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British heavy metal singer

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Vinony's link graph records 116 inbound references to Al Atkins, and connects out to Sad Wings of Destiny, Live in London and International Standard Book Number.

It is catalogued under topics including 1947 births, 20th-century English male singers and 21st-century English male singers.

Vinony links it to 16 Wikipedia language editions.

Person · Open Library

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Music · MusicBrainz

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Person
Gender
Male
Origin
United States
Active from
1924-06-20
Active to
2001-06-30
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1,578
Total plays
25,144

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Alan John "Al" Atkins (born 11 October 1947 in West Bromwich, Birmingham, England) is a hard rock vocalist, perhaps best known for his association with Judas Priest. He began his musical career in 1964, singing in a succession of blues-rock outfits before forming a band in September 1969, named Judas Priest (named after the Bob Dylan song The Ballad of Frankie Lee and Judas Priest). Featuring a musical direction unrelated to the future metal band <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Al+Atkins">Rea

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Instance of
human
Family name
Atkins
Gender
male
Citizenship
United Kingdom
Place of birth
West Bromwich
Occupation
songwriter
Languages spoken
English language
Instrument
voice
Official website
www.alatkins.com
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date of birth
1947-10-14
start of work period
1964-00-00
member of
Judas Priest
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