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John Cale
Welsh composer, singer-songwriter and record producer (born 1942)
Details
- Instance of
- human
- Born
- 9 March 1942
- Place of birth
- Garnant
- Sex or gender
- male
- Given name
- John
- Family name
- Cale
- Mother
- Margaret Davies
- Spouse
- Betsey Johnson, Cynthia Wells, Risé Cale
- Child
- Eden Cale
- Movement
- Fluxus
- Genre
- experimental rock, alternative rock, art rock, pop rock, folk rock, drone music, proto-punk, avant-garde music, spoken word, classical music, rock music
- Field of work
- music, film score
- Occupation
- singer-songwriter, record producer, actor, lyricist, autobiographer, model, film actor, television actor, music arranger, experimental musician, pianist, film score composer
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom
- Native language
- Welsh
- Awards
- Officer of the Order of the British Empire, honorary degree, honorary degree, Człowiek ze Złotym Uchem, Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, honorary doctor of the University of Antwerp
- birth name
- John Davies Cale
- copyright representative
- Broadcast Music, Inc.
- described by source
- UbuWeb
- discography
- John Cale discography
- employer
- Warner Bros. Records Inc.
- filmography
- John Cale filmography
- floruit
- 1997
- has works in the collection
- Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía, National Gallery of Canada
- influenced by
- Antonio Vivaldi, Iannis Xenakis, Morton Feldman, Edgard Varèse, La Monte Young, Bedřich Smetana
- instrument
- viola, piano, keyboard instrument, bass guitar, guitar, organ, synthesizer, electric viola, electric guitar, acoustic guitar, celesta, Hammond organ
- list of works
- list of John Cale songs
- member of
- The Velvet Underground, The Velvet Underground, Theatre of Eternal Music, National Youth Orchestra of Wales, The Primitives
- name in native language
- John Cale
- nominated for
- César Award for Best Music Written for a Film
- notable work
- Paris 1919, Music for a New Society
- number of children
- 1
- owner of
- SPY Records, A.R.M. Studio
- participant in
- Life Along the Borderline, Mercy Tour, The '99 Greenwich Delusion, When Past and Future Collide, Shifty Adventures in Nookie Wood Tour, LOOP − 60Hz: Transmissions from The Drone Orchestra, POPtical Illusion Tour, John Cale & Band + Sinfonietta de Lausanne concert performed during Montreux Jazz Festival the 2018-06-29
- record label
- Columbia Records, Reprise Records, Island Records, Illegal Records, SPY Records, A&M Records, ZE Records, Beggars Banquet Records, Hannibal Records, EMI Records, Double Six Records, I.R.S. Records
- related category
- Category:Films scored by John Cale
- represented by
- Jane Friedman, Nita Scott, Tony Paris
- residence
- Garnant, New York City, Los Angeles, London
- social media followers
- 16206, 13135, 5020, 20084, 5730, 22716, 7940, 9500, 10000, 11500
- start of work period
- 1963
- topic has template
- Template:John Cale
- topic's main category
- Category:John Cale
- unmarried partner
- Claudia Gould, Jane Friedman
- voice type
- baritone
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