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Greg Lake
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English bassist, guitarist, vocalist, songwriter and producer (1947–2016)
Person · Open Library
- Works
- 5
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Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- United Kingdom
- Active from
- 1947-11-10
- Active to
- 2016-12-07
Discography
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- Listeners
- 250,346
- Total plays
- 1,046,684
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Gregory Stuart "Greg" Lake (10 November 1947 – 7 December 2016) was an English singer, musician, songwriter and producer. He was a vocalist and bassist of King Crimson, before becoming the bassist, guitarist, vocalist, and lyricist of Emerson, Lake & Palmer. He also recorded as a solo artist, which included his 1975 hit single, "I Believe in Father Christmas". Greg Lake was born in Poole, Dorset, and first learned to play guitar aged 12. He came to prominence as a founding member of King Crimso
Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- The Third International Consensus Definitions for Sepsis and Septic Shock (Sepsis-3)
· 2016 · cited 22,939x
- Initial sequencing and analysis of the human genome
· 2001 · cited 18,520x
- How Many Interviews Are Enough?
· 2006 · cited 15,504x
- A comparative risk assessment of burden of disease and injury attributable to 67 risk factors and risk factor clusters in 21 regions, 1990–2010: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2010
· 2012 · cited 9,223x
- The Genotype-Tissue Expression (GTEx) project
· 2013 · cited 8,432x
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Key facts
- Born
- Gregory Stuart Lake , ( 1947-11-10 ) 10 November 1947, Poole , Dorset , England
- Died
- 7 December 2016 (2016-12-07) (aged 69), London , England
- Genres
- Progressive rock
- Occupations
- Musician singer songwriter producer
- Instruments
- Vocals bass guitar
- Years active
- 1964–2016
- Labels
- Manticore Island Chrysalis Atlantic
- Formerly of
- Unit Four the Time Checks the Shame the Shy Limbs the Gods King Crimson Emerson, Lake & Palmer Asia Emerson, Lake & Powell Ringo Starr & His All-Starr Band
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Wikidata facts
- Official website
- www.greglake.com
- Image
- LL-Greg4-2 (cropped).jpg
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- Commons category
- Greg Lake
- date of birth
- 1947-11-10
- social media followers
- 36800
- end of work period
- 2016-00-00
- date of death
- 2016-12-07
- start of work period
- 1966-00-00
- birth name
- Gregory Stuart Lake
- name in native language
- Greg Lake
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Gregory Stuart Lake (10 November 1947 – 7 December 2016) was an English musician, singer, and songwriter. He gained prominence as a founding member of the progressive rock bands King Crimson and Emerson, Lake & Palmer (ELP).
Born and brought up in Dorset, Lake began to play the guitar at the age of 12 and wrote his first song, "Lucky Man", at the same age. He became a full-time musician at 17, playing in several rock bands until his friend and fellow Dorset guitarist Robert Fripp invited him to join King Crimson as lead singer and bassist. They found commercial success with their influential debut album, In the Court of the Crimson King (1969).