Pete Townshend

Pete Townshend

British musician (born 1945)
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Peter Dennis Blandford "Pete" Townshend (born 19 May 1945) is an English musician, singer, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist, best known as the lead guitarist, backing vocalist, and main songwriter, for the rock band The Who. His career with the Who spans over 50 years, during which time the band grew to be considered one of the most influential bands of the 20th century.

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Pete Townshend was born on Saturday, 19 May 1945 in Chiswick, London, England, United Kingdom. His full name at birth was Peter Dennis Blandford Townshend. He is best known as a guitarist. Townshend's country of citizenship (nationality) is British. His religion is listed as Other. He is 6' (183 cm) tall with an average build. He has blue eyes and dark brown hair (color). His net worth is reported to be $105,000,000 US dollars. Pete Townshend is 79 years old and his zodiac star sign is Taurus.

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Peter Dennis Blandford Townshend
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Guitarist/Songwriter of the Who
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Date of birth
19 May 1945
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Chiswick, London, England, United Kingdom
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Guitarist, Musician, singer-songwriter, composer, musical arranger, author
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Early British pop was helped tremendously by the writing of Bob Dylan who had proved you could write about political and quite controversial subjects. Certainly what we did followed on from what was happening with the angry young men in the theatre.
  • The Who were voted the 29th Greatest Rock 'n' Roll Artists of all time by Rolling Stone.
  • The TV series "CSI: Crime Scene Investigation" (2000) and its spin-offs "CSI: Miami" (2002) and "CSI: NY" (2004) all use songs by Townshend/The Who as their theme songs: "Who are you", "Won't Get Fooled Again" and "Baba O'Riley".
  • Best known solo albums include 'Empty Glass' (1980), 'All the Best Cowboys Have Chinese Eyes' (1982), and 'White City - a Novel' (1985).
  • Winner of the British Phonographic Industry Award for Life Achievement in 1983.
  • His daughter Emma sang on his 1985 song "Face the Face", the first single off his "White City" album. She also appeared in the video.

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