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Keith Emerson

real name Keith Noel Emerson

United Kingdom · 1944-11-02 – 2016-03-10

Keith Emerson is credited on 2,480 releases across 294 albums tracked on Gatefold, active 1968–2025 — the collector-built map of who actually made the music.

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2,480

Credits

294

Albums

7

Decades active

508

In collections

Biography

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British musician and composer. Born November 2, 1944 in Todmorden, Yorkshire, England, Keith Emerson is best remembered for his role in the groups The Nice and Emerson, Lake & Palmer. Emerson died on March 11, 2016 by suicide at his home in Santa Monica, Los Angeles, USA aged 71.
Throughout the years, Emerson has consistently won the Overall Best Keyboardist award in the annual Keyboard Magazine Readers' Poll, since the magazine's debut in 1975 and holds a seat of honour on their advisory board. He was honoured at The Smithsonian Institution, along with Dr. Robert Moog, for his pioneering work in electronic music.

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Credited work

2,480 releases · 294 albums · active 1968–2025

  • Performance · 12,128
  • Other credits · 1,136
  • Production · 286
  • Engineering · 75

Studios: Advision Studios · Newcastle City Hall · Fillmore East · Trident Studios

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