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Ray Cooper

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Raymond "Ray" Cooper (born 19 September 1947) is an English virtuoso percussionist. [1]

95 relations: America (band), ARMS Charity Concerts, Art Garfunkel, Auf Wiedersehen, Pet, Bell, Bell tree, Bill Wyman, Bill Wyman's Rhythm Kings, Billy Joel, Blue Mink, Bongo drum, Brazil (1985 film), Carly Simon, Carmine Appice, Charlie Watts, Christine McVie, Christopher Fairbank, Concert for George, Conga, Cowbell (instrument), Crotales, Cymbal, David Essex, Dick Clement, Disney Channel, Drum kit, Elton John, Eric Clapton, Güiro, George Harrison, Ginger Baker, Glockenspiel, Gong, Greek Theatre (Los Angeles), Harry Nilsson, Ian La Frenais, It's Only Rock 'n Roll, Jawbone (instrument), Jeff Beck, Jim Capaldi, Jimmy Page, Joan Armatrading, Jody Linscott, John Bonham, Jonathan Pryce, Katie Melua, Live Aid, Madman Across the Water, Marimba, Mark Knopfler, ..., Mark tree, Maynard Ferguson, Mick Jagger, Music for Montserrat, Paul McCartney, Paul McCartney and Wings, Pictures (Katie Melua album), Pink Floyd, Popeye (film), Ravi Shankar, Rick Wakeman, Ringo Starr, Robert Altman, Robin Williams, Roger Waters, Ronnie Lane, Rototom, Saturday Night's Alright for Fighting, Scouse, Shaker (instrument), She's the Boss, Shelley Duvall, Snare drum, Tambourine, Terry Gilliam, The Adventures of Baron Munchausen, The Beatles, The Kinks, The Million Dollar Piano, The Rolling Stones, The Zero Theorem, Timbales, Timpani, Tour De Force (tour), Traveling Wilburys, Triangle (musical instrument), Tubular bells, Unplugged (Eric Clapton album), Vibraphone, Water (1985 film), Watford, Weezer, Whistle, Wonderful Crazy Night, Zill. Expand index (45 more) »

America (band)

America is a British-American rock band formed in England in 1970 by Dewey Bunnell, Dan Peek, and Gerry Beckley.

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ARMS Charity Concerts

The ARMS Charity Concerts were a series of charitable rock concerts in support of Action into Research for Multiple Sclerosis in 1983.

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Art Garfunkel

Arthur Ira "Art" Garfunkel (born November 5, 1941) is an American singer, poet, math teacher and actor.

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Auf Wiedersehen, Pet

Auf Wiedersehen, Pet is a British comedy-drama series about seven English migrant construction workers who leave the UK to search for employment overseas.

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Bell

A bell is a directly struck idiophone percussion instrument.

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Bell tree

A bell tree (often confused with the mark tree) is a percussion instrument, consisting of vertically nested inverted metal bowls.

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Bill Wyman

Bill Wyman (born William George Perks Jr., 24 October 1936) is an English musician, record producer, songwriter and singer.

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Bill Wyman's Rhythm Kings

Bill Wyman's Rhythm Kings are a blues-rock band founded and led by former Rolling Stones bass guitarist Bill Wyman.

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Billy Joel

William Martin Joel (born May 9, 1949) is an American singer-songwriter, composer and pianist.

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Blue Mink

Blue Mink were a British six-piece pop group that existed from 1969 to 1974.

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Bongo drum

Bongos (Spanish: bongó) are an Afro-Cuban percussion instrument consisting of a pair of small open bottomed drums of different sizes.

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Brazil (1985 film)

Brazil is a 1985 dystopian science fiction film directed by Terry Gilliam and written by Gilliam, Charles McKeown, and Tom Stoppard.

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Carly Simon

Carly Elisabeth Simon (born June 25, 1945) is an American singer-songwriter, musician and children's author.

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Carmine Appice

Carmine Appice (born December 15, 1946) is an American drummer and percussionist most commonly associated with the rock genre of music.

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Charlie Watts

Charles Robert Watts (born 2 June 1941) is an English drummer, best known as a member of the Rolling Stones.

