Al Kooper
Al Kooper is an American songwriter, record producer and musician, known for organizing Blood, Sweat amp Tears , providing studio support for Bob Dylan when he went electric in 1965, and bringing together guitarists Mike Bloomfield and Stephen Stills to record the Super Session album. He has had a successful solo career since then, written music for film soundtracks, and has lectured in musical composition. He continues to perform live.
Kooper, born in Brooklyn, grew up in a Jewish family in Hollis Hills, Queens, New York. His first musical success was as a fourteenyearold guitarist in the Royal Teens, best known for their 1958 ABC Records novelty twelvebar blues riff, Short Shorts. In 1960, he joined the songwriting team of Bob Brass and Irwin Levine and with them wrote This Diamond Ring, which became a hit for Gary Lewis and the Playboys, and I Must Be Seeing Things, a hit for Gene Pitney . When he was twentyone, Kooper moved to Greenwich Village.
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