Steve Perry is the only child of Raymond F. Perry (born Raymond Pereira) and Mary C. Quaresma and is of Portuguese heritage. Steve grew up interested in music, as his father was a vocalist. He also counts Sam Cooke and Al Jolson among his early inspirations. The Perry family was close-knit until Ray left when Steve was 7. His mother later remarried, and Steve remained extremely close to her. On his twelfth birthday, Mary presented Steve with a gold eight ...

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The origins of the classic rock radio format can be traced back to The Beatles' groundbreaking album Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band, which would forever change several courses of the rock and roll format, especially with the slow rise of FM broadcasting, even though a majority of people were still listening to AM radio. Since Sgt. Pepper did not spawn any singles, both AM and FM stations began to play select tracks from the album in an attempt to retain listeners. Soon both stations and artists realized that album cuts rather than Top 40-oriented singles c ...

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Classic rock, Classic rock - Origins of classic rock radio, Classic rock - Key artists and albums, Classic rock - Classic Hits format, Classic rock - Symphonic classic rock

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Def Leppard - 1977 - 1979. Rick Savage (bass), Pete Willis (guitars) and Tony Kenning (drums) formed the band (Originally known as "Atomic Mass") in 1977 in Sheffield (see 1977 in music). Joe Elliott auditioned for a spot as their guitarist following a chance meeting with Willis. However, during Elliot's audition, it was decided that he was better suited for the role of lead singer. Soon afterwards, they adopted the name "Deaf Leopard" (which Elliott had thought of in his school days). At the sugges ...

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Def Leppard, Def Leppard - Music, Def Leppard - History, Def Leppard - 1977 - 1979, Def Leppard - 1980 - 1983, Def Leppard - 1984 - 1989, Def Leppard - 1990 - 1999, Def Leppard - 2000 - 2005, Def Leppard - Side projects, Def Leppard - current members, Def Leppard - past members, Def Leppard - Discography, Def Leppard - Studio albums, Def Leppard - Compilations, Def Leppard - Videos, Def Leppard - Hit singles, Def Leppard - from On Through The Night, Def Leppard - from High 'N' Dry, Def Leppard - from Pyromania, Def Leppard - from Hysteria, Def Leppard - from Adrenalize, Def Leppard - from Retro Active, Def Leppard - from Vault: Def Leppard's Greatest Hits 1980-1995, Def Leppard - from Slang, Def Leppard - from Euphoria, Def Leppard - from X, Def Leppard - from Rock Of Ages: The Definitive Collection, Def Leppard - Influences

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This rock group formed on the West Coast of the USA during the summer of 1965 in what was called the San Francisco Bay folk boom. Singer Marty Balin recruited another folk musician, Paul Kantner (born March 17, 1941, San Francisco), blues guitarist Jorma Kaukonen, jazz and folk vocalist Signe Toly Anderson, drummer Jerry Peloquin, and acoustic bassist Bob Harvey. They drew inspiration from groups such as the Beatles, the Byrds, and The Lovin' ...

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Jefferson Airplane, Jefferson Airplane - Jefferson Airplane, Jefferson Airplane - Jefferson Starship, Jefferson Airplane - Starship, Jefferson Airplane - Reunion and remnants, Jefferson Airplane - Influence, Jefferson Airplane - Samples, Jefferson Airplane - Discography, Jefferson Airplane - Singles

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This is a list of artists who have appeared in episodes of the series: Aaliyah AC/DC Aerosmith Alice Cooper Alanis Morissette Andy Gibb Anthrax Backstreet Boys Bad Company Badfinger Bangles Barenaked Ladies Barry White Bay City Rollers Bette Midler Billy Joel Billy Idol The Black Crowes Blind Melon Blondie Blues Traveler < ...

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See Santana for additional background of the people who would become Journey. In December 1971, Gregg Rolie, the organist and vocalist and co-founding member of Santana, decided that it was time to leave the band, due to longstanding disagreements with Carlos Santana about the musical direction of the group. He went home to Seattle, opening a restaurant with his father. While all this was going on, there was another face on the scene; the road manager for Santana, Walter "Herbie" Herbert. After an abortive South American ...

