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John Kay (born Joachim Fritz Krauledat; April 12, 1944) is an American [a] rock singer, songwriter and guitarist known as the frontman of Steppenwolf. [2] Early life. Kay was born on April 12, 1944 [3] in Tilsit, East Prussia, Germany (now Sovetsk, Kaliningrad Oblast, Russia). [1] .
John Kay nacido como Joachim Fritz Krauledat (Tilsit, antiguo reino alemán de Prusia, ahora Sovetsk, región de Kaliningrado, Rusia, 12 de abril de 1944) es un cantante germano-canadiense, vocalista, compositor y guitarrista de la banda de hard rock canadiense Steppenwolf, desde 1967 hasta su desvinculación de la misma en 2010. [1]
c. 1780, France. John Kay (born July 16, 1704, near Bury, Lancashire, England—died c. 1780, France) was an English machinist and engineer, inventor of the flying shuttle, which was an important step toward automatic weaving. The son of a woolen manufacturer, Kay was placed in charge of his father’s mill while still a youth.
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Born in East Prussia, Germany at the end of World War II., John Kay grew up trapped behind the iron curtain. His first distinct memory is a daring nighttime escape with his mother to West Germany; where later he was profoundly affected by the American rock 'n' roll he heard on U.S. Armed Forces Radio.
Official website of the classic rock pioneers Steppenwolf. Led by John Kay, Steppenwolf's blazing biker anthem "Born to Be Wild" roared out of speakers everywhere in the fiery summer of 1968, John Kay's threatening rasp sounding a mesmerizing call to arms to the counterculture movement rapidly sprouting up nationwide.
Today, John Kay is the only original member, having been the lead singer since 1967. The band was called John Kay & Steppenwolf from 1980 to 2018. In Canada, they had four top 10 songs, 12 top 40, and 14 in the top 100. [8] In 2016 the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame nominated them for induction in 2017. [9] .
