John Cale
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Lewis Allen Rabinowitz, 2 March 1942, Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA. A member of several high-school bands, Reed made his recording debut with the Shades in 1957. Their "So Blue" enjoyed brief notoriety when played by influential disc jockey Murray The K, but was lost...
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Scott Walker
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Tom Waits
- 75% match to John Cale
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Nico
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Patti Smith
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Sonic Youth
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Big Star
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The Stooges
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David Bowie
- 58% match to John Cale
David Robert Jones, 8 January 1947, Brixton, London, England. One of the great enigmas of popular music and certainly the most mercurial, Bowie underwent a veritable odyssey of career moves and minor crises before establishing himself as a major performer. He began playing...
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