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Ritchie Blackmore
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British guitarist
OverviewAI-generated
Ritchie Blackmore is a guitarist associated with rock, hard rock, folk, and medieval music. His musical career began in 1960. He is the author of the work *Jam with Ritchie Blackmore*. Blackmore has three children and was born on April 14, 1945.
His official website is blackmoresnight.com. On Last.fm, his music has been played 504,656 times by 42,323 listeners. He is tagged as a guitar virtuoso. MusicBrainz lists his artist type as Group and his country as US. Crossref records five works, while Open Library lists one. His profile is referenced by 631 other encyclopedia articles.
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Hugh
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom
- Place of birth
- Weston-super-Mare
- Spouse
- Candice Night
- Occupation
- songwriter
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Genre
- heavy metal music
- Instrument
- guitar
- Official website
- blackmoresnight.com
- Image
- Ritchie Blackmore's Rainbow headlining the Stone Free 2017 Festival at the O2 (34994158240).jpg
- Number of children
- 3
- Work location
- Long Island
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- Commons category
- Ritchie Blackmore
- date of birth
- 1945-04-14
- member of
- Blackmore's Night
- name in native language
- Richard Hugh Blackmore
- social media followers
- 9285
- start of work period
- 1960-00-00
- short name
- Ritchie Blackmore
- medical condition
- gout
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Encyclopedic overview
Richard Hugh Blackmore (born 14 April 1945) is an English guitarist, who was a co-founding member of Deep Purple, Rainbow and Blackmore's Night. In the 1960s, he began his professional career in bands such as the Outlaws and Screaming Lord Sutch & the Savages, and worked as a session guitarist for singers such as Glenda Collins, Heinz, Neil Christian and others.
Blackmore has been known for playing both classically influenced and blues-based solos. He is cited by publications such as Guitar World and Rolling Stone as one of the greatest and most influential guitar players of all time. He was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a member of Deep Purple in April 2016.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Ritchie Blackmore” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.