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\n\tMemphis<\/a> soul veteran Don Bryant has died, his family announced Friday, Dec. 26. He was 83.<\/p>\n \n\t\u201cDon loved sharing his music and songs with all of you and it gave him such great joy to perform and record new music,\u201d Bryant\u2019s family said in a statement shared on Instagram<\/a>. \u201cHe was so appreciative of everyone who was part of his musical journey and who supported him along the way.\u201d<\/p>\n \n\tThe Memphis-based artist originally struck out as a solo artist in the Sixties, releasing a lone album, Precious Soul<\/em>, in 1969. The following decade, he pivoted to songwriting, working at Memphis\u2019 Hi Records, which was home to artists like Al Green and O. V. Wright. \u201cI wanted to be a part of it,\u201d Bryant told Rolling Stone<\/em><\/a> in 2017. \u201cIf it wasn\u2019t gonna be the singing, I was content with trying to do the writing.\u201d<\/p>\n \n\tBryant was credited on hundreds of songs, writing tracks that were cut by Solomon Burke, Etta James, Otis Clay, and Albert King.\u00a0But Bryant he was perhaps best known for the string of hits he wrote for his wife, fellow Hi Records artist Ann Peebles, including \u201c99 Pounds\u201d and the Grammy-nominated \u201cI Can\u2019t Stand the Rain\u201d in 1973.\u00a0<\/p>\n