John Mayer
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John Mayer; b. Oct. 28, 1930, Calcutta, India; d. Mar. 9, 2004, U.K.; violinist, composer, Indo-jazz fusion pioneer
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Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- India
- Active from
- 1930
- Active to
- 2004
Discography
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Listeners · Last.fm
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- 3,778,411
- Total plays
- 204,092,745
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John Clayton Mayer was born October 16, 1977, in Fairfield, Connecticut, USA, and started playing guitar at 13 after being inspired by a Stevie Ray Vaughan tape his neighbor gave him. In 1998 he moved to Atlanta, Georgia where he refined his skills and gained a following. In 2003, he won the Grammy Award for Best Male Pop Vocal Performance for the 2002 single "Your Body Is a Wonderland" from the album Room for Squares. In February 2005, he was awarded the Song of the Year Grammy for his song D
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- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- John
- Family name
- Mayer
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom
- Place of birth
- Kolkata
- Place of death
- London
- Educated at
- Royal Academy of Music
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Field of work
- ethno jazz
- Official website
- www.johnmayercomposer.co.uk
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- 1395800
- date of birth
- 1930-01-01
- date of death
- 2004-01-01
- Commons category
- John Mayer (composer)
- manner of death
- accidental death
- cause of death
- traffic collision
- different from
- John Mayer
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