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Robert Wyatt

1945 - Today

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Robert Wyatt (born Robert Wyatt-Ellidge, 28 January 1945) is an English retired musician. A founding member of the influential Canterbury scene bands Soft Machine and Matching Mole, he was initially a kit drummer and singer before becoming paraplegic following an accidental fall from a window in 1973, which led him to abandon band work, explore other instruments, and begin a 40-year solo career. A key player during the formative years of British jazz fusion, psychedelia and progressive rock, Wyatt's own work became increasingly interpretative, collaborative and politicised from the mid-1970s onwards. His solo music has covered a particularly individual musical terrain ranging from covers of pop singles to shifting, amorphous song collections drawing on elements of jazz, folk and nursery rhyme. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Robert Wyatt is the 353rd most popular musician (up from 439th in 2019), the 1,330th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 1,436th in 2019) and the 80th most popular British Musician.

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Among MUSICIANS

Among musicians, Robert Wyatt ranks 353 out of 3,175Before him are Paul Wittgenstein, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Ian Anderson, Artur Schnabel, Florian Schneider, and Riccardo Cocciante. After him are Jack White, Michael Schenker, Matteo Carcassi, John Densmore, Mark Hollis, and Hugh McDonald.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1945, Robert Wyatt ranks 141Before him are András Arató, Jean-Pierre Kutwa, Mahmoud al-Zahar, Hans-Gert Pöttering, Brion James, and Igor Ivanov. After him are Philippe Ouédraogo, Fernando Vérgez Alzaga, John Garang, Brenda Fricker, Clarissa Pinkola Estés, and Ladislao Mazurkiewicz.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Robert Wyatt ranks 1,330 out of 8,785Before him are James Ferguson (1797), Arnold Toynbee (1852), Rick Parfitt (1948), Henry (1100), Bernard Cornwell (1944), and Eddie Redmayne (1982). After him are Ewan McGregor (1971), Olave Baden-Powell (1889), Alan Baker (1939), John de la Pole, 1st Earl of Lincoln (1462), John Nettles (1943), and Sir John Barrow, 1st Baronet (1764).

Among MUSICIANS In United Kingdom

Among musicians born in United Kingdom, Robert Wyatt ranks 80Before him are Don Airey (1948), Cozy Powell (1947), Ian Stewart (1938), Janick Gers (1957), PJ Harvey (1969), and Ian Anderson (1947). After him are Mark Hollis (1955), Glenn Tipton (1947), Simon Phillips (1957), Zayn Malik (1993), John McLaughlin (1942), and Mick Taylor (1949).