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Chris Squire was born on 4 March 1948 and died on 28 June 2015. His career in music began in 1965. According to VIAF, he held citizenship of both Great Britain and the United Kingdom, and worked as a rock musician, bass guitarist, singer and songwriter, active in the fields of rock music and progressive rock. His recorded working language was English.
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Christopher Russell Edward "Chris" Squire (born 4 March 1948), is an English musician, known as the bass guitarist and backing vocalist for the progressive rock group Yes. He is the only member of the group to appear on every album. Description above from the Wikipedia article Chris Squire, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known for
- Melody Makers2019
- Yes - Like It Is - Live At The Mesa Arts Center — Himself2015
- Yes - Songs From Tsongas — Self - Bass2015
- Yes: Like It Is (At The Bristol Hippodrome)2014
- Yes: Close to the Edge — Bass Guitars, Vocals2013
- Yessongs: 40 Years On — himself2012
- Yes - Union Live — Self - Bass2011
- Yes: Fly From Here — Bass2011
- Yes: Rock Of The 70's — Himself2009
- Prog Rock at the BBC — Self2009
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Authority record · VIAF
- Lifespan
- 1948–2015
- Nationality
- GB, UK
- Role / Field
- Rock musicians, Muusik, Laulukirjutaja, Laulja, Bass guitarists, Rock music
- Language
- eng
- Gender
- Male
Recorded by 14 libraries
via VIAF · OCLC
Key facts
- Born
- Christopher Russell Edward Squire , ( 1948-03-04 ) 4 March 1948, Kingsbury , London, England
- Died
- 27 June 2015 (2015-06-27) (aged 67), Phoenix, Arizona , U.S.
- Genres
- Progressive rock symphonic rock art rock
- Occupations
- Musician singer songwriter
- Instruments
- Bass guitar vocals
- Years active
- 1965–2015
- Labels
- Atlantic Wounded Bird Sanctuary Lime Stone Ghost
- Formerly of
- The Selfs the Syn Mabel Greer's Toyshop Yes XYZ Conspiracy Squackett
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Edward
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom
- Place of birth
- Kingsbury
- Place of death
- Phoenix
- Occupation
- songwriter
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Native language
- English language
- Genre
- progressive rock
- Instrument
- bass guitar
- Record label
- Atlantic Records
- Official website
- www.chrissquire.com
- Image
- Chris squire 1978.jpg
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- Commons category
- Chris Squire
- date of birth
- 1948-03-04
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- Chris Squire
- birth name
- Christopher Russell Edward Squire
- member of
- Cinema
- date of death
- 2015-06-27
- cause of death
- acute erythroid leukemia
- nickname
- Fish
- manner of death
- natural causes
- name in native language
- Chris Squire
- start of work period
- 1965-00-00
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Encyclopedic overview
Christopher Russell Edward Squire (4 March 1948 – 27 June 2015) was an English musician, singer and songwriter best known as the bassist, backing vocalist, and only constant member of the progressive rock band Yes until his death in 2015. In 2017, he was posthumously inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a member of Yes.
Squire was widely regarded as the dominant bassist among the English progressive rock bands, influencing peers and later generations of bassists with his incisive sound and elaborately contoured, melodic bass lines. His name was associated with his trademark instrument, the Rickenbacker 4001 (British model RM1999). From 1991 to 2000, Rickenbacker produced a limited-edition signature model bass in his name, the 4001CS.
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