Gershon Kingsley Death
Gershon passed away on December 10, 2019 at the age of 96 in Manhattan, New York, United States.
When did Gershon Kingsley die?
December 10, 2019How old was Gershon Kingsley when died?
96Where did Gershon Kingsley die? What was the location of death?
Manhattan, New York, United States
Gershon Kingsley Birthday and Date of Death
Gershon Kingsley was born on October 28, 1923 and died on December 10, 2019. Gershon was 96 years old at the time of death.
Birthday: October 28, 1923
Date of Death: December 10, 2019
Age at Death: 96
Gershon Kingsley - Biography
Gershon Kingsley (born Götz Gustav Ksinski; 28 October 1922) a contemporary German-American composer, is a pioneer of electronic music and the Moog synthesizer and founder of the First Moog Quartet, as a partner in the electronic music duo Perrey and Kingsley, and writer of rock-inspired compositions for Jewish religious ceremonies.
His career as a pop musician took off with the release of The In Sound from Way Out! album in 1966, which he recorded with Jean-Jacques Perrey. The Perrey and Kingsley duo went on to record Kaleidoscopic Vibrations: Electronic Pop Music from Way Out, released the next year, and subsequently went their separate ways. Kingsley then pursued a solo career recording Music to Moog By, released in 1969, a classic Moog album consisting mainly of cover songs, originally by The Beatles, Beethoven, and Simon and Garfunkel, but there also was original material, like his best known composition, Popcorn, which became his "signature song".
His next music effort was with a band called First Moog Quartet: they recorded only an album titled First Moog Quartet, released in 1970, which consisted of live recordings from his nationwide tour featuring four Moog synthesizers. Some of these compositions are more experimental, featuring spoken word and beat poetry backed by synthetic noises and tones. Kingsley then moved beyond the Moog, and later pioneered the use of the earliest Fairlight and Synclavier digital synthesizers.
