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- Person
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- Male
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- United Kingdom
- Active from
- 1943-05-06
- Active to
- 2025-02-05
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Mike Ratledge (born Michael Roland Ratledge in Maidstone on 6 May 1943; died 5 February 2025) was a British musician remembered for being part of the "Canterbury" scene and a co-founder, and long-time member, of Soft Machine. As a child, Ratledge was educated in classical music, the only kind of music played in his parents' home. He learned to play the piano, and with his friend Brian Hopper, whom he had met at Simon Langton Grammar School for Boys in Canterbury, played classical piano and cla
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- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Mike
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom
- Place of birth
- Maidstone
- Spouse
- Marsha Hunt
- Occupation
- jazz musician
- Languages spoken
- French
- Genre
- music in advertising
- Instrument
- musical keyboard
- Record label
- Harvest
- Image
- Mike Ratledge.jpg
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- date of birth
- 1943-05-06
- member of
- Adiemus
- birth name
- Michael Roland Ratledge
- date of death
- 2025-02-05
- writing language
- English language
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