Willie Alexander
Sign in to saveAlso known as Willie 'Loco' Alexander
singer and keyboard player (born 1943)
Person · Open Library
- Works
- 1
Top works
- Entering The Promised Land
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- 1,452
- Total plays
- 6,614
Tags
alternative rockrockblueamericanRock and Fucking Roll
A Philadelphia native, Willie “Loco” Alexander moved to Boston, U.S.A. and took over from Lou Reed when he left the Velvet Underground in 1971, recording the album 'Squeeze'. After various solo recordings in the early 1970s, Alexander formed the Boom Boom Band and released the eponymous, punk style 'Willie Alexander and the Boom Boom Band' which got substantial airplay on college radio stations at the height of the punk movement, with tracks such as 'Radio Heart' <a href="https://www.last.fm/mus
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Family name
- Alexander
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Philadelphia
- Occupation
- singer-songwriter
- Genre
- proto-punk
- Instrument
- voice
- Official website
- www.williealexander.com
- Image
- Willie Alexander 1988 Boston Channel.jpeg
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- date of birth
- 1943-01-13
- Commons category
- Willie Alexander
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