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Neil Young (Neil Young, November 12, 1945 -) is a creative rock singer, guitarist, pianist and director born in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. He is also active in the music scene as a member of Crosby, Stills, Nash and Neil Young (hereinafter referred to as CSN&Y), Buffalo Springfield Band and other famous bands. Its styles span folk music, country music, grunge rock, hard rock, etc. The most famous instrument used is the guitar produced by Gibson. He started his personal music activities in 1969 and was elected to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1995.

Category
Musicians
Nationality
Canada
Born
1945-11-12
Wikidata
Q633
Occupations singersinger-songwriterfilm directorautobiographermusic produceractorpianistmovie actorguitaristsongwriterdirectorcomposerauthor
Aliases Godfather of GrungeNeil Percival Kenneth Robert Ragland YoungNeil Percival YoungNeil YoungShakeyNeil YoungNeil YoungNeil Young

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