First Name |
Glenn
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Last Name |
Hughes
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Full Name at Birth |
Glenn V. Hughes III
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Alternative Name |
The Voice of Rock
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Birthday |
21st August, 1951
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Birthplace |
Cannock, Staffordshire, England
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Height |
6' 1" (185 cm)
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Build |
Slim
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Eye Color |
Brown - Dark
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Hair Color |
Brown - Dark
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Zodiac Sign |
Leo
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Sexuality |
Straight
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Ethnicity |
White
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Nationality |
British
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Occupation Text |
Musician, singer-songwriter, producer
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Occupation |
Vocalist
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Claim to Fame |
Trapeze, Deep Purple and Black Sabbath
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Music Genre (Text) |
Hard rock, Funk Rock, Progressive Rock, Heavy Metal, Pop Rock, Blues Rock, Soul, Funk, Blue-Eyed Soul, Funk Metal
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Year(s) Active |
1967–present
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Instrument (text) |
Bass guitar, Vocals, Guitar, Keyboards, Trombone, Trumpet
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Record Label |
Frontiers, Pony Canyon, SPV GmbH, Yamaha Music, Zero Corporation
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Associated Acts |
Finders Keepers, Trapeze, Deep Purple, Hughes/Thrall, Gary Moore, Black Sabbath, Phenomena, Geoff Downes, Hughes Turner Project, Tony Iommi, Brazen Abbot, Michael Men Project, Black Country Communion, Device, Kings of Chaos, California Breed, Finders Keepers Trapeze, John Norum, Joe Satriani, The Dead Daisies
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Official Websites |
www.glennhughes.com, www.facebook.com/glennhughesonline, twitter.com/glenn_hughes, www.myspace.com/glennhughesonline, http://www.glennhughes.com/, http://www.glennhughes.com
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Glenn Hughes (born 21 August 1951) is an English rock bassist and vocalist, best known for playing bass and performing vocals for funk rock pioneers Trapeze, the Mk. III and IV line-ups of Deep Purple, as well as briefly fronting Black Sabbath in the mid-1980s. Hughes is also known by fans as "The Voice of Rock" due to his soulful and wide-ranging singing voice.