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Mike Hugg (born Michael John Hugg, 11 August 1942, Gosport, Hampshire) is a professional musician (drums, vocals, keyboards and songwriter) and a founding member of the 1960s group Manfred Mann. Though not from a musical family, his parents condoned his jazz drumming so long as he kept up his piano lessons, and Hugg set his sights on a life in music, under the spell of Miles Davis and Thelonius Monk. He met Manfred Mann while serving as a musician at Butlin's Clacton and also worked with jazz/R
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- Hug
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom
- Place of birth
- Gosport
- Occupation
- songwriter
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Instrument
- keyboard instrument
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- Mike Hugg 1967.jpg
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- 1942-08-11
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- Michael John Hug
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- Mike Hugg
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