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Hamilton Bohannon
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American drummer, band leader, percussionist, record producer and songwriter (1942–2020)
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Newnan, Georgia, U.S.
Hamilton Frederick Bohannon (March 7, 1942 – April 24, 2020), often credited mononymously as Bohannon, was an American drummer, percussionist, band leader, songwriter, arranger, and record producer, who was one of the leading figures in 1970s funk and disco music. He worked with Marvin Gaye, Stevie Wonder, the Temptations, Wah Wah Watson, Ray Parker Jr., the Counts and Carolyn Crawford.…
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- Top of the Pops — Self1964
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Hamilton Bohannon (born Hamilton Frederick Bohannon in Newnan, GA, on 7 March 1942; died 24 April 2020), aka Bohannon, was an American percussionist, band leader, songwriter and record producer, who was one of the leading figures in 1970s disco/dance music. Bohannon was drumming in a high school band while an elementary school student. After earning a music degree from Atlanta's Clark College, he was hired as a drummer by Stevie Wonder and moved to Detroit <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Ha
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- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Newnan
- Place of death
- Atlanta
- Occupation
- songwriter
- Educated at
- Clark Atlanta University
- Genre
- disco
- Instrument
- voice
- Record label
- Motown
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- date of birth
- 1942-03-07
- start of work period
- 1964-00-00
- date of death
- 2020-04-24
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