Peebles wrote 12 songs on fono
Melvin Van Peebles’s most frequent co-writer is Otis Jackson Jr. (8 songs together)
Credits
All 3 credits
- Written by
- Melvin Van Peebles
- Released on
- Stax
- Written by
- Melvin Van Peebles
- Released on
- Stax
Connected by credits
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Same label: Stax
Same label: Stax
Same label: Stax
Elsewhere
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1MusicBrainz Sweetback’s Theme was written by Melvin Van Peebles
Sweetback’s Theme was written by Melvin Van Peebles
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
2MusicBrainz Sweetback’s Theme is part of the release Sweetback’s Theme / Hoppin John
Sweetback’s Theme is part of the release Sweetback’s Theme / Hoppin John
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
3MusicBrainz Stax is the label of the song Sweetback’s Theme
Stax is the label of the song Sweetback’s Theme
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
4MusicBrainz Sweetback’s Theme was released on 1971-08
Sweetback’s Theme was released on 1971-08
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026