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1. Born in Liverpool, he wrote "Come and Get It" for Badfinger and is known as part of the electronic duo The Fireman.
2. A former member of punk band Scream who had moved to Seattle for a while, he played all the instruments on his bands' first CD and has been known to play with John Paul Jones and Josh Homme here and there.
3. He started off as a child actor and as a teenager, played with Flaming Youth before joining an upcoming progressive rock band. The 80s saw him enjoy massive success as a solo artist, and he recently put out a CD of Motown standards.
4. He joined the British group The Move before co-founding ELO in the early 1970's. He was also a founding member of The Travelling Wilburys.
5. This Philadelphia native was a member of Baby Grand with producer Rick Chertoff in the mid 70s before finding fame as part of another group. Outside his group, he was known for single-handedly writing "One Of Us" for Joan Osborne.
6. This Minneapolis native, who is known to play all the instruments on his own releases, has penned hits for others, including "Manic Monday" and "Sugar Walls".
7. He's an American who grew up in the Middle East and England where he joined a band called Curved Air. Later, enjoyed great success as part of a trio who released five albums in the late 70s and early 80s. Did a side project while with them that was called Klark Kent. Also known for composing movie soundtracks such as Rumblefish.
8. This musician, a drummer who is also a highly skilled percussionist, and songwriter, played with all the major progressive rock bands from Yes to UK to King Crimson before settling on playing strictly jazz later on.
9. This British musician, primarily known as a guitarist and singer, found new musical expression when he picked up a sitar and played it on some of his bands' recordings. He then received formal lessons on the instrument from Ravi Shankar.
10. This American born singer first played in The Nazz,then went solo before forming Utopia in the 70s. Last played with The New Cars.
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