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Ron Mael
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American musician and co-founder of the band Sparks
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- 1
Top works
- In the Words of Sparks... Selected Lyrics
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- 196
Ron Mael (born Ronald David Mael, 12 August 1945, Culver City, California, USA), is an American musician and songwriter. He and his younger brother Russell Mael, make up the core of the pop duo Sparks. Ron plays keyboard and writes most of the songs. When the band hit the peak of its popularity in the 1970s, he was well-known for his strange appearance, often remaining motionless over his keyboard. His conservative clothes and unfashionable toothbrush moustache attracted much attention, as does
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- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Ron
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Culver City
- Occupation
- screenwriter
- Genre
- new wave
- Instrument
- keyboard instrument
- Record label
- Bearsville Records
- Official website
- www.allsparks.com
- Image
- FFS (Franz Ferdinand & Sparks) @ Albert Hall, Manchester 25-8-2015 (20285490753).jpg
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- member of
- FFS
- date of birth
- 1945-08-12
- start of work period
- 1963-00-00
- partner in business or sport
- Russell Mael
- Commons category
- Ron Mael
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