John Kay

Person · Open Library

Works

86

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Music · MusicBrainz

Type

Person

Country

US

Active from

1922-07-21

Active to

2016-11-03

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Listeners

6,911

Total plays

56,309

John Kay (born Joachim Fritz Krauledat; April 12, 1944) is an American rock singer, songwriter and guitarist known as the frontman of Steppenwolf. Early Life Kay was born on April 12, 1944 in Tilsit, East Prussia, Germany (now Sovetsk, Kaliningrad Oblast, Russia). His father Fritz, born 1913 in Absteinen near Pogegen in the Memelland (today Opstainys in Pagėgiai Municipality, Lithuania), was killed a month before Kay was born. In early 1945, Kay's <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/John+Kay">

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Music

Official website

Steppenwolf

Official website of the classic rock pioneers Steppenwolf. Led by John Kay, Steppenwolf's blazing biker anthem "Born to Be Wild" roared out of speakers everywhere in the fiery summer of 1968, John Kay's threatening rasp sounding a mesmerizing call to arms to the counterculture movement rapidly sprouting up nationwide.

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Wikidata facts

Instance of

human

Given name

John

Gender

male

Citizenship

United States

Place of birth

Sovetsk

Occupation

songwriter

Languages spoken

English language

Award

Canada's Walk of Fame

Genre

blues

Instrument

voice

Record label

CMC International

Official website

www.steppenwolf.com

Image

John Kay- OR State Fair 2007 (cropped).jpg

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