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Keith Emerson

1944 - 2016

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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. He became internationally famous for his work with the Nice, which included writing rock arrangements of classical music. After leaving the Nice in 1970, he was a founding member of Emerson, Lake & Palmer (ELP), one of the early progressive rock supergroups. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Keith Emerson is the 333rd most popular composer (down from 290th in 2019), the 1,111th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 882nd in 2019) and the 11th most popular British Composer.

Keith Emerson is most famous for being the keyboardist for the progressive rock band Emerson, Lake and Palmer.

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Among COMPOSERS

Among composers, Keith Emerson ranks 333 out of 1,451. Before him are André Campra, Aaron Copland, Heinrich Isaac, Maria Szymanowska, Julius Fučík, and Bernard Herrmann. After him are Luca Marenzio, Alexander Vasilyevich Alexandrov, Johann van Beethoven, Irving Berlin, Klaus Schulze, and Georg Benda.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1944, Keith Emerson ranks 117. Before him are Masanobu Izumi, Karl Jenkins, Gianni Morandi, Nana Akufo-Addo, Tahar Ben Jelloun, and Coluche. After him are Max Romeo, Peter Tosh, Patrick Depailler, Jan Guillou, Michael Nyman, and Geneviève Grad. Among people deceased in 2016, Keith Emerson ranks 84. Before him are Patricio Aylwin, Konstantinos Stephanopoulos, Khalifa bin Hamad Al Thani, Garry Marshall, Michel Butor, and Chyna. After him are Margot Honecker, Thomas Schelling, Melvin Laird, Edgar Mitchell, Michal Kováč, and Kigeli V of Rwanda.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Keith Emerson ranks 1,111 out of 8,785. Before him are Emma, Lady Hamilton (1765), John Ambrose Fleming (1849), Kiefer Sutherland (1966), Harold Bride (1890), Bernard Cribbins (1928), and Bruno (null). After him are Eric Burdon (1941), Georgiana Cavendish, Duchess of Devonshire (1757), Daniel Burley Woolfall (1852), John Stewart Bell (1928), Douglas Haig, 1st Earl Haig (1861), and John William Polidori (1795).

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Among COMPOSERS In United Kingdom

Among composers born in United Kingdom, Keith Emerson ranks 11. Before him are Christopher Hogwood (1941), William Byrd (1543), Gustav Holst (1874), John Barry (1933), Eugen d'Albert (1864), and Thomas Tallis (1502). After him are Michael Nyman (1944), Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872), John Dunstaple (1390), Ethel Smyth (1858), William Walton (1902), and John Blow (1649).

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