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Richard Palmer-James

1947 - Today

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Richard William Palmer-James (born 11 June 1947) is an English guitarist, songwriter and lyricist. He may be best known as one of the founding members of Supertramp (playing guitar and songwriter); writing lyrics for several songs by the progressive rock group King Crimson in the early 1970s; and for writing lyrics for the 1985 hit "(I'll Never Be) Maria Magdalena" by Sandra. Palmer-James was born in Meyrick Park, Bournemouth, where he got his start in the music business playing in various local bands: The Corvettes, The Palmer-James Group (formed with Alec James), Tetrad, and Ginger Man, all of which included John Wetton on bass and vocals. He was a founding member of Supertramp, playing guitar and singing vocals, as well as writing the lyrics for their self-titled debut album under the name Richard Palmer. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Richard Palmer-James is the 1,614th most popular musician (up from 1,647th in 2019), the 4,327th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 4,218th in 2019) and the 264th most popular British Musician.

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Among MUSICIANS

Among musicians, Richard Palmer-James ranks 1,614 out of 3,175. Before him are Liam Howlett, Brigitte Engerer, Darryl Jones, Kenny Drew, Michael Nesmith, and Arthur Lee. After him are Arto Tunçboyacıyan, Youth, Ron Geesin, Bill Monroe, Howard Donald, and Josef Lhévinne.

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Among people born in 1947, Richard Palmer-James ranks 622. Before him are Ada Kok, Peter Wilson, Theda Skocpol, Rustam Kazakov, Sony Lab'ou Tansi, and Peter Chen. After him are Ginny Duenkel, Nina Fyodorova, Fabián Alarcón, Alexander Yakushev, Franghiz Ali-Zadeh, and Shigeru Kasamatsu.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Richard Palmer-James ranks 4,328 out of 8,785. Before him are Estelle Winwood (1883), Robin Hill (1899), John Callen (1946), Mark Hughes (1963), Margery Kempe (1373), and David Abulafia (1949). After him are Stephen Mangan (1968), Rhys ap Gruffydd (1132), Piers Sellers (1955), Richard Knill Freeman (1840), Eric Brook (1907), and Henry Cooper (1934).

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Among MUSICIANS In United Kingdom

Among musicians born in United Kingdom, Richard Palmer-James ranks 264. Before him are Henry Litolff (1818), Steve Hogarth (1956), Pete Doherty (1979), Spike Edney (1951), Johnny Marr (1963), and Liam Howlett (1971). After him are Youth (1960), Ron Geesin (1943), Howard Donald (1968), Michael Giles (1942), Gavin Harrison (1963), and Richard Rodney Bennett (1936).

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