Biography
Chester William Powers, Jr. (October 7, 1937 – November 16, 1994) was an American singer-songwriter, and under the stage names Dino Valenti or Dino Valente, one of the lead singers of the rock group Quicksilver Messenger Service. As a songwriter, he was known as Jesse Oris Farrow. He is best known for having written the quintessential 1960s love-and-peace anthem "Get Together", and for writing and singing on Quicksilver Messenger Service's two best-known songs, "Fresh Air" and "What About Me?"
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Discography
Records they worked on — most-collected first.
Smash Hits
1968
Fifth Dimension
1966
Quicksilver Messenger Service
1968
In My Own Time
1971
Just For Love
1970
Love
1966
Anthology
1973
What About Me
1970
Shady Grove
1969
"Live"
1970
Comin' Thru
1972
Cristo Redentor
1968
Superdrums!
1966
Dirty Water
1966
The Complete Elektra Albums
2025
Raw 'N Alive At The Cellar, Chicago 1966!
1992
Solid Silver
1975
Quicksilver
1971
The Great Blind Degree
1971
Strange Times
2008
Happy Trails / Quicksilver
1974
Ride The Wind
1971
Revisited
1970
Rock Machine - I Love You
1968
Credited work
875 releases · 135 albums · active 1964–2026
- Performance · 1,838
- Other credits · 14
Studios: Opaeula Lodge · Wally Heider Studios · Pacific High Recording · Capitol Studios
Frequent collaborators
- Quicksilver Messenger Service
- Various
- Love
- Quicksilver
- Richie Havens
- The Leaves
- The Byrds
- Karen Dalton