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`Ask Starpulse` Answers Your Burning Questions -- Manfred Mann

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"I have been a huge fan of Manfred Mann, and I was wondering if you have any more information on him?"

Manfred Mann, born Manfred Lubowitz, is a South African-born keyboardist. He formed an R&B band called Manfred Mann that only played pop to get on the charts. In the 1960s, the group ranked among the most adept British Invasion acts in both styles. Despite Mann`s oft-proclaimed preferences for serious explorations of jazz, blues, and progressive music, it`s his pop/rock recordings that hold up best and for which he`ll be remembered most.

Before gaining fame, Mann performed at dances and local coffee bars in Johannesburg as a teenager and studied classical music at Witwatersrand University. He moved to England in 1961, making his living as a jazz pianist and teacher and writing articles under the name Manfred Manne, the surname derived from drummer Shelly Manne. He later dropped the "e" and used "Manfred Mann" as his performing name.
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