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Christine McVie

Christine Anne Perfect (born 12 July 1943), known professionally as Christine McVie following her marriage to John McVie, is an English singer, songwriter and keyboardist, best known as one of the three lead vocalists and the keyboardist of Fleetwood Mac.

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Christopher Fairbank

Christopher Fairbank (born 4 October 1953) is an English film, stage and television actor, perhaps best known for his role as Moxey in the hit comedy-drama series Auf Wiedersehen, Pet.

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Concert for George

The Concert for George was held at the Royal Albert Hall in London on 29 November 2002 as a memorial to George Harrison on the first anniversary of his death.

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Conga

The conga, also known as tumbadora, is a tall, narrow, single-headed drum from Cuba.

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Cowbell (instrument)

The cowbell is an idiophone hand percussion instrument used in various styles of music including salsa and infrequently in popular music.

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Crotales

Crotales, sometimes called antique cymbals, are percussion instruments consisting of small, tuned bronze or brass disks.

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Cymbal

A cymbal is a common percussion instrument.

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David Essex

David Essex, OBE (born David Albert Cook; 23 July 1947) is an English musician, singer-songwriter, and actor.

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Dick Clement

Dick Clement, OBE (born 5 September 1937) is an English writer known for his writing partnership with Ian La Frenais.

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Disney Channel

Disney Channel (originally called The Disney Channel from 1983 to 1997 and commonly shortened to Disney from 1997 to 2002) is an American basic cable and satellite television network that serves as the flagship property of owner Disney Channels Television Group, itself a unit of the Disney Media Networks division of The Walt Disney Company.

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Drum kit

A drum kit — also called a drum set, trap set, or simply drums — is a collection of drums and other percussion instruments, typically cymbals, which are set up on stands to be played by a single player, with drumsticks held in both hands, and the feet operating pedals that control the hi-hat cymbal and the beater for the bass drum.

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Elton John

Sir Elton Hercules John (born Reginald Kenneth Dwight; 25 March 1947) is an English singer, pianist, and composer.

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Eric Clapton

Eric Patrick Clapton, (born 1945), is an English rock and blues guitarist, singer, and songwriter.

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Güiro

The güiro is a Latin American percussion instrument consisting of an open-ended, hollow gourd with parallel notches cut in one side.

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George Harrison

George Harrison (25 February 1943 – 29 November 2001) was an English guitarist, singer-songwriter, and producer who achieved international fame as the lead guitarist of the Beatles.

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Ginger Baker

Peter Edward "Ginger" Baker (born 19 August 1939) is an English drummer and the founder of the rock band Cream.

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Glockenspiel

A glockenspiel (or, Glocken: bells and Spiel: set) is a percussion instrument composed of a set of tuned keys arranged in the fashion of the keyboard of a piano.

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Gong

A gong (from Malay: gong;; ra; គង - Kong; ฆ้อง Khong; cồng chiêng) is an East and Southeast Asian musical percussion instrument that takes the form of a flat, circular metal disc which is hit with a mallet.

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Greek Theatre (Los Angeles)

Greek Theatre is a 5,870-seat music venue located in Griffith Park, Los Angeles, California.

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Harry Nilsson

Harry Edward Nilsson III (June 15, 1941 – January 15, 1994), usually credited as Nilsson, was an American singer-songwriter who achieved the peak of his commercial success in the early 1970s.

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Ian La Frenais

Ian La Frenais, OBE (born 7 January 1936) is an English writer best known for his creative partnership with Dick Clement.

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It's Only Rock 'n Roll

It's Only Rock 'n Roll is the 12th British and 14th American studio album by The Rolling Stones, released in 1974.

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Jawbone (instrument)

The quijada, charrasca, or jawbone (in English), is an idiophone percussion instrument made from the jawbone of a donkey, horse or mule cattle, producing a powerful buzzing sound.

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Jeff Beck

Geoffrey Arnold Beck (born 24 June 1944) is an English rock guitarist.

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Jim Capaldi

Nicola James Capaldi (2 August 1944 – 28 January 2005) was an English drummer, singer and songwriter.

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Jimmy Page

James Patrick Page (born 9 January 1944) is an English musician, songwriter, and record producer who achieved international success as the guitarist and founder of the rock band Led Zeppelin.

