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Don Airey

1948 - Today

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Donald Smith Airey (born 21 June 1948) is an English musician. He came to prominence as the keyboardist of the rock band Rainbow during 1979–1982. He has been the keyboardist of Deep Purple, the band from which Rainbow was a spinoff, since 2002, after the retirement of Jon Lord. As well as Rainbow and Deep Purple, he has had a long and productive career playing with many other acts, including Gary Moore, Ozzy Osbourne, Judas Priest, Black Sabbath, Jethro Tull, Whitesnake, Saxon, Wishbone Ash, Colosseum II, Ten, Sinner, Michael Schenker, Empire, Brian May, Divlje jagode and Living Loud. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Don Airey is the 327th most popular musician (down from 314th in 2019), the 1,262nd most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 1,090th in 2019) and the 74th most popular British Musician.

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Among MUSICIANS

Among musicians, Don Airey ranks 327 out of 3,175. Before him are Billy Idol, Agathe Backer Grøndahl, Ian Curtis, Yanni, XXXTentacion, and Beck. After him are Cozy Powell, Narciso Yepes, Sean Lennon, Sidney Bechet, Élisabeth Jacquet de La Guerre, and Jean-Pierre Rampal.

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Among people born in 1948, Don Airey ranks 118. Before him are George Abela, Jimmy Cliff, Robert John "Mutt" Lange, Pedro López, Ismael "El Mayo" Zambada, and Carel Struycken. After him are Jesper Christensen, Billy Crystal, Giorgio Parisi, Jonathan Hyde, Carlos Salinas de Gortari, and Susan Atkins.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Don Airey ranks 1,262 out of 8,785. Before him are Leopold Stokowski (1882), Lady Byron (1792), Denholm Elliott (1922), P. D. James (1920), E. L. James (1963), and Richard Hamilton (1922). After him are Cozy Powell (1947), Ally McCoist (1962), Princess Hélène of Orléans (1871), John Langdon Down (1828), Margaret Bondfield (1873), and Gideon Mantell (1790).

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Among MUSICIANS In United Kingdom

Among musicians born in United Kingdom, Don Airey ranks 74. Before him are Bob Klose (1945), John Mayall (1933), Roger Daltrey (1944), Mick Jones (1955), Billy Idol (1955), and Ian Curtis (1956). After him are Cozy Powell (1947), Ian Stewart (1938), Janick Gers (1957), PJ Harvey (1969), Ian Anderson (1947), and Robert Wyatt (1945).

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