Virgil Fox
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Virgil Keel Fox (May 3, 1912–October 25, 1980) was a renowned organist, known especially for his flamboyant "Heavy Organ" concerts of the music of Johann Sebastian Bach appealing to audiences in the 1970's more familiar with rock 'n' roll music, staged complete with light shows. His many recordings made on the RCA Victor and Capitol labels in the 1950's and 1960's have been re-mastered and re-released on CD's in recent years and continue to be widely available in mainstream music stores. <a href
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- Instance of
- human
- Family name
- Fox
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Princeton
- Place of death
- Palm Beach
- Occupation
- composer
- Educated at
- Peabody Institute
- Instrument
- organ
- Record label
- Capitol Records
- Conflict
- World War II
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- date of birth
- 1912-05-03
- date of death
- 1980-10-25
- cause of death
- prostate cancer
- manner of death
- natural causes
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