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Balin, Marty

LC control no.n 93113881
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Personal name headingBalin, Marty
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Variant(s)Buchwald, Martyn Jerel
See alsoCorporate body: Jefferson Airplane (Musical group)
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Corporate body: Jefferson Starship (Musical group)
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LocatedSan Francisco (Calif.)
Birth date1942-01-30
Death date2018-09-27
Place of birthCincinnati (Ohio)
Place of deathTampa (Fla.)
Field of activityPsychedelic rock music
Profession or occupationSingers Composers Lyricists Rock musicians
Found inHis Balin [SR] p1981: label (Marty Balin)
New York times WWW site, viewed Oct. 1, 2018 (in obituary published Sept. 29: Marty Balin; b. Martyn Jerel Buchwald, Jan. 30, 1942, Cincinnati; the family moved to California when Martyn was 4 years old and eventually settled in San Francisco; made his first professional recordings in 1962: four pop songs on two singles for the small Challenge Records label, which renamed him Marty Balin; d. Thursday [Sept. 27, 2018], Tampa, Fla., aged 76; founder, lead singer, and songwriter of the groundbreaking San Francisco psychedelic band Jefferson Airplane and a key member of that band's 1970s successor, Jefferson Starship)
Associated languageeng