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Andrew Maurice Gold (August 2, 1951 – June 3, 2011) was an American singer, songwriter, musician and arranger. His works include the US Top 10 single "Lonely Boy" (1977), as well as "Thank You for Being a Friend" (1978) and the UK Top Five hit "Never Let Her Slip Away" (1978). He had further international chart success in the 1980s as the lead singer of Wax, a collaboration with English musician and songwriter Graham Gouldman. Gold was a multi-instrumentalist who played guitar, bass, keyboards, accordion, synthesizer, harmonica, saxophone, flute, drums and percussion, and more arcane musical devices such as ukulele, musette, and harmonium.〔(Andrew Gold Official Discography )〕 He was also a producer, sound engineer, film composer, session musician, actor, and painter. Gold played and recorded with artists such as Carly Simon, Jennifer Warnes, Linda Ronstadt, Stephen Bishop, America, Nicolette Larson, Maria Muldaur, Neil Diamond, Barbi Benton, Eric Carmen, Juice Newton, Leo Sayer, Freddie Mercury, Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, Karla Bonoff, Paul McCartney, Ringo Starr, Brian Wilson, James Taylor, Roy Orbison, Don Henley, Bette Midler, Diana Ross, Cher, John Waite, Jesse McCartney and J. D. Souther.〔 ==Early life== Gold was born in Burbank, California,〔(Obituary ), ''Telegraph'', 8 June 2011.〕 and eventually followed his parents into show business. His mother was singer Marni Nixon (who provided the singing voice for numerous actresses, notably Natalie Wood in ''West Side Story'', Deborah Kerr in ''The King and I'', and Audrey Hepburn in ''My Fair Lady''); his father was Ernest Gold, the Austrian-born, Academy Award-winning composer for the movie ''Exodus''.〔(Thursby, Keith. "Andrew Gold, musician, songwriter, arranger dies at 59," ''Los Angeles Times'', Monday, June 6, 2011. )〕 He had two younger sisters. Gold began writing songs at the age of 13. Abroad in England for school, the 16-year-old Gold scored his first recording contract on the strength of a selection of demos he submitted to Polydor Records’ London office. That contract resulted in the single "Of All the Little Girls," which was recorded with his friend and collaborator Charlie Villiers, and released in 1967 under the name Villiers and Gold.〔(Andrew Gold Official Biography )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Andrew Gold」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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