Bobby Patterson is an American

United States

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 musician

Musician

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, singer, songwriter

Songwriter

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 and record producer

Record producer

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Patterson produced records

Gramophone record

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 for Fontella Bass

Fontella Bass

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, Chuck Jackson

Chuck Jackson

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, Ted Taylor

Ted Taylor

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, Shay Holiday, Roscoe Robinson

Roscoe Robinson (musician)

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, The Montclairs, Tommie Young

Tommie Young

Tommie Young is an American soul and gospel singer from Dallas, Texas.Young got her start singing in Dallas nightclubs, and in 1972, producer Bobby Patterson heard one of her performances and signed her to the label he co-owned, Soul Power Records. For her debut single, Patterson recorded...

, and Little Johnny Taylor

Little Johnny Taylor

Little Johnny Taylor was an American blues and soul singer, who made recordings throughout the 1960s and 1970s, and continued public performances through the 1980s and 1990s....

. Albert King

Albert King

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 recorded the song, "That's What the Blues is All About," which Patterson co-wrote. A version appeared on King's album

Album

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, I Wanna Get Funky

I Wanna Get Funky

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. Another of Patterson's songs, "She Don't Have to See You" was recorded by Golden Smog

Golden Smog

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 for their 1995 album, Down by the Old Mainstream

Down by the Old Mainstream

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He recorded a live album

Live album

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 at the Longhorn Ballroom

Longhorn Ballroom

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 in 2002.

Patterson is currently a DJ

Disc jockey

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 on the Dallas based radio station

Radio station

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 KKDA

KKDA (AM)

KKDA is an AM radio station broadcasting as Soul 73 serving the Dallas/Fort Worth area. The station is licensed in Grand Prairie, Texas, and is owned and operated by Service Broadcasting.-History:...

730 AM.