Artist
Ann Peebles
Ann Peebles is a soul artist from St. Louis, USA formed in 1947. 23 releases are catalogued on Riffiter.
Soul · St. Louis, USA · Best soul albums
- 23
- Releases
- 1969–2025
- Active years
- 1947
- Formed
Artist
Ann Peebles is a soul artist from St. Louis, USA formed in 1947. 23 releases are catalogued on Riffiter.
Soul · St. Louis, USA · Best soul albums
Most popular
I Can't Stand the Rain
2009
Straight From the Heart
1972
Part Time Love
1970
Tellin' It
1976
If This Is Heaven
1978
The Handwriting Is on the Wall
1977
This Is Ann Peebles
1969
Just You and Me
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Live in Memphis
2022
Latin Salsa (Ann Peebles & Mahalia Jackson, Vol.1 Collection)
2015
The Essential Ann Peebles
2015
Soul Elite: Best of (Ann Peebles Collection)
2015
Latin Salsa (Ann Peebles & Mahalia Jackson, Vol.2 Collection)
2015
Greatest Hits
2015
99 Lbs
2014
I Still Love You
2014
The Definitive Ann Peebles Collection
2011
Full Time Love
2011
Call Me
2011
Fill This World With Love
2011
This Is Ann Peebles / The Handwriting Is on the Wall
1993
A native of St. Louis, Missouri, Ann Peebles was given her first opportunity as a professional performer by Hi Records' Gene "Bowlegs" Miller during a 1968 trip to sit in singing with him at a Memphis nightclub. A popular local band-leader, Miller was known for helping other musicians, such as members of the Hi Rhythm Section, get their start in the Memphis music industry. Peebles soon began penning and singing hits for the label, co-writing with label staff songwriter Don Bryant, whom she married in 1974. She 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 music in the late 1970s took her music out of the limelight. Although Hi Records was sold in 1977, she reunited with Mitchell in 1989 to produce her comeback album, Call Me. In 2006 she released the album Brand New Classics, which consisted of re-recordings of some of her songs in an acoustic style. Peebles has been sampled by many hip hop artists, in particular RZA and the Wu-Tang Clan. Many mainstream artists have covered her songs - her track "I Can't Stand The Rain" was first covered by Patrice Banks of Gr…
