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Gail Ann Dorsey

1962 - Today

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Gail Ann Dorsey (born November 20, 1962) is an American musician. With a long career as a session musician mainly on bass guitar, she performed regularly in David Bowie's band, from 1995 to Bowie's last tour in 2004. Aside from playing bass, she sang lead vocals on live versions of "Under Pressure" (taking the part originally sung by Queen frontman Freddie Mercury) and dueted with Bowie on other songs, including "The London Boys", "Aladdin Sane (1913–1938–197?)", "I Dig Everything", accompanying Bowie on clarinet, and a cover of Laurie Anderson's "O Superman". From 1993 to 1996, Dorsey also recorded and toured with Tears for Fears, and collaborated on songwriting with the band. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2024). Gail Ann Dorsey is the 1,737th most popular musician (down from 1,655th in 2024), the 9,155th most popular biography from United States (down from 8,310th in 2019) and the 656th most popular American Musician.

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Among MUSICIANS

Among musicians, Gail Ann Dorsey ranks 1,737 out of 3,175. Before her are Brad Mehldau, John Foxx, Richard Sinclair, Nick Menza, Takeoff, and Garrick Ohlsson. After her are Steve Hillage, Bernie Marsden, Dickey Betts, Matthias Reim, Mary Wilson, and Julieta Venegas.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1962, Gail Ann Dorsey ranks 351. Before her are Adel al-Jubeir, Mari Jungstedt, Elvira Lindo, Pavel Černý, James Michael Tyler, and Peter Berg. After her are Andries Jonker, David Furnish, Gustavo Alfaro, Feleti Teo, Mikhail Mizintsev, and Richard Taylor.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Gail Ann Dorsey ranks 9,157 out of 20,380. Before her are Peter Friedman (1949), Tabitha Babbitt (1779), Conlon Nancarrow (1912), Tony Kushner (1956), Diane di Prima (1934), and Patricia Bath (1942). After her are Salvatore Cordileone (1956), Taylor Fritz (1997), Laura Prepon (1980), Rocky Carroll (1963), Robert Morse (1931), and Colleen Atwood (1948).

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Among MUSICIANS In United States

Among musicians born in United States, Gail Ann Dorsey ranks 656. Before her are Jo Jones (1911), Charlie Byrd (1925), Charles Lloyd (1938), Brad Mehldau (1970), Takeoff (1994), and Garrick Ohlsson (1948). After her are Dickey Betts (1943), Mary Wilson (1944), Julieta Venegas (1970), J. B. Lenoir (1929), Dave Navarro (1967), and Ray Anthony (1922).

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