Keith Emerson
British recording artist; keyboard player and composer (1944-2016) · United Kingdom · On the map · Musicians · Died at 71
Keith Noel Emerson 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.
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Greg Lake Bandmate in Emerson, Lake & Palmer
Cozy Powell Bandmate in Emerson, Lake & Powell
Carl Palmer Bandmate in Emerson, Lake & Palmer
Brian Davison Bandmate in The Nice
David O'List Bandmate in The Nice
Lee Jackson Bandmate in The Nice
Robert Berry Bandmate in 3
Peter Sinfield Produced Watching Over You / Barrelhouse Shake-Down (1978)- Feodor Chaliapin Jr. Keith wrote Inferno and The Church
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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.
