AKA Wallace Daniel Pennington

Born: 16-Nov-1941
Birthplace: Vernon, AL

Gender: Male
Race or Ethnicity: White
Sexual orientation: Straight
Occupation: Songwriter

Nationality: United States
Executive summary: Soul songwriter, Dark End of the Street

Songs have been made popular by Aretha Franklin ("Do Right Woman, Do Right Man"), Janis Joplin ("Woman Left Lonely"), Dionne Warwick ("I'm Your Puppet"), Ronnie Milsap, Solomon Burke, and Conway Twitty, among others. Though he is more of a songwriter than a performer, Penn has released two solo albums.

    Dan Penn

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