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Joan Armatrading

Joan Anita Barbara Armatrading, MBE (born 9 December 1950) is a British singer-songwriter and guitarist.

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Jody Linscott

Jody Linscott is an American session musician and percussionist who resides in England and maintains an extended discography.

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John Bonham

John Henry Bonham (May 31, 1948 – September 25, 1980) was an English musician and songwriter, best known as the drummer for the British rock band Led Zeppelin.

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Jonathan Pryce

Jonathan Pryce, CBE (born John Price; 1 June 1947) is a Welsh actor and singer.

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Katie Melua

Ketevan "Katie" Melua (ქეთევან „ქეთი“ მელუა;; born 16 September 1984) is a Georgian-British singer, songwriter and musician.

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Live Aid

Live Aid was a dual-venue benefit concert held on 13 July 1985, and an ongoing music-based fundraising initiative.

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Madman Across the Water

Madman Across the Water is the fourth studio album by Elton John, released in 1971 through DJM and Uni Records.

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Marimba

The marimba is a percussion instrument consisting of a set of wooden bars struck with mallets called knobs to produce musical tones.

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Mark Knopfler

Mark Freuder Knopfler, (born 12 August 1949) is a British singer-songwriter, guitarist, record producer and film score composer.

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Mark tree

A Mark tree (also known as a chime tree or set of bar chimes) is a percussion instrument used primarily for musical colour.

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Maynard Ferguson

Walter Maynard Ferguson C.M. (May 4, 1928 – August 23, 2006) was a Canadian jazz trumpeter and bandleader.

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Mick Jagger

Sir Michael Philip Jagger (born 26 July 1943), known professionally as Mick Jagger, is an English singer-songwriter, musician, composer and actor who gained fame as the lead singer and one of the founder members of the Rolling Stones.

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Music for Montserrat

Music For Montserrat was a concert held on 15 September 1997 at the Royal Albert Hall.

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Paul McCartney

Sir James Paul McCartney (born 18 June 1942) is an English singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, and composer.

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Paul McCartney and Wings

Paul McCartney and Wings, also known simply as Wings, were a rock band formed in 1971 by former Beatle Paul McCartney with his wife Linda on keyboards, session drummer Denny Seiwell, and former Moody Blues guitarist Denny Laine.

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Pictures (Katie Melua album)

Pictures is the third album by British-Georgian jazz and blues singer Katie Melua, and was released on 1 October 2007.

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Pink Floyd

Pink Floyd were an English rock band formed in London in 1965.

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Popeye (film)

Popeye is a 1980 American musical comedy film directed by Robert Altman.

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Ravi Shankar

Ravi Shankar (Bengali: রবি শঙ্কর) (7 April 192011 December 2012), born Rabindra Shankar Chowdhury, his name often preceded by the title Pandit ('Master'), was an Indian musician and a composer of Hindustani classical music.

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Rick Wakeman

Richard Christopher "Rick" Wakeman (born 18 May 1949) is an English keyboardist, songwriter, television and radio presenter, and author.

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Ringo Starr

Sir Richard Starkey (born 7 July 1940), known professionally as Ringo Starr, is an English musician, songwriter, singer, and actor who gained worldwide fame as the drummer for the Beatles.

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Robert Altman

Robert Bernard Altman (February 20, 1925 – November 20, 2006) was an American film director, screenwriter, and producer.

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Robin Williams

Robin McLaurin Williams (July 21, 1951 – August 11, 2014) was an American actor and comedian.

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Roger Waters

George Roger Waters (born 6 September 1943) is an English songwriter, singer, bassist, and composer.

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Ronnie Lane

Ronald Frederick "Ronnie" Lane (1 April 1946 – 4 June 1997) was an English musician, songwriter, and producer who is best known as the bass guitarist and founding member of two prominent English rock and roll bands: Small Faces (1965–69) and subsequently Faces (1969–73).

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Rototom

Rototoms are a drum developed by Al Payson and Michael Colgrass, that have no shell and are tuned by rotating.

