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Gordon Haskell

1946 - 2020

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Gordon Haskell (27 April 1946 – 15 October 2020) was an English musician and songwriter. A pop, rock, jazz, country and blues vocalist, guitarist, and bassist, he was a school friend of King Crimson guitarist Robert Fripp. The two first worked together in Fripp's mid-1960s teenage group the League of Gentlemen (not to be confused with Fripp's later new wave band). Haskell gained recognition as bass player for the Fleur de Lys in 1966, and subsequently spent a short period in King Crimson. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Gordon Haskell is the 1,405th most popular musician (up from 1,419th in 2019), the 3,823rd most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 3,716th in 2019) and the 236th most popular British Musician.

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Among MUSICIANS

Among musicians, Gordon Haskell ranks 1,405 out of 3,175. Before him are Jack Irons, Edo de Waart, Peter Grant, Taylor Hawkins, Wynton Kelly, and Rhoma Irama. After him are Mike Dirnt, Igor Cavalera, Ketil Bjørnstad, Andy Bell, Country Joe McDonald, and Tony Kaye.

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Among people born in 1946, Gordon Haskell ranks 512. Before him are Ryszard Szurkowski, Juan Pons, Patrick Baudry, Michael Green, Hervé Revelli, and Rhoma Irama. After him are Vladimir Bortko, Peter Simonischek, Natalya Arinbasarova, Lennox Miller, Leif Mortensen, and Edgar Winter. Among people deceased in 2020, Gordon Haskell ranks 452. Before him are Valeriu Muravschi, Edmund M. Clarke, Michael Chapman, Damián Iguacén Borau, Edem Kodjo, and Shirley Douglas. After him are Tonie Marshall, Sergei Adian, Leslie West, Dennis Ralston, Donato Bilancia, and Lucien Sève.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Gordon Haskell ranks 3,824 out of 8,785. Before him are Sheena Easton (1959), Francis Godwin (1562), John Evans (1823), Kenneth Cranham (1944), Rhona Mitra (1976), and Dorothy Holman (1883). After him are Ronald Knox (1888), Patrick Moore (1923), Hanif Kureishi (1954), Edward Albert Sharpey-Schafer (1850), William Kirby (1759), and Andy Bell (1970).

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Among MUSICIANS In United Kingdom

Among musicians born in United Kingdom, Gordon Haskell ranks 236. Before him are Delia Derbyshire (1937), Jonny Greenwood (1971), Andrew Davis (1944), Trevor Bolder (1950), Simon Gallup (1960), and Peter Grant (1935). After him are Andy Bell (1970), Tony Kaye (1945), Jon Hiseman (1944), Aynsley Dunbar (1946), Beth Gibbons (1965), and Henry Jackman (1974).

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