biography
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| male
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| lived:
| (1950– )
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| biography:
| Singer and songwriter, born in Surrey, SE England, UK. He co-founded the rock group Genesis, but left to pursue a solo career in 1975. His LP Peter Gabriel (1977), the first of four such named albums, was a number 7 hit in the UK. Renowned for the visual effects which accompany his videos, a collection of video hits was released as CV (1988), topping the UK music video chart. In 1982 he inaugurated the ‘World of Music, Arts and Dance’ (WOMAD) festival; and he later wrote the score for the controversial film The Last Temptation of Christ (1988) and music for the inaugural Greenwich Millennium Dome celebration. Other albums include Us (1992) and Up (2002). |
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