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Deep Purple is an English hard rock band that formed in Hertfordshire in 1968. Together with groups such as Black Sabbath and Led Zeppelin, they're considered as heavy metal pioneers. Especially influential to later metal bands were Ian Gillan's powerful screams and Ritchie Blackmore's virtuoso solos. Deep Purple were also very influential to progressive music as well, with their style evolving over the years and incorporating a variety of genres from art rock to blues to psychedelia and more. The Early Days: Deep Purple's early output ranged from energetic rock (such as their cover of Joe South's "Hush", which became...

There is more than one artist represented here: 1. Purple Haze is an alias of Sander Van Doorn, and is best known for the 2005 trance smash hit Adrenaline. 2. Purple Haze is the name of a co-ed a cappella group from Northwestern University. They were created in 1997 and have since produced 5 albums: "Three Seconds..." (1999), "Hooray for Everything" (2000), "Out of the Band" (2002), "Streaked" (2004) and "Rutherford P. Haze" (2006). They have been featured four times on the annual national compilation "BOCA" (Best of College A Cappella). 3. Purple Haze were a garage/proto-punk/psychedelic band from Canada...

Henry Roeland "Roy" Byrd (December 19, 1918 – January 30, 1980), better known as Professor Longhair also known as "Fess", was a New Orleans rhythm & blues singer and pianist. Professor Longhair is noteworthy for having been active in two distinct periods, both in the heyday of early rhythm and blues, and in the resurgence of interest in traditional jazz after the founding of the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival. Professor Longhair was born on December 19, 1918 in Bogalusa, Louisiana. He made a living as a street hustler until he started to play piano seriously in his thirties....