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New York City, New York, USA
Songwriter, singer, bass guitarist and record producer.
Known for
- Crazy Ex-Girlfriend: Oh My God I Think It's Over — Self2019
- Fountains of Wayne: No Better Place - Live in Chicago — Himself2009
- Gigantic (A Tale of Two Johns) — Self2003
- Soundstage — Self2003
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Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- United States
- Active from
- 1967-10-31
- Active to
- 2020-04-01
alternative rockamericandeath by covid-19power poprock
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- Listeners
- 1,927
- Total plays
- 8,779
Adam Schlesinger was an Emmy and Grammy award-winning American songwriter who played bass in multiple bands including Fountains of Wayne, Ivy and Tinted Windows. In addition, he also wrote the theme song to the 1996 film "That Thing You Do!" and was one of the owners of the independent record label Scratchie Records. He was born on October 31, 1967 and grew up in New York and Montclair, NJ. He passed away on April 1, 2020 at the age of 52 due to complications resulting from contracting corona
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Adam
- Family name
- Schlesinger
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- New York City
- Place of death
- Poughkeepsie
- Occupation
- musician
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Genre
- power pop
- Instrument
- guitar
- Image
- Adam-Schlesinger-(in-Tinted-Windows).jpg
- Residence
- Poughkeepsie
Show 11 more facts
- date of birth
- 1967-10-31
- Commons category
- Adam Schlesinger
- date of death
- 2020-04-01
- cause of death
- COVID-19
- relative
- Jon Bernthal
- manner of death
- natural causes
- name in native language
- Adam Schlesinger
- start of work period
- 1990-00-00
- on focus list of Wikimedia project
- WikiProject COVID-19
- nominated for
- Tony Award for Best Original Score
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