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- 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
Discography
- The J. Geils Band1970
- The Morning After1971
- Bloodshot1973
- Ladies Invited1973
- Nightmares…and Other Tales From the Vinyl Jungle1974
- Hotline1975
- Monkey Island1977
- Sanctuary1978
- Love Stinks1980
- Freeze‐Frame1981
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- 663,292
- Total plays
- 4,432,221
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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
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
- Genre
- rock music
- Instrument
- guitar
- Record label
- Atlantic Records
- Image
- JGeilsPerforming.jpg
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- 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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