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John Entwistle
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English musician; bassist for The Who (1944–2002)
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John Entwistle (1944–2002) was a British singer-songwriter, bassist, guitarist, and horn player. Born in Chiswick, he was a member of the band The Who. His musical work spanned genres including rock, art rock, hard rock, and power pop. Entwistle recorded for labels such as MCA Inc., Atco Records, Decca, and Polydor. He began his professional work period in 1962.
As a writer, he is associated with works including *Dreams Really Do Come True* and *Bass Culture*. His musical influences included Duane Eddy and James Jamerson. Entwistle died in Las Vegas on June 27, 2002, from a myocardial infarction.
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Person · Open Library
- Works
- 2
Top works
- Dreams Really Do Come True
- Bass Culture
via Open Library + Wikidata
Film & TV
Acting · Chiswick, London, England, UK
John Alec Entwistle (9 October 1944 – 27 June 2002) was an English bass guitarist, songwriter, singer, horn player, and film and record producer who was best known as the bass player for the rock band The Who. His aggressive lead sound influenced many rock bass players. He was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a member of the Who in 1990. Entwistle's lead instrument approach used…
Known for
- The Who: Quadrophenia Super Deluxe Edition2026
- The Who: Who's Next - Life House Super Deluxe Edition2023
- The Who: One Band's Explosive Story — Self - The Who Member2022
- The Who: French TV Archives 1965-19672015
- It's Only Rock 'n' Roll: Rock 'n' Roll at the BBC — Self (archive footage)2015
- The Who: Sensation—The Story of Tommy — Himself2014
- Woodstock: Untold Stories Revisited — Self2014
- Lambert & Stamp — Himself2014
- Quadrophenia: Can You See the Real Me? — Himself2013
- The Who - The Making of Tommy — Himself2013
via TMDB
Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- United Kingdom
- Active from
- 1944
- Active to
- 2002
Discography
Member of
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 44,260
- Total plays
- 647,449
Tags
John Alec Entwistle (9 October 1944 – 27 June 2002) was born in Chiswick, a London suburb, in 1944. In the early 1960s, he played in several traditional jazz and dixieland outfits with schoolmate Pete Townshend, and later joined Roger Daltrey's band the Detours. This band later became The Who. He was nicknamed "The Ox" because of his amazing consitution (e.g. drinking). Bill Wyman described him as "the quietest man in private but the loudest man on stage." He was also known as "Thunderfingers"
Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- Generalized Gradient Approximation Made Simple
· 1996 · cited 204,591x
- Highly accurate protein structure prediction with AlphaFold
· 2021 · cited 43,635x
- Gene Ontology: tool for the unification of biology
· 2000 · cited 36,910x
- Matplotlib: A 2D Graphics Environment
· 2007 · cited 35,581x
- The MOS 36-ltem Short-Form Health Survey (SF-36)
· 1992 · cited 29,131x
via Crossref · CC0
Key facts
- Also known as
- The Ox Thunderfingers The Quiet One Big Johnny Twinkle
- Born
- John Alec Entwistle , ( 1944-10-09 ) 9 October 1944, Hammersmith , London , England
- Died
- 27 June 2002 (2002-06-27) (aged 57), Paradise, Nevada , U.S.
- Genres
- Rock hard rock power pop proto-punk
- Occupations
- Singer songwriter musician composer record producer
- Instruments
- Bass guitar vocals French horn trumpet
- Works
- Solo with the Who
- Years active
- 1961–2002
- Labels
- Track Polydor Decca MCA ATCO WEA Griffin Rhino Repertoire King Biscuit Entertainment J-Bird Pulsar
- Formerly of
- The Who The Rock The Best Ringo Starr & His All-Starr Band
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Encyclopedic overview
John Alec Entwistle (9 October 1944 – 27 June 2002) was an English singer, songwriter, musician, composer and record producer, best known as the bass guitarist for the rock band the Who. Entwistle's music career spanned over four decades. Nicknamed "The Ox" and "Thunderfingers", he was the band's only member with formal musical training and also provided backing and occasional lead vocals. Entwistle was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a member of the Who in 1990.
Entwistle was the first member of the Who to begin a solo career, which he did in 1971. He released seven solo studio albums, four compilation albums and two live albums. His best-selling studio album is Too Late the Hero (1981), and its title track is his best-selling single. Musicians who have played on his albums include the Who's Keith Moon, Peter Frampton of Humble Pie, Joe Walsh of the Eagles, Leslie West of Mountain, Vivian Stanshall, Neil Innes, Zak Starkey, Howie Casey, Dick Parry, Jimmy McCulloch of Paul McCartney and Wings, Joe Vitale, and Tony Ashton.
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