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Keith Noel Emerson (2 November 1944 – 11 March 2016) was an English keyboardist, songwriter, composer and record producer. He played keyboards in a number of bands before finding his first commercial success with the Nice in the late 1960s. [1]
Emerson, Lake & Palmer (informally known as ELP) were an English progressive rock supergroup formed in London in 1970. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] The band consisted of Keith Emerson (keyboards) of The Nice , Greg Lake (vocals, bass, guitars, producer) of King Crimson , and Carl Palmer (drums, percussion) of Atomic Rooster .
The band originated in late 1969, when The Nice keyboardist Keith Emerson and King Crimson bassist and vocalist Greg Lake met when both groups were on tour. Emerson was looking to form a new band and Lake wished to leave King Crimson, [5] and after initial discussions about the possibility of forming a group in New York City, the pair met two months later in December 1969 when The Nice and ...
The Nice were an English progressive rock band active in the late 1960s. They blended rock, jazz and classical music.. Keyboardist Keith Emerson, bassist Lee Jackson, guitarist David O'List, and drummer Ian Hague originally formed in 1967 to be the backing band of soul singer P. P. Arnold.
Gregory Stuart Lake (10 November 1947 – 7 December 2016) was an English musician, singer, and songwriter. He gained prominence as a founding member of the progressive rock bands King Crimson and Emerson, Lake & Palmer (ELP).
Emerson, Lake & Powell, sometimes abbreviated as ELP, were an English progressive rock band, considered by many as a variant lineup of Emerson, Lake & Palmer, that released one official studio album in 1986. [1] The album's debut single was "Touch and Go," which peaked at number 60 on the Billboard charts on 19 July 1986. [2]
"Lucky Man" is a song by the English progressive rock supergroup Emerson, Lake & Palmer (ELP), from the group's 1970 self-titled debut album.Written by Greg Lake when he was 12 years old and recorded by the trio using improvised arrangements, [1] the song contains one of rock music's earliest instances of a Moog synthesizer solo.
Trilogy is the third studio album by English progressive rock supergroup Emerson, Lake & Palmer, released in June 1972, by Island Records.The group had spent most of 1971 touring, and paused in September so they could record a new album at Advision Studios with Eddy Offord resuming his role as engineer.