Person · Open Library
- Works
- 15
Top works
- Made for More
- Marriage Counselor
- Leading with Heart
- Cure for Insomnia
- Lesser Angels
via Open Library + Wikidata
Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- United Kingdom
- Active from
- 1945-08-24
- Active to
- 2020-11-04
Discography
via MusicBrainz · CC0
Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 33,604
- Total plays
- 483,473
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Ken Hensley (born Kenneth William David Hensley in Plumstead, south-east London on 24 August 1945; died 4 November 2020) was an English singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist (especially Hammond organ and guitar) and producer best known for his work with Uriah Heep during the 1970s. Hensley wrote, or co-wrote, the majority of Uriah Heep's songs during this period, including such hits as "Look at Yourself", "Lady in Black" (on both of which he also sang lead vocals), "Easy Livin'", "Stealin'"
Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- Initial sequencing and analysis of the human genome
· 2001 · cited 18,614x
- A global reference for human genetic variation
· 2015 · cited 17,783x
- Global burden of 369 diseases and injuries in 204 countries and territories, 1990–2019: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019
· 2020 · cited 15,961x
- Global, regional, and national incidence, prevalence, and years lived with disability for 354 diseases and injuries for 195 countries and territories, 1990–2017: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2017
· 2018 · cited 10,995x
- Global Burden of Cardiovascular Diseases and Risk Factors, 1990–2019
· 2020 · cited 10,229x
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Key facts
- Born
- Kenneth William David Hensley , ( 1945-08-24 ) 24 August 1945, Plumstead , London , England
- Origin
- Stevenage , Hertfordshire , England
- Died
- 4 November 2020 (2020-11-04) (aged 75), Agost , Alicante , Spain
- Genres
- Hard rock progressive rock soft rock heavy metal southern rock
- Occupations
- Musician singer songwriter record producer
- Instruments
- Keyboards vocals guitar
- Years active
- 1960–2020
- Labels
- Bronze Repertoire Mystic
- Website
- ken-hensley .com
via Wikipedia infobox
~13 min read
Encyclopedic overview
Kenneth William David Hensley (24 August 1945 – 4 November 2020) was an English musician, singer, songwriter and producer, best known for his work with Uriah Heep during the 1970s.
He wrote or co-wrote the majority of Uriah Heep's songs during this period, including the singles "Lady in Black" (on which he sang lead vocals), "Easy Livin'" and "Stealin'", as well as "Look at Yourself" and "Free Me".
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Ken Hensley” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.