The Muscle Shoals Horns is an American

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s who performed on many

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records between the late 1960s to the present, as well as making their own recordings which included the 1976

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hit "Born To Get Down". The performers include Harrison Calloway Jr. (trumpet), Ronnie Eades (baritone saxophone), Harvey Thompson (saxophone, flute), and Charles Rose (trombone). Muscle Shoals Horns, ''Discogs.com''
Retrieved 1 May 2016 Calloway, Eades and Thompson met while at

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, and began performing with local bands and, on one occasion, young guitarist

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. Together with Rose, they began recording together at the

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in the late 1960s, Muscle Shoals, ''Encyclopedia of Appalachia''
Retrieved 1 May 2016 and performed on 300 albums, by musicians including

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, Lisa Singleton-Rickman, "Legendary Muscle Shoals Horns reunite for CD release", ''TimesDaily.com'', 31 May 2015
Retrieved 1 May 2016 often working with the musicians of the

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. The Muscle Shoals Horns also achieved commercial success in their own right, releasing three albums under their own name, with four records on the R&B singles chart in 1976-77 – "Born To Get Down (Born To Mess Around)" (#8), "Open Up Your Heart" (#47), "Bump De Bump Yo Boodie" (#63), and "Dance To The Music" (#57). They also released three albums – ''Born To Get Down'' (1976), ''Doin' It To The Bone'' (1977), and ''Shine On'' (1983) – and were credited on the 1975 DJM album ''Elton John Band featuring

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and the Muscle Shoals Horns''. The four members reunited in 2015 after a 30-year break, with a performance to mark the release of their recordings on CD. Harrison Calloway, seen by the other members as "the father of the group", died in

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on April 30, 2016, aged 75, following a

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. Robert Palmer, "Muscle Shoals Horns founder Harrison Calloway dead at 75", ''TimesDaily.com'', May 1, 2016
Retrieved 1 May 2016 The Original Muscle Shoals Horns were inducted into the

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in 2019.

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A Conversation With Ronnie Eades, Co-Founder Of The Muscle Shoals Horns
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