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Al Kooper

1944 - Today

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Al Kooper (born Alan Peter Kuperschmidt; February 5, 1944) is an American songwriter, record producer, and musician. Throughout much of the 1960s and 1970s he was a prolific studio musician, including playing organ on the Bob Dylan song "Like a Rolling Stone", French horn and piano on the Rolling Stones song "You Can't Always Get What You Want", and lead guitar on Rita Coolidge's "The Lady's Not for Sale". He also formed and named Blood, Sweat & Tears, though he did not stay with the group long enough to share in its subsequent popularity. Kooper produced a number of one-off collaboration albums, such as the Super Session album that saw him work separately with guitarists Mike Bloomfield and Stephen Stills. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Al Kooper is the 906th most popular musician (up from 1,133rd in 2019), the 4,835th most popular biography from United States (up from 5,546th in 2019) and the 297th most popular American Musician.

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Among MUSICIANS

Among musicians, Al Kooper ranks 906 out of 3,175. Before him are Ingo Schwichtenberg, Yusef Lateef, Richie Havens, Art Pepper, Rico Rodriguez, and Toshiko Akiyoshi. After him are Jackson Browne, Blackie Lawless, Wanda Jackson, Gary Burton, Roy Thomas Baker, and Bismillah Khan.

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Among people born in 1944, Al Kooper ranks 351. Before him are Andrew G. Vajna, Earnie Shavers, Jiří Holík, Susana Giménez, Oswald Gracias, and Conrad Black. After him are Pierre Bachelet, Marvin Hamlisch, Aleksandr Serebrov, José Luis Lacunza Maestrojuán, Jan-Carl Raspe, and Orhan Gencebay.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Al Kooper ranks 4,835 out of 20,380. Before him are Larry Hankin (1940), James Rollins (1961), Pat Buchanan (1938), Jacqueline Cochran (1906), John Astin (1930), and Henry Murray (1893). After him are Benjamin Rush (1745), Lana Rhoades (1996), David Lewis (1941), Blackie Lawless (1956), Frank Wigglesworth Clarke (1847), and Wanda Jackson (1937).

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Among MUSICIANS In United States

Among musicians born in United States, Al Kooper ranks 297. Before him are Sam Phillips (1923), Chuck Schuldiner (1967), Dimebag Darrell (1966), Yusef Lateef (1920), Richie Havens (1941), and Art Pepper (1925). After him are Blackie Lawless (1956), Wanda Jackson (1937), Gary Burton (1943), Tommy Johnson (1896), Floyd Council (1911), and Dee Dee Warwick (1942).

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