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Journey band, Journey band - Beginnings, Journey band - Early progressive period, Journey band - A new vocalist phase one, Journey band - A new vocalist redux, Journey band - Massive commercial success, Journey band - Turmoil, Journey band - Attempts to reform, Journey band - Recent, Journey band - Lineup past and present, Journey band - Discography, Journey band - Albums, Journey band - DVDs, Journey band - Singles, Journey band - References in popular culture

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John Romero's first game Scout Search was published in 1984 by inCider magazine, a popular Apple II magazine during the 1980s. John's first company, Capitol Ideas Software, was listed as the developer for at least 12 of his earliest published games. John captured the December cover of the Apple II magazine Nibble for three years in a row starting in 1987. John also won a programming contest in A+ magazine during its first year of publish ...

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John Romero, John Romero - Biography, John Romero - Trivia

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Heavy metal music - The term heavy metal. The origin of the term heavy metal is uncertain. An early use of the term was by counter-culture writer William S. Burroughs. In his 1962 novel The Soft Machine, he introduces the character "Uranian Willy, the Heavy Metal Kid". His next novel in 1964 Nova Express, develops this theme further, heavy metal being a metaphor for addictive drugs. "With their diseases and orgasm drugs and their sexless parasite life forms - Heavy Metal People ...

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Heavy metal music, Heavy metal music - Characteristics, Heavy metal music - Instrumentation, Heavy metal music - Themes, Heavy metal music - Classical influence, Heavy metal music - History, Heavy metal music - The term heavy metal, Heavy metal music - Origins 1960s and early 1970s, Heavy metal music - Classic Heavy Metal Late 1970s and early 1980s, Heavy metal music - Metal Goes Mainstream 1980s, Heavy metal music - Underground Metal 1980s 1990s and 2000s, Heavy metal music - Alternative Metal 1990s and 2000s, Heavy metal music - Cultural impact, Heavy metal music - Related styles, Heavy metal music - Controversy from within the genre, Heavy metal music - Heavy metal dance, Heavy metal music - Sources

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Switched-On Bach was perhaps the first album to attempt the use of synthesizers as an alternative to an orchestra. Having assisted Robert Moog in the development of his first commercially available synthesizers, Carlos helped pioneer the technology, which was significantly more difficult to use than it is today. Multitrack recording techniques played a critical role in the time-consuming process of creating this album. On its release, Switched-On Bach became the best-selling classical album of all time, and the first to go plat ...

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Wendy Carlos, Wendy Carlos - Work, Wendy Carlos - Personal life, Wendy Carlos - Discography

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Asia band - Formation. Asia began with the apparent demise of Yes and Emerson, Lake & Palmer, the two flagship bands of British progressive rock. After the break-up of King Crimson in 1974, various plans for a supergroup involving bassist John Wetton had been mooted, including the abortive British Bulldog project with Bill Bruford and Rick Wakeman in 1976. In 1978, Bruford and Wetton were re-united in UK, which, after Bruford's departure, developed a more mainstream sound, a precursor for Asia's style. By 198 ...

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Asia band, Asia band - History, Asia band - Formation, Asia band - Early years, Asia band - ASTRA to the USSR, Asia band - The Payne era, Asia band - Recent years, Asia band - Modern opinions, Asia band - Personnel, Asia band - Discography, Asia band - Cultural references

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Infocom - The beginning. Inspired by Colossal Cave, Marc Blank and Dave Lebling created what was to become the first Infocom game, Zork, in 1977 at MIT's Laboratory for Computer Science. Despite the development of a revolutionary virtual memory system that allowed games to be much larger than the average personal computer's normal capacity, the enormous mainframe-developed game had to be split into three roughly equal parts. Zork I was released originally for the TRS-80 in 1980 and eventually ...

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Infocom, Infocom - Overview, Infocom - History, Infocom - The beginning, Infocom - Standing out from the competition, Infocom - Serious mistakes..., Infocom - ...and the Activision takeover, Infocom - The end, Infocom - Titles & authors, Infocom - Interactive Fiction, Infocom - Other Titles, Infocom - Collections, Infocom - Legacy, Infocom - Notes

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Born in Chicago, son of Jason Robards Sr., who was among the better-known actors of the first half of the twentieth century, starring regularly on the stage and in such early films as The Gamblers (1929). The family moved to New York City when young Jason was still a toddler, and then moved for good to Los Angeles when he was six years old. Later interviews with Robards suggested that the trauma of his parents' divorce, (which occurred during his grade-school years) left an indelible mark on his personality and worldview. Jason ...

