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Also known as John Warren Geils Jr.

American musician (1946–2017)

Person · Open Library

Works
1

Top works

  • Best of the J. Geils Band

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Music · MusicBrainz

Type
Group
Origin
United States
Active from
1967
Active to
2015
blue-eyed soulblues rockboogie rocknew wavepop rockrock

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners
663,292
Total plays
4,432,221

Tags

classic rockrockblues rock80spop

The J. Geils Band was an American music group from Worcester, Massachusetts, USA that had a successful blues-rock/R&B-influenced sound in the 1970s, before moving towards a more pop-influenced sound in the 1980s, which brought them MTV airplay and their 1982 international hit single "Centerfold". The band started as an acoustic blues trio in the mid 1960s with singer and guitarist J. Geils (born February 20, 1946; died April 10, 2017), bassist Danny Klein (Dr. <a href="https://www.last.fm/musi

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
human
Given name
Warren
Gender
male
Citizenship
United States
Place of birth
New York City
Place of death
Groton
Languages spoken
English language
Instrument
guitar
Record label
Atlantic Records
Image
JGeilsPerforming.jpg
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Commons category
John Geils
date of birth
1946-02-20
date of death
2017-04-10
birth name
John Warren Geils
start of work period
1967-00-00
end of work period
2012-00-00
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