1954 - 1992
Jeff Porcaro American Musician
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Jeff Porcaro dating history
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Jeff Porcaro was previously married to Susan Norris Porcaro (1983).
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American Musician Jeff Porcaro was born Jeffrey Thomas Porcaro on 1st April, 1954 in Hartford, Connecticut, United States and passed away on 5th Aug 1992 Humana Hospital-West Hills aged 38. He is most remembered for Toto. His zodiac sign is Aries.
Jeff Porcaro is a member of the following lists: Grammy Award winners, 1954 births and American Roman Catholics.
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Details
| First Name |
Jeff
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| Last Name |
Porcaro
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| Full Name at Birth |
Jeffrey Thomas Porcaro
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| Birthday |
1st April, 1954
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| Birthplace |
Hartford, Connecticut, United States
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| Died |
5th August, 1992
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| Place of Death |
Humana Hospital-West Hills
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| Cause of Death |
Heart Attack
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| Buried |
Forest Lawn Memorial Park (Hollywood Hills), Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California, USA
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| Height |
5' 7½" (171 cm)
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| Build |
Average
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| Eye Color |
Brown - Light
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| Hair Color |
Salt and Pepper
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| Zodiac Sign |
Aries
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| Sexuality |
Straight
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| Ethnicity |
White
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| Nationality |
American
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| Occupation Text |
Musician, songwriter, producer
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| Occupation |
Musician
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| Claim to Fame |
Toto
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| Music Genre (Text) |
Hard rock, Pop Rock, AOR, Progressive Rock, Jazz, Jazz Fusion
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| Music Genre |
Pop/Rock, Percussion
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| Year(s) Active |
1971–1992
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| Music Style |
Country-Rock, Jazz, Fusion, Soft Rock, Contemporary Pop/Rock, Album Rock
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| Instrument |
Percussion, Drums
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| Instrument (text) |
Drums, Percussion
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| Associated Acts |
Toto, Sonny and Cher, Steely Dan, Boz Scaggs, Clover, Pink Floyd, Dire Straits, Jeff Porcaro's signature, Toto, Nik Kershaw, Sonny and Cher, Steely Dan, Boz Scaggs, Clover, Pink Floyd, Dire Straits, Toto, Steely Dan, Nik Kershaw, Boz Scaggs, Michael Jackson, Bee Gees, Jeff Porcaro's signature
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Jeffrey Thomas Porcaro (April 1, 1954 – August 5, 1992) was an American drummer, songwriter, and record producer. In a career that spanned more than 20 years, Porcaro was best known for his work with the rock band Toto. Porcaro is one of the most recorded session musicians in history, working on hundreds of albums and thousands of sessions. While already an established studio player in the 1970s, he came to prominence in the United States as the drummer on the Steely Dan album Katy Lied. AllMusic has characterized him as "arguably the most highly regarded studio drummer in rock from the mid-'70s to the early '90s", further stating that "It is no exaggeration to say that the sound of mainstream pop/rock drumming in the 1980s was, to a large extent, the sound of Jeff Porcaro." He was posthumously inducted into the Modern Drummer Hall of Fame in 1993.