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Jason Robards, Jason Robards - Childhood, Jason Robards - Naval service in World War II, Jason Robards - Early acting career, Jason Robards - Awards and honors, Jason Robards - Trivia, Jason Robards - List of credits, Jason Robards - Broadway Theatre, Jason Robards - Film, Jason Robards - Films for Television

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The single "Bridge Over Troubled Water"/This Is the Night," released June 10, 2003, has gone platinum. It was the fastest-selling single since Elton John's "Candle in the Wind 1997" and the best-selling single of 2003. It was the first single to go platinum since 2002, when Lee Ann Womack's "I Hope You Dance" sold a million copies after being out for over a year. In October of 2003 Aiken released his first solo album, Measure of a Man, which debuted at #1 on the "Billboard 200" and was, with over 600,000 copies sold in its firs ...

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Clay Aiken, Clay Aiken - Early years, Clay Aiken - American Idol, Clay Aiken - Post-Idol career, Clay Aiken - Charitable work, Clay Aiken - Aiken's fans, Clay Aiken - Tours, Clay Aiken - Awards and nominations, Clay Aiken - Discography, Clay Aiken - Studio albums, Clay Aiken - Singles released to retail, Clay Aiken - Videos released to retail, Clay Aiken - Singles charting on radio

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List of sets of unrelated songs with identical titles - Aa-Am. "Abracadabra" by Alizée, the Steve Miller Band (covered by Sugar Ray); "Abra-Ca-Dabra" by the DeFranco Family "Abraham" by Eddie From Ohio, James Keelaghan "About Nothing" by Scott Weiland; "About Nothing (For the Love of Destiny)" by P.M. Dawn "Ace of Spades" by Link Wray, Lovage, Motörhead "Action" by Freddy Cannon, Powerman 5000, The Sweet (covered by Def Leppard and Steve Stevens) "Addicted" by ...

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List of sets of unrelated songs with identical titles, List of sets of unrelated songs with identical titles - A, List of sets of unrelated songs with identical titles - Aa-Am, List of sets of unrelated songs with identical titles - An-Az, List of sets of unrelated songs with identical titles - B, List of sets of unrelated songs with identical titles - Ba-Bm, List of sets of unrelated songs with identical titles - Bn-Bz, List of sets of unrelated songs with identical titles - C, List of sets of unrelated songs with identical titles - Ca-Cm, List of sets of unrelated songs with identical titles - Cn-Cz, List of sets of unrelated songs with identical titles - D, List of sets of unrelated songs with identical titles - Da-Dm, List of sets of unrelated songs with identical titles - Dn-Dz, List of sets of unrelated songs with identical titles - E, List of sets of unrelated songs with identical titles - F, List of sets of unrelated songs with identical titles - Fa-Fm, List of sets of unrelated songs with identical titles - Fn-Fz, List of sets of unrelated songs with identical titles - G, List of sets of unrelated songs with identical titles - Ga-Gm, List of sets of unrelated songs with identical titles - Gn-Gz, List of sets of unrelated songs with identical titles - H, List of sets of unrelated songs with identical titles - Ha-Hm, List of sets of unrelated songs with identical titles - Hn-Hz, List of sets of unrelated songs with identical titles - I, List of sets of unrelated songs with identical titles - Ia-Iz, List of sets of unrelated songs with identical titles - J, List of sets of unrelated songs with identical titles - K, List of sets of unrelated songs with identical titles - L, List of sets of unrelated songs with identical titles - La-Lm, List of sets of unrelated songs with identical titles - Ln-Lz, List of sets of unrelated songs with identical titles - M, List of sets of unrelated songs with identical titles - N, List of sets of unrelated songs with identical titles - O, List of sets of unrelated songs with identical titles - Oa-Ou, List of sets of unrelated songs with identical titles - Ou-Oz, List of sets of unrelated songs with identical titles - P, List of sets of unrelated songs with identical titles - Q, List of sets of unrelated songs with identical titles - R, List of sets of unrelated songs with identical titles - Ra-Rm, List of sets of unrelated songs with identical titles - Rn-Rz, List of sets of unrelated songs with identical titles - S, List of sets of unrelated songs with identical titles - Sa-Sm, List of sets of unrelated songs with identical titles - Sn-St, List of sets of unrelated songs with identical titles - Su-Sz, List of sets of unrelated songs with identical titles - T, List of sets of unrelated songs with identical titles - U, List of sets of unrelated songs with identical titles - V, List of sets of unrelated songs with identical titles - W, List of sets of unrelated songs with identical titles - Wa-Whe, List of sets of unrelated songs with identical titles - Whe-Wz, List of sets of unrelated songs with identical titles - X, List of sets of unrelated songs with identical titles - Y, List of sets of unrelated songs with identical titles - Z, List of sets of unrelated songs with identical titles - 0-9, List of sets of unrelated songs with identical titles - Near-misses

