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American singer, keyboardist, synthesist, songwriter, arranger, conductor, and producer, born August 22, 1950, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania - died May 31, 2026. Father of .
His musical career began in the early 1960s playing in various bands with his friend . After serving with the US Army, he began programming synthesisers in 1970 for sessions at . From the early to mid 1970s, he played keyboards… Read morefor groups such as , , and . He also signed with as an in-house songwriter/producer/arranger and established a songwriting relationship with the lyricist Cynthia Biggs.
In 1976, he released the first of many solo albums: 289728. A track from the album, "Theme From The Planets" includes a drum beat intro that has been sampled many times and is hailed as being one of the first foundation beats of hip-hop.
In addition to his solo work, Wansel wrote, produced, arranged, and conducted for numerous artists, including co-producing the Grammy-winning album 116154 (1977) by .
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