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Biography
Ray Cooper's recording career started in the 1960s, recording with The Who, among others, and is still going. The Who are an English rock band formed in 1964. The primary lineup consisted of guitarist Pete Townshend Among his early jobs were America, Carly Simon, David Essex, Blue Mink. America is an English-American Folk rock band originally composed of members Gerry Beckley, Dewey Bunnell, and Dan Peek. Carly Elisabeth Simon (born June 25 1945 is an Oscar, Golden Globe and two time Grammy Award -winning American Singer-songwriter, David Essex OBE, was born David Albert Cook 23 July 1947, in Plaistow, County Borough of West Ham within Essex. Blue Mink was a British five-piece pop group from 1969 to 1973 Most notable was his work with Elton John, for whom he played on some of his later 1970s albums. Sir Elton Hercules John CBE (born Reginald Kenneth Dwight on 25 March 1947 is an English pop / rock Singer, Composer He had also played on Nicky Hopkins' 1973 solo album. Nicky Hopkins (born Nicholas Christian Hopkins ( February 24, 1944 in Harlesden, North London, England; died Year 1973 ( MCMLXXIII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar of the 1973 Gregorian calendar.
Cooper got his short stint with the Rolling Stones playing percussion for their 1974 It's Only Rock'n Roll album. Year 1974 ( MCMLXXIV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the 1974 Gregorian calendar. It's Only Rock 'n' Roll is an album by The Rolling Stones, released in 1974
Later in that decade he recorded with George Harrison, Bryan Ferry, Wings and Art Garfunkel among others. Bryan Ferry (born 26 September 1945 in Washington, Sunderland) is an English Singer, Musician, Songwriter and occasional Wings were a rock supergroup formed in August 1971 after the breakup of the Beatles, by ex-Beatle Paul McCartney. Arthur Ira Garfunkel (born November 5, 1941) is an American Singer-songwriter and Actor of Romanian Jewish ancestry Since then he has recorded with Paul McCartney and Elton John again, Ringo Starr, Eric Clapton, Pink Floyd, Roger Waters, The Traveling Wilburys and Ravi Shankar among others. Sir James Paul McCartney, MBE (born 18 June 1942 is an English rock Singer, Bass guitarist songwriter Composer, Ringo Starr, MBE (born Richard Starkey on 7 July 1940 is an English Musician, Singer, Songwriter and Actor Eric Patrick Clapton, CBE (born 30 March 1945 is an English Blues-rock Guitarist, singer Songwriter and Composer Pink Floyd are George Roger Waters (born 6 September 1943 in Great Bookham, Surrey) is an English rock musician Traveling Wilburys was a supergroup consisting of George Harrison, Jeff Lynne, Roy Orbison, Tom Petty and Bob Dylan. Pandit Ravi Shankar ( রবি শংকর Devanagari: रविशंकर "Pandit" ( Sanskrit, "learned" is honorific born April
In the late 1970's Cooper toured with Elton John as a duo in which Elton would play a solo set and then be joined by Cooper on percussion for the second half. The tour included some concerts in Russia (1979), and in the course of the tour Cooper became a favorite with Elton John fans for his expressive energy and intuitive accompaniment. Fans showed up with signs for Cooper at some concerts. The success of the "Solo" tour with Elton John was repeated in the mid-90s when he and and Elton John brought their two man show to a new generation in the United States.
His relationship with the Rolling Stones continued into the 1980s. In 1981, Cooper contributed to Bill Wyman's third solo album. Bill Wyman (born William George Perks on 24 October 1936 was the Bass guitarist for the English Rock and roll band The Rolling In 1983, he participated in a short tour for the Ronnie Lane ARMS charity along with Eric Clapton, Jimmy Page, Jeff Beck and other stars (including Bill Wyman and Charlie Watts). Year 1983 ( MCMLXXXIII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays the 1983 Gregorian calendar) Ronald Frederick "Ronnie" Lane ( 1 April 1946 - 4 June 1997) was an English Singer, Songwriter James Patrick Page, OBE (born 9 January 1944 is an English Guitarist, Composer and record producer Geoffrey Arnold "Jeff" Beck (born June 24, 1944 to Arnold and Ethel Beck in Wallington, England) is an English Charles Robert "Charlie" Watts (born 2 June 1941 is the Drummer of The Rolling Stones. In 1985, Cooper appeared on both Mick Jagger's She's the Boss album and Bill Wyman's Willie and the Poor Boys project. Year 1985 ( MCMLXXXV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link displays 1985 Gregorian calendar) Sir Michael Philip "Mick" Jagger, Kt (born 26 July 1943 is a Golden Globe -winning and two-time Grammy -winning English rock In 1997, he was again teamed up with Wyman for Struttin' Our Stuff. Year 1997 ( MCMXCVII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1997 Gregorian calendar
Notable is his percussion playing in the 1992 Eric Clapton Unplugged performance as well as playing in the 2002 Concert for George, a tribute to deceased former Beatle George Harrison (he also served as a producer of the film). Year 1992 ( MCMXCII) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1992 Gregorian calendar) Unplugged is an Album by Eric Clapton released in 1992. It was recorded live in England for the MTV Unplugged series See also 2002 (disambiguation Year 2002 ( MMII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. The Concert for George was held at the Royal Albert Hall in London on 29 November 2002 as a memorial to George Harrison on the first The Beatles were a pop and rock band from Liverpool, England formed in 1960 He also contributed to the tribute concert for Jim Capaldi in January 2007. Nicola James "Jim" Capaldi ( 2 August 1944 &ndash 28 January 2005) was an English Musician and Songwriter
He has also worked in films, producing and performing music in several of Terry Gilliam's productions, and playing small roles such as playing the role of the preacher in the feature film Popeye (1980) starring Robin Williams and Shelley Duvall. Terrence Vance Gilliam (born 22 November 1940) is an American -born British Writer, Filmmaker, Animator and member Popeye is a 1980 Live-action Film directed by Robert Altman and adapted from E Robin McLaurim Williams (born July 21 1951 or 1952 is an American television stage and film actor and Comedian who has won an Academy Award for his performance Shelley Alexis Duvall (born July 7, 1949) is an award-winning American Film and Television actress.
He also worked on Katie Melua's album "Pictures"(2007). Pictures is the third album by Georgian -born British jazz and blues singer Katie Melua, and was released on October 1 2007
Trivia
A little known fact about Cooper is that the role of Albert Arthur Moxey in the hit television series Auf Wiedersehen Pet was actually written for him by friends Dick Clement and Ian La Frenais with the character originally being conceived as an Irishman after he confessed to showing an interest in becoming an actor. Auf Wiedersehen Pet was a popular British comedy-drama series about a group of seven British migrant construction workers Wayne, Dennis, Auf Wiedersehen Pet was a popular British comedy-drama series about a group of seven British migrant construction workers Wayne, Dennis, Dick Clement OBE (born September 5, 1937) is an English Writer. Ian La Frenais, OBE, (born 7 January 1937) age 71 is in partnership with Dick Clement, one of the most influential television writers in Britain The role was however given to Christopher Fairbank who opted to play him as a scouser due to Cooper being unable to make it to the audition. Christopher Fairbank (sometimes credited as Chris Fairbank) (born in London) is an English actor best known for his role as Albert Arthur Moxey Scouse (ˈskaʊs is the accent and Dialect of English found in the city of Liverpool, and in some adjoining urban areas of Merseyside This is one reasons why the character of Moxey was given only limited lines and screentime in the first series of "Pet" due to Cooper's acting inexperience for whom the role had originally been planned.
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