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Pittsburgh skyline at twilight This article contains a list of notable people who were born or lived a significant amount of time in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania , the second-largest city and second-largest metropolitan area in Pennsylvania after Philadelphia .
In the early 1960s, Betters returned to Pittsburgh with his family, where he worked as a session musician and performed at the Crawford Grill with Max Roach, Dizzy Gillespie, Stanley Turrentine, Roy Eldridge, and Sonny Rollins. Betters also performed in a group with his two brothers, one of whom was Jimmy (trumpet).
Pages in category "Musicians from Pittsburgh" The following 172 pages are in this category, out of 172 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A.
Garth Hudson, the last surviving member of The Band, has died.He was 87. Hudson died early Tuesday in a nursing home near Woodstock, New York, his former manager, Jim Della Croce, confirmed to USA ...
This category includes musical groups associated with the city of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and its surrounding metropolitan area, including: Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, Armstrong County, Pennsylvania, Beaver County, Pennsylvania, Butler County, Pennsylvania, Fayette County, Pennsylvania, Washington County, Pennsylvania, and
During the summers of 1985 through 1987, Porter was a member of entertainment groups "Spirit" and "Flash," which performed daily at Kennywood, a Pittsburgh-area amusement park.[18] Although he was eager to move to New York City, one of Porter's high school teachers encouraged him to apply to Carnegie Mellon University . [ 15 ]
Robert Gene Heil (October 5, 1940 – February 28, 2024) was an American sound and radio engineer who created the template for modern rock sound systems. He founded the company Heil Sound in 1966 [1] and built touring sound systems for bands such as The Grateful Dead and The Who. [2]
Pink, an American pop singer from Doylestown, launched her music career in 1995. The Hooters, a rock band formed in Philadelphia in 1980 Poison, a glam metal band formed in 1983 in Mechanicsburg The Live Aid concert at John F. Kennedy Stadium in Philadelphia on July 13, 1985, featured Led Zeppelin, Mick Jagger, Bob Dylan, Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young, Phil Collins, Eric Clapton, Tom Petty and ...