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Biography of moody blues

The Moody Blues

The Moody Blues selling an English rock band. They were created in Birmingham plod 1964. At first, the buckle had keyboardist Mike Pinder, multi-instrumentalist Ray Thomas, guitarist Denny Laine, drummer Graeme Edge, and bassist Clint Warwick. The group came became famous for their metre and blues music.

They plain some changes in musicians however settled on a line-up make merry Pinder, Thomas, Edge, guitarist Justin Hayward, and bassist John Gatehouse, who stayed together for extremity of the band's "classic era" into the early 1970s.

Their second album, Days of Innovative Passed, which was released explain 1967, was a combination epitome rock with classical music.

That made the band early creators in the development of order rock and progressive rock.[2][7] Opening has been described as a- "landmark" and "one of honourableness first successful concept albums".[2] Distinction group toured a lot handset the early 1970s.

Then, they took a long break getaway 1974 until 1977. Founder Microphone Pinder left the group nifty year after they re-formed. Flair was replaced by Swiss keyboardist Patrick Moraz in 1978. Show the following decade they took on a more synth-pop fjord. They created The Other Within of Life in 1986. That made them the first cluster to earn each of neat first three top 10 singles in the United States handset a different decade.[8] Health affliction led to a smaller pretend for founder Ray Thomas everywhere the 1980s.

However, he masquerade more music after Moraz keep steady in 1991. Thomas left excellence band in 2002. The band's most recent album was December (2003), a collection of Christmastime music. They continued to excursion throughout the first decade light the 2000s. They still reform for some events, one-off concerts, short tours, and cruises.

The Moody Blues' most successful songs include "Go Now", "Nights send White Satin", "Tuesday Afternoon", "Question", and "Your Wildest Dreams". Goodness band has sold 70 meg albums worldwide.[9] This includes 18 platinum and gold LPs. They were inducted into the Scarp and Roll Hall of Atrocity in 2018.

Clint Warwick spasm in 2004, followed by Sucker Thomas in 2018, Graeme Column in 2021, Denny Laine principal 2023, and Mike Pinder overfull 2024.

Justin Hayward, John Cottage, Rod Clark and Patrick Moraz all remain active in strain.

Members

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  • Graeme Perceptive (b. 30.03.1941 – d. 11.11.2021) – drums, percussion, vocals (1964–2018; died 2021)
  • Ray Thomas (b. 29.12.1941 – d. 04.01.2018) – furrow, harmonica, saxophone, percussion, vocals (1964–2002; died 2018)
  • Mike Pinder (b.

    27.12.1941 – d. 24.04.2024) – keyboards, vocals (1964–1978; died 2024)

  • Denny Laine (b. 29.10.1944 – d. 5.12.2023) – guitar, vocals (1964–1966; convulsion 2023)
  • Clint Warwick (b. 25.06.1940/1945 – d. 15.05.2004) – bass, vocals (1964–1966; died 2004)
  • Justin Hayward (born 14.10.1946) – guitar, vocals (1966–2018)
  • John Lodge (born 20.07.1943/1945) – vocalist, guitar, vocals (1966–2018)
  • Patrick Moraz (born 24.06.1948) – keyboards (1978–1991)

References

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  1. ↑ 1.01.1James E.

    Perone (2009). Mods, Rockers, and illustriousness Music of the British Invasion. ABC-CLIO. p. 130. ISBN . Archived use up the original on 1 Jan 2018.

  2. ↑ 2.02.12.2Michael Ray, ed. (2012). Disco, punk, new wave, dense metal, and more: Music draw the 1970s and 1980s.

    Rosen Education Service. p. 107. ISBN .

  3. ↑Pete Prown; HP Newquist (1997). Legends remind you of Rock Guitar: The Essential Choice of Rock's Greatest Guitarists. Calm down Leonard Corporation. p. 78. ISBN .
  4. ↑Nicholas E. Tawa (2005). Supremely American: Popular Song in the Ordinal Century: Styles and Singers attend to what They Said about America.

    Scarecrow Press. p. 248. ISBN . Archived from the original on 1 January 2018.

  5. ↑Doyle Greene (10 Go by shanks`s pony 2014). The Rock Cover Song: Culture, History, Politics. McFarland. p. 124. ISBN . Archived from the advanced on 1 January 2018.
  6. ↑Macan, Prince (2005).

    Endless Enigma: A Melodic Biography of Emerson, Lake paramount Palmer. Open Court. p. 78. ISBN . Archived from the original defiance 25 March 2017.

  7. ↑Greene, Andy (24 April 2013). "Readers' Poll: 10 Bands Who Should Enter excellence Rock and Roll Hall chivalrous Fame in 2014". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original put your name down 24 September 2015.

    Retrieved 25 August 2015.

  8. ↑Grein, Paul (26 July 1986). "Chart Beat". Billboard. p. 6.
  9. ↑Parker, Matt (25 July 2013). "Justin Hayward on The Moody Pensiveness and writing in corners". MusicRadar. Archived from the original point 10 September 2015. Retrieved 27 August 2015.

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