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John Simon
Sign in to savecompositore, ingegnere del suono, pianista, produttore discografico, ingegnere, sassofonista statunitense (1941-)
Person · Open Library
- Works
- 112
Top works
- Contribución al estudio constitucional
- Film
- Movies into film
- Flight from a War-Torn Country
- Hen Night Planning Journal
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Film & TV
Known for
- Satan's Mistress — Police Sergeant1982
- Janis1974
via TMDB
Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- Germany
- Active from
- 1972-03-16
Discography
- Außerirdisch2023
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 3,246
- Total plays
- 34,468
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John Simon (born August 11, 1941 in Norwalk, Connecticut) is an American musician, record producer, and composer. He is best known for his work with The Band as producer and musician on Music from Big Pink and The Band, where he notably played the sousaphone bass line in "Rag Mama Rag" Simon began his career with Columbia Records, where he produced music for a wide variety of acts. Among his early production credits are the 1966 No. 2 hit song "Red Rubber Ball" by The Cyrkle. <a href="https://w
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- John
- Family name
- Simon
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Norwalk
- Occupation
- saxophonist
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Instrument
- piano
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- John Simon
- date of birth
- 1941-08-11
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Article · Italiano
John Simon (Norwalk, 11 agosto 1941) è un produttore discografico, musicista e compositore statunitense. Storico produttore della Columbia prima e in seguito passato alla Capitol Records, Simon è famoso per i suoi contributi agli album Music from Big Pink e The Band del gruppo canadese The Band, distinguendosi pure per le esecuzioni alla tuba in brani come Rag Mama Rag. Nel 1967 contribuì alla realizzazione dell'album d'esordio di Leonard Cohen Songs of Leonard Cohen, lavorando nello stesso anno con Simon & Garfunkel per Bookends. Le altre collaborazioni degne di nota sono per gli album Cheap Thrills della Big Brother and the Holding Company (l'ultimo del gruppo con la voce di Janis Joplin) e Child Is Father to the Man dei Blood, Sweat & Tears, entrambi datati 1968.
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