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Van Halen - Origins. The Van Halen family emigrated from Nijmegen, Netherlands to Pasadena, California in the 1960s. Eddie and Alex's father, Jan Van Halen, was an accomplished saxophonist and clarinetist (his work was featured on the song "Big Bad Bill (Is Sweet William Now)" from the album Diver Down (1982)). Jan encouraged his sons' love of music. Alex (the older of the Van Halen brothers) and Eddie were both trained as classical pianists during their childhoods. As they grew older, Alex took flamenco g ...

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Van Halen, Van Halen - History, Van Halen - Origins, Van Halen - 1978-1985 with David Lee Roth, Van Halen - 1985-1996 with Sammy Hagar, Van Halen - 1997-1999 with Gary Cherone, Van Halen - 2000-2004 Four years of silence, Van Halen - 2004-2005 Reunion with Sammy Hagar, Van Halen - Dec 2005 - Present Hiatus Again...., Van Halen - Influence on culture music and business, Van Halen - Current members, Van Halen - Former members, Van Halen - Discography, Van Halen - Singles Billboard Hot 100, Van Halen - Notes

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Past: Kevin Flynn was a young and gifted programmer, who used to work for a software mega-corporation named ENCOM. One of ENCOM's leading executives is a man named Ed Dillinger. Flynn, an up-and-coming programmer, was cheated out of the profits and royalties for games that he created for Dillinger. Dillinger, in fact, stole Flynn's games and passed them off as his own. After being unable to prove his authorship and quitting the company, Flynn is reduced to running a video game arcade. Many of the ga ...

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Tron film, Tron film - Plot summary, Tron film - Technical, Tron film - Trivia, Tron film - Legacy, Tron film - Music

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Entries are listed with the following syntax: "Song Title" by musical artist(s) most associated with song references musicians and/or bands referred to. Contents: Top - 0–9 A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z List of songs containing overt reference to real musicians - 0-9. "1/15/96" by The Ataris references The Descendents "1974" by Robyn Hitchcock references David Crosby, Syd Barrett, and Led Zeppelin. (as well as covertly referencing Da ...

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List of songs containing overt reference to real musicians, List of songs containing overt reference to real musicians - List, List of songs containing overt reference to real musicians - 0-9, List of songs containing overt reference to real musicians - A, List of songs containing overt reference to real musicians - B, List of songs containing overt reference to real musicians - C, List of songs containing overt reference to real musicians - D, List of songs containing overt reference to real musicians - E, List of songs containing overt reference to real musicians - F, List of songs containing overt reference to real musicians - G, List of songs containing overt reference to real musicians - H, List of songs containing overt reference to real musicians - I, List of songs containing overt reference to real musicians - J, List of songs containing overt reference to real musicians - K, List of songs containing overt reference to real musicians - L, List of songs containing overt reference to real musicians - M, List of songs containing overt reference to real musicians - N, List of songs containing overt reference to real musicians - O, List of songs containing overt reference to real musicians - P, List of songs containing overt reference to real musicians - Q, List of songs containing overt reference to real musicians - R, List of songs containing overt reference to real musicians - S, List of songs containing overt reference to real musicians - T, List of songs containing overt reference to real musicians - U, List of songs containing overt reference to real musicians - V, List of songs containing overt reference to real musicians - W, List of songs containing overt reference to real musicians - X, List of songs containing overt reference to real musicians - Y, List of songs containing overt reference to real musicians - Z, List of songs containing overt reference to real musicians - Songs that mention Elvis Presley

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Danny Phantom and Vlad Plasmius are also characters in Nicktoons Unite! (PC, PlayStation 2, GameCube, Game Boy Advance, DS) The Fairly OddParents The Fairly OddParents: Breakin' Da Rules (PC, XBox, PlayStation 2, GameCube, Game Boy Advance) The Fairly OddParents: Clash with the Anti-World (PC, XBox, PlayStation 2, GameCube, Game Boy Advance) The Fairly OddParents: Enter the Cleft (Game Boy Advance) The Fairly OddParents: Shadow Showdown (PC, XBox, Play ...

