| First Name |
Keith
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| Middle Name |
Noel
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| Last Name |
Emerson
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| Full Name at Birth |
Keith Noel Emerson
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| Alternative Name |
Emo
|
| Birthday |
2nd November, 1944
|
| Birthplace |
Todmorden, West Yorkshire, England, UK
|
| Died |
10th March, 2016
|
| Place of Death |
Santa Monica, California, USA
|
| Cause of Death |
Suicide By Gunshot
|
| Buried |
Lancing, West Sussex, UK
|
| Build |
Average
|
| Eye Color |
Blue
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| Hair Color |
Salt and Pepper
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| Zodiac Sign |
Scorpio
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| Sexuality |
Straight
|
| Ethnicity |
White
|
| Nationality |
British
|
| Occupation Text |
Musician, songwriter, composer
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| Occupation |
Pianist
|
| Claim to Fame |
The Nice and Emerson, Lake and Palmer
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| Music Genre (Text) |
Rock, Progressive Rock, Jazz, Jazz Fusion, European classical music, Classical, World Music
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| Music Genre |
Pop/Rock, Piano
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| Year(s) Active |
1967–present, 1966–present, 1964–2016
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| Music Style |
Prog-Rock, Art Rock, Classical
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| Instrument |
Synthesizer, Piano, Keyboards, Vocals, Organ
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| Instrument (text) |
Piano, Keyboards, Accordion, Harmonica, Synthesizer, Organ, Voice
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| Record Label |
Edel Records, Victor Entertainment, Shout! Factory, Varèse Sarabande, Rhino Entertainment, Manticore Records, J!MCO Records, Sanctuary Records, EMI, Marquee Inc., Charly Records, Gunslinger Records, Cinevox Records, Edel, Victor, Rhino, Manticore, Sanctuary, Charly, Cinevox
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| Associated Acts |
Gary Farr & The T-Bones, The V.I.P.'s, P.P. Arnold, The Nice, Free Creek, Emerson, Lake & Palmer, Lake & Powell, 3, Keith Emerson Band, Ayreon, the V.I.P.s, P. P. Arnold
|
| Official Websites |
http://www.keithemerson.com, http://keithemerson.com
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Keith Noel Emerson (2 November 1944 – 11 March 2016) was an English musician and composer. He played keyboards in a number of bands before finding his first commercial success with the Nice in the late 1960s. He became internationally famous for his work with the Nice, which included writing rock arrangements of classical music. After leaving the Nice in 1970, he was a founding member of Emerson, Lake & Palmer (ELP), one of the early progressive rock supergroups. Emerson, Lake & Palmer were commercially successful through much of the 1970s, becoming one of the best-known progressive rock groups of the era. Emerson wrote and arranged much of ELP's music on albums such as Tarkus (1971) and Brain Salad Surgery (1973), combining his own original compositions with classical or traditional pieces adapted into a rock format.
