# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/ritchie-blackmore
# Generated: 2026-09-02T23:04:55.447Z

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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Richard Hugh Blackmore was born 14 April 1945 in England and started his professional run in the 1960s with outfits like the Outlaws and Screaming Lord Sutch & the Savages, filling session slots for singers including Glenda Collins and Heinz. He co-founded Deep Purple, where his classically inflected solos helped define the sound of early heavy metal, then left to form Rainbow and later Blackmore's Night, a folk-rock project that swapped distortion for lute and mandolin. Guitar World and Rolling Stone have named him among the most influential players in rock history, and Deep Purple's induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in April 2016 brought him in with it.