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Gordon Haskell

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Gordon Haskell (born 27 April 1946, in Verwood, Dorset, England) is an English musician and songwriter. [1]

51 relations: Ahmet Ertegun, Arif Mardin, Atco Records, Atlantic Records, Bass guitar, Bassist, BBC Radio 1, BBC Radio 2, Blues, Bob Harris (radio), Cliff Richard, Disc jockey, East West Records, Extravaganza (album), Folk music, Greg Lake, Guitar, Hamish Stuart, How Wonderful You Are, In the Wake of Poseidon, Jazz, Jimi Hendrix, John Wetton, Johnnie Walker (DJ), Katarzyna Skrzynecka, King Crimson, List of UK Singles Chart Christmas number twos, Lizard (album), Maarit Hurmerinta, Musician, Nat King Cole, Poland, Progressive rock, Ray Charles, Record chart, Record Collector, Record producer, Robbie McIntosh, Robert Fripp, Rock music, Singing, Songwriter, Stackridge, The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin, The Fleur de Lys, The League of Gentlemen (band), Tim Hardin, UK Albums Chart, UK Singles Chart, Verwood, ..., Warner Bros. Records. Expand index (1 more) »

Ahmet Ertegun

Ahmet Ertegun (Turkish spelling: Ahmet Ertegün; (– December 14, 2006) was a Turkish-American businessman, songwriter and philanthropist. He was best known as the co-founder and president of Atlantic Records, and for discovering and championing many leading rhythm and blues and rock musicians. He also wrote classic blues and pop songs, and served as the chairman of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and museum, located in Cleveland, Ohio. Ertegun has been described as "one of the most significant figures in the modern recording industry." In 2017 he was inducted into Rhythm & Blues Hall of Fame in recognition of his work in the music business. He was also a significant figure in fostering ties between the U.S. and Turkey, his birthplace. He served as the chairman of the American Turkish Society for over 20 years until his death. He also co-founded the New York Cosmos soccer team of the original North American Soccer League.

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Arif Mardin

Arif Mardin (March 15, 1932 – June 25, 2006) was a Turkish-American music producer, who worked with hundreds of artists across many different styles of music, including jazz, rock, soul, disco and country.

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Atco Records

ATCO Records is an American record company and label founded in 1955 as a division of Atlantic Records.

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Atlantic Records

Atlantic Recording Corporation (simply known as Atlantic Records) is an American major record label founded in October 1947 by Ahmet Ertegün and Herb Abramson.

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Bass guitar

The bass guitar (also known as electric bass, or bass) is a stringed instrument similar in appearance and construction to an electric guitar, except with a longer neck and scale length, and four to six strings or courses.

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Bassist

A bassist, or bass player, is a musician who plays a bass instrument such as a double bass, bass guitar, keyboard bass or a low brass instrument such as a tuba or sousaphone.

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BBC Radio 1

BBC Radio 1 is a British radio station operated by the British Broadcasting Corporation which also broadcasts internationally, specialising in modern and current popular music and chart hits throughout the day. Radio 1 provides alternative genres after 7pm, including electronic dance, hip hop, rock, indie or interviews. It was launched in 1967 to meet the demand for music generated by pirate radio stations, when the average age of the UK population was 27. The BBC claim that they target the 1529 age group, and the average age of its UK audience since 2009 is 30. BBC Radio 1 started 24-hour broadcasting on 1 May 1991.

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BBC Radio 2

BBC Radio 2 is one of the BBC's national radio stations and the most popular station in the United Kingdom with over 15 million weekly listeners. Much of its daytime playlist-based programming is adult contemporary or AOR, although the station also broadcasts other specialist musical genres. Radio 2 broadcasts throughout the UK on FM between 88.1 and 90.2MHz from studios in Wogan House, adjacent to Broadcasting House in central London. Programmes are relayed on digital radio via DAB, Sky, Cable TV, IPTV, Freeview, Freesat and the Internet.

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Blues

Blues is a music genre and musical form originated by African Americans in the Deep South of the United States around the end of the 19th century.

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Bob Harris (radio)

Robert Brinley Joseph Harris, OBE (born 11 April 1946), known as "'Whispering Bob Harris", is an English music presenter known for being a host of the BBC2 music programme The Old Grey Whistle Test, and as a co-founder of the listings magazine Time Out.

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Cliff Richard

Sir Cliff Richard, (born Harry Rodger Webb, 14 October 1940) is a British pop singer, musician, performer, actor and philanthropist.

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Disc jockey

A disc jockey, often abbreviated as DJ, is a person who plays existing recorded music for a live audience.

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East West Records

East West Records (stylized as eastwest from 1990 to 2001) is a record label formed in 1955, distributed and owned by Warner Music Group, headquartered in London, United Kingdom.

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Extravaganza (album)

Extravaganza is the fourth album by the British rock group Stackridge.

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Folk music

Folk music includes both traditional music and the genre that evolved from it during the 20th century folk revival.

