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Felix A. Pappalardi Jr. (December 30, 1939 – April 17, 1983) was an American music producer, songwriter, vocalist, and bassist. He is best known as the bassist and co-lead vocalist of the band Mountain, whose song "Mississippi Queen" peaked at number 21 on the Billboard Hot 100 and has become a classic rock radio staple.
Apr 17, 2021 · As the bassist/co-vocalist with US band Mountain and also a producer for Cream, Felix Pappalardi was a pivotal figure in the rock scene of the late 60s and early 70s. By the early 80s, however, his career was on a steep downward slide and his personal life was in disarray.
Dec 18, 2020 · Felix Pappalardi may not be one of the most recognizable names in the history of classic rock, but he surely helped pave the way to success for countless others. A longtime songwriter, bassist, vocalist, and record producer, Pappalardi was a music school dropout who could play nearly any instrument he picked up with ease.
Apr 17, 2023 · Pappalardi, the former bassist-singer-songwriter for Mountain and producer, had been shot in the neck and killed by his wife (and Mountain lyricist) Gail Collins the previous day. (I didn’t know about it immediately because, if you’ll recall, there was no internet in 1983.)
Apr 25, 2017 · The wide-eyed, expressive and impressively built West manned center stage as if the fates conspired to place him there at that moment and time, while former Cream producer Felix Pappalardi stood semi-shadowed to his right unleashing furious bass runs in accompaniment.
Nov 1, 2022 · When Mountain went into the Record Plant studios in autumn 1970 to put the finishing touches to their second album, there were already mutterings within the camp that bass player/producer Felix Pappalardi and his girlfriend (later wife) Gail Collins were exerting a stranglehold on the band’s output. When the band played at the Woodstock ...
Originally consisting of vocalist-guitarist Leslie West, bassist-vocalist Felix Pappalardi, keyboardist Steve Knight, and drummer N. D. Smart (soon replaced by Corky Laing), the group disbanded in 1972, but reunited on several occasions prior to West's death in 2020.
Felix Pappalardi (1939-1983) was a producer, songwriter and musician best known for his work with seminal 60s rock bands Cream and Mountain. Born in the Bronx, Pappalardi was a...
Felix Pappalardi was born on 3 October 1938 in Bronx, New York City, New York, USA. He is known for Snowpiercer (2013), Vanishing Point (1971) and Next (2007). He was married to Gail Collins. He died on 17 April 1983 in New York City, New York, USA.
Apr 18, 1983 · NEW YORK -- Pop musician Felix Pappalardi, the mastermind of hard rock groups Cream and Mountain, was shot and killed in his apartment in a dispute with his wife, authorities said. She was...
