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Birth name | Richard George Manuel |
Born | Stratford, Ontario, Canada | April 3, 1943
Died | March 4, 1986 Winter Park, Florida, U.S. | (aged 42)
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Years active | 1957–1986 |
Labels | Capitol |
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Richard George Manuel (April 3, 1943 – March 4, 1986) was a Canadian musician, singer, and songwriter, best known as a pianist and one of three lead singers in the Band, for which he was posthumously inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1994.
Manuel's singing alternated between a soul-influenced baritone that drew frequent comparisons to Ray Charles and a delicate falsetto. Though The Band had three vocalists sharing lead and harmony parts, Manuel was sometimes seen as the group's primary vocalist.[1]