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Greg Lake

Gregory Stuart Lake (10 November 1947 – 7 December 2016) was an English bassist, guitarist, singer, songwriter, and producer who gained prominence as a founding member of the progressive rock bands King Crimson and Emerson, Lake & Palmer (ELP).

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Guitar

The guitar is a fretted musical instrument that usually has six strings.

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Hamish Stuart

James Hamish Stuart (born 8 October 1949, Glasgow, Scotland) is a guitarist, bassist, singer, composer and record producer.

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How Wonderful You Are

How Wonderful You Are is a 2001 song by Gordon Haskell.

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In the Wake of Poseidon

In the Wake of Poseidon is the second studio album by English progressive rock group King Crimson, released in May 1970 by Island Records in Europe, Atlantic Records in the United States, and Vertigo Records in New Zealand.

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Jazz

Jazz is a music genre that originated in the African-American communities of New Orleans, United States, in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, and developed from roots in blues and ragtime.

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Jimi Hendrix

James Marshall "Jimi" Hendrix (born Johnny Allen Hendrix; November 27, 1942 – September 18, 1970) was an American rock guitarist, singer, and songwriter.

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John Wetton

John Kenneth Wetton (12 June 1949 – 31 January 2017) was an English singer, bassist, and songwriter.

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Johnnie Walker (DJ)

Johnnie Walker, MBE (born Peter Waters Dingley 30 March 1945 in Birmingham) is a popular English veteran radio disc jockey and broadcaster.

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Katarzyna Skrzynecka

Katarzyna Skrzynecka (born 3 December 1970 in Warsaw) is a Polish actress.

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King Crimson

King Crimson are an English progressive rock band formed in London in 1968.

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List of UK Singles Chart Christmas number twos

Every year in the UK Singles Chart, there is a highly publicised race for the top slot on the chart immediately prior to Christmas, an honour known as the Christmas Number One.

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Lizard (album)

Lizard is the third studio album by British progressive rock band King Crimson, released in December 1970 by record label Island.

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Maarit Hurmerinta

Maarit Helena Hurmerinta (born in Helsinki on 10 November 1953) is a Finnish singer and musician.

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Musician

A musician is a person who plays a musical instrument or is musically talented.

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Nat King Cole

Nathaniel Adams Coles (March 17, 1919 – February 15, 1965), known professionally as Nat King Cole, was an American jazz pianist and vocalist.

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Poland

Poland (Polska), officially the Republic of Poland (Rzeczpospolita Polska), is a country located in Central Europe.

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Progressive rock

Progressive rock (shortened as prog; sometimes called art rock, classical rock or symphonic rock) is a broad genre of rock music that developed in the United Kingdom and United States throughout the mid to late 1960s.

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Ray Charles

Ray Charles Robinson (September 23, 1930 – June 10, 2004), known professionally as Ray Charles, was an American singer-songwriter, musician, and composer.

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Record chart

A record chart, also called a music chart, is a ranking of recorded music according to certain criteria during a given period of time.

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Record Collector

Record Collector is a British monthly music magazine.

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Record producer

A record producer or track producer or music producer oversees and manages the sound recording and production of a band or performer's music, which may range from recording one song to recording a lengthy concept album.

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Robbie McIntosh

Robbie McIntosh (born 25 October 1957) is an English guitarist.

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Robert Fripp

Robert Fripp (born 16 May 1946) is an English guitarist, composer and record producer.

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Rock music

Rock music is a broad genre of popular music that originated as "rock and roll" in the United States in the early 1950s, and developed into a range of different styles in the 1960s and later, particularly in the United Kingdom and in the United States.

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Singing

Singing is the act of producing musical sounds with the voice and augments regular speech by the use of sustained tonality, rhythm, and a variety of vocal techniques.

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Songwriter

A songwriter is a professional who is paid to write lyrics for singers and melodies for songs, typically for a popular music genre such as rock or country music.

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Stackridge

Stackridge were a British rock group which had its greatest success in the early 1970s.

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The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin

The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin is a series of novels written by David Nobbs.

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The Fleur de Lys

The Fleur de Lys (initially Les Fleur de Lys) were a British band originally formed in late 1964, in Southampton, Hampshire, England.

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The League of Gentlemen (band)

The League of Gentlemen were a band active during March–December 1980 that featured guitarist Robert Fripp of King Crimson fame.

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Tim Hardin

James Timothy Hardin (December 23, 1941 – December 29, 1980) was an American folk musician and composer.

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UK Albums Chart

The Official Albums Chart is a list of albums ranked by physical and digital sales and (from March 2015) audio streaming in the United Kingdom.

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UK Singles Chart

The UK Singles Chart (currently entitled Official Singles Chart) is compiled by the Official Charts Company (OCC), on behalf of the British record industry, listing the top-selling singles in the United Kingdom, based upon physical sales, paid-for downloads and streaming.

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Verwood

Verwood is a town and civil parish in Dorset, England.

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Warner Bros. Records

Warner Bros.

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References

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

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