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List of video games based on licensed properties, List of video games based on licensed properties - Action, List of video games based on licensed properties - Brand Names, List of video games based on licensed properties - Children's, List of video games based on licensed properties - Comedy, List of video games based on licensed properties - Fantasy, List of video games based on licensed properties - Game Show, List of video games based on licensed properties - Horror, List of video games based on licensed properties - Music Groups, List of video games based on licensed properties - Professional Wrestling Brands, List of video games based on licensed properties - Sci-Fi, List of video games based on licensed properties - Superheroes/Comics

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Progressive rock - Precursors. Image:King Crimson TopofThePopsLive1970.jpg Progressive rock was born from a variety of musical influences in the late 1960s. The later Beatles and many psychedelic bands began to combine traditional rock music with instruments from classical and Eastern music. Psychedelic rock continued this experimental trend and began to compose very long pieces, although usually without any carefully thought-out structure (for example, Iron Butterfly's "In-A-Gadda-Da-Vi ...

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Progressive rock, Progressive rock - Characteristics of progressive rock, Progressive rock - History of progressive rock, Progressive rock - Precursors, Progressive rock - First progressive rock acts, Progressive rock - Rise and fall, Progressive rock - 1980s revival, Progressive rock - Third wave and prog metal, Progressive rock - Influences

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The actual biggest selling musician in the world will probably never be known. Records of sales in many countries, particularly in the developing world, are poor and date back less than 20 years. ABBA, The Beatles, Michael Jackson, and Elvis Presley are all regularly cited as being the top seller. Record companies for The Beatles [1] and Elvis Presley[2] both claim that they have sold over one billion records, statistics that are supported by both the RIAA [3] and The Guinness Book Of World Records [4] [5] and numerous other sources. ...

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List of best-selling music artists, List of best-selling music artists - World's biggest seller, List of best-selling music artists - Artists claimed to have sold 250 000 000 records or more, List of best-selling music artists - Artists claimed to have sold 100 000 000 records or more, List of best-selling music artists - Artists claimed to have sold 50 000 000 records or more

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In the late 1950s the U.S. Beatnik counterculture was associated with the wider anti-war movement building against the threat of the atomic bomb, notably CND in Britain. Both were associated with jazz and with the growing folk song movement, which attracted idealistic communists and left-wingers working for an egalitarian overthrow of race discrimination in the U.S. and of the class structure in Britain. Rock and roll was seen as commercial pop, but subverted the race barriers in the U.S., and with the British invasion the reverence o ...

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Rock music, Rock music - Origins, Rock music - Rock 'n' Roll diversifies, Rock music - Surf music, Rock music - Australia, Rock music - British rock, Rock music - British invasion, Rock music - 1960s garage rock, Rock music - Development of a counterculture 1963-1974, Rock music - Bob Dylan and folk-rock, Rock music - Psychedelic rock, Rock music - Progressive rock, Rock music - German prog, Rock music - Italian prog, Rock music - Birth of heavy metal, Rock music - Corporate movements out of the counterculture the 1970s, Rock music - Arena rock, Rock music - Soft rock/Pop, Rock music - Classic rock emerging, Rock music - Rock crosses the border, Rock music - Disco punk and New Wave 1973-1981, Rock music - Disco, Rock music - Punk Rock, Rock music - New Wave, Rock music - Rock diversifies in the 1980s, Rock music - Hard rock and hair metal, Rock music - Birth of Chinese rock, Rock music - Alternative music and the indie movement, Rock music - Grunge and the anti-corporate rock movement, Rock music - Britpop, Rock music - Indie rock, Rock music - Alternative Rock and current trends 1995-present, Rock music - Social impacts, Rock music - 127 Underground Rock, Rock music - Trivia

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Note: this section lists people who predominantly played electric keyboards as detailed above. Keyboardist - Rock Pop and Electronica. Ray Manzarek (The Doors) Perry Bamonte Karl Bartos Wolfgang Flür and Florian Schneider (Kraftwerk) Jesse Carmichael (Maroon 5) Vince Clarke (Erasure, Depeche Mode, Yazoo) Geoff Downes (Asia, The Buggles, Yes) Keith Emerson Gillian Gilbert (New Order) Nicolas Godin (Air) Martin G ...

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Keyboardist, Keyboardist - Notable keyboardists,