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Lewis Allan Reed (March 2, 1942 – October 27, 2013) was an American musician and songwriter. He was the guitarist, singer, and principal songwriter for the rock band The Velvet Underground and had a solo career that spanned five decades.
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Lou Reed’s Pre–Velvet Underground Songwriting Compiled on New Album: Listen to a Song
Before co-founding the Velvet Underground, Lou Reed was a staff songwriter for other artists at Pickwick Records. Now, his mid-1960s songs, performed by assorted artists on the label (with occasional ...
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Lou Reed’s Pre-Velvet Underground Recordings for Pickwick Records Compiled in New Anthology
Before the Velvet Underground, and before he became one of the most important songwriters of his generation, Lou Reed was a songwriter for hire at a company called Pickwick Records. He churned ...
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Lou Reed was an American singer-songwriter whose place in the rock pantheon rests primarily on his role in guiding the Velvet Underground, a New York City-based quartet that produced four enormously influential studio albums under Reed’s direction from 1965 to 1970.
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Oct 27, 2013 · Lou Reed: 20 Essential Tracks. A look back at the legendary rocker's best moments from the Velvet Underground and beyond. Lou Reed performs at Ahoy in Rotterdam, Netherlands. Michel Linssen...
Nov 26, 2013 · Lou Reed - Walk on the Wild Side (Official Audio) - YouTube. 108K subscribers. Subscribed. 394K. 68M views 10 years ago #WalkOnTheWildSide #LouReed #OfficialAudio. Official Audio...
Oct 2, 2023 · In an excerpt from Will Hermes’ Lou Reed: The King of New York, Reed’s collaborators and close friends share the story of the Velvet Underground singer’s final days.
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Oct 27, 2013 · Lou Reed, a massively influential songwriter and guitarist who helped shape nearly fifty years of rock music, died today on Long Island. The cause of his death has not yet been released,...
Oct 27, 2013 · NEW YORK (AP) — Lou Reed, the punk poet of rock ‘n’ roll who profoundly influenced generations of musicians as leader of the Velvet Underground and remained a vital solo performer for decades after, died Sunday at 71.
Oct 27, 2013 · Lou Reed, the singer, songwriter and guitarist whose work with the Velvet Underground in the 1960s had a major influence on generations of rock musicians, and who remained a powerful if...
May 6, 2024 · October 27, 2013 • An American rock musician born in Freeport on Long Island, N.Y., Lou Reed epitomized New York City's artistic underbelly in the 1970s, with his songs about hookers and...
Lou Reed had everything you could want in a rockstar: boundary-smashing guitar solos, a dry, combative voice and a tough as nails persona that never impeded his vulnerable songwriting.