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Saturday Night's Alright for Fighting

"Saturday Night's Alright for Fighting" (sometimes written "Saturday Night's Alright (For Fighting)") is a song originally recorded by British musician Elton John.

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Scouse

Scouse (also, in academic sources, called Liverpool English or Merseyside English) is an accent and dialect of English found primarily in the Metropolitan county of Merseyside, and closely associated with the city of Liverpool.

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Shaker (instrument)

The word shaker describes a large number of percussive musical instruments used for creating rhythm in music.

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She's the Boss

She's the Boss is the solo album debut by The Rolling Stones frontman Mick Jagger released in 1985.

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Shelley Duvall

Shelley Alexis Duvall (born July 7, 1949) is an American former actress, producer, writer and singer.

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Snare drum

A snare drum or side drum is a percussion instrument that produces a sharp staccato sound when the head is struck with a drum stick, due to the use of a series of stiff wires held under tension against the lower skin.

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Tambourine

The tambourine is a musical instrument in the percussion family consisting of a frame, often of wood or plastic, with pairs of small metal jingles, called "zils".

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Terry Gilliam

Terrence Vance Gilliam (born 22 November 1940) is an American-born British screenwriter, film director, animator, actor, comedian and member of the Monty Python comedy troupe.

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The Adventures of Baron Munchausen

The Adventures of Baron Munchausen is a 1988 adventure fantasy film co-written and directed by Terry Gilliam, starring John Neville, Sarah Polley, Eric Idle, Jonathan Pryce, Oliver Reed, and Uma Thurman.

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The Beatles

The Beatles were an English rock band formed in Liverpool in 1960.

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The Kinks

The Kinks are an English rock band formed in Muswell Hill, North London, in 1964 by brothers Ray and Dave Davies.

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The Million Dollar Piano

The Million Dollar Piano was a concert residency by British musician Elton John, which takes place at The Colosseum at Caesars Palace, Las Vegas, USA.

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The Rolling Stones

The Rolling Stones are an English rock band formed in London, England, in 1962.

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The Zero Theorem

The Zero Theorem is a 2013 British-French-Romanian science fiction film directed by Terry Gilliam, written by Pat Rushin, and starring Christoph Waltz, Lucas Hedges, Mélanie Thierry, and David Thewlis.

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Timbales

Timbales or pailas are shallow single-headed drums with metal casing.

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Timpani

Timpani or kettledrums (also informally called timps) are musical instruments in the percussion family.

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Tour De Force (tour)

The Tour De Force Tour was a concert tour by English musician and composer Elton John.

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Traveling Wilburys

The Traveling Wilburys (sometimes shortened to the Wilburys) were a British-American supergroup consisting of Bob Dylan, George Harrison, Jeff Lynne, Roy Orbison, and Tom Petty.

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Triangle (musical instrument)

The triangle is an idiophone type of musical instrument in the percussion family.

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Tubular bells

Tubular bells (also known as chimes) are musical instruments in the percussion family.

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Unplugged (Eric Clapton album)

Unplugged is a 1992 album by Eric Clapton, recorded at Bray Studios, England in front of an audience for the MTV Unplugged.

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Vibraphone

The vibraphone (also known as the vibraharp or simply the vibes) is a musical instrument in the struck idiophone subfamily of the percussion family.

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Water (1985 film)

Water is a 1985 British comedy film scripted by Dick Clement and Ian La Frenais, directed by Clement, and starring Michael Caine.

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Watford

Watford is a town and borough in North West London, England, situated northwest of central London and inside the circumference of the M25 motorway.

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Weezer

Weezer is an American rock band formed in Los Angeles in 1992, consisting of Rivers Cuomo (lead vocals, lead guitar, keyboards), Patrick Wilson (drums), Brian Bell (rhythm guitar, backing vocals, keyboards), and Scott Shriner (bass, backing vocals).

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Whistle

A whistle is an instrument which produces sound from a stream of gas, most commonly air.

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Wonderful Crazy Night

Wonderful Crazy Night is the thirtieth studio album by British singer-songwriter Elton John.

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Zill

Zills, also zils, or finger cymbals, (from Turkish zil, "cymbals") are small metallic cymbals used in belly dancing and similar performances.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ray_Cooper

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