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Jon Lord
real name Jonathan Douglas Lord
Leicester, United Kingdom · 1941-06-09 – 2012-07-16
Jon Lord is credited on 6,299 releases across 867 albums tracked on Gatefold, active 1964–2026 — the collector-built map of who actually made the music.
6,299
Credits
867
Albums
7
Decades active
865
In collections
Biography
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A musician, and composer. Lord is best known as a co-founder of the heavy rock band Deep Purple, in which he was a member from 1968 to 1976, and again, following the reformation of Deep Purple, from 1984 to 2002. He was also a member of Whitesnake from 1978 to 1983. His trademark keyboard sound on the Hammond organ played loud & sometimes distorted, fusing rock with classical or baroque, helped define heavy metal.
Born: 9th June 1941, in Leicester, England.
Died: 16th July 2012, in London, England. [aged 71, of pancreatic cancer].
Bio from Discogs
Credited work
6,299 releases · 867 albums · active 1964–2026
- Performance · 15,032
- Other credits · 689
- Production · 139
- Engineering · 25
Studios: De Lane Lea Studios · Musicland Studios · Royal Albert Hall · Abbey Road Studios
Discography
Records they worked on — most-collected first.

Machine Head
1972

Made In Japan
1972

Hardwired...To Self-Destruct
2016

Deep Purple In Rock
1970

Burn
1974

Perfect Strangers
1984

Stormbringer
1974

Kinks
1964

Live At Reading
2009

Slide It In
1984

Who Do We Think We Are
1973

Fireball
1971

Deepest Purple (The Very Best Of Deep Purple)
1980

Searching For The Young Soul Rebels
1980

Born Again
1983

Dazed And Confused (Music From The Motion Picture)
1993

About Face
1984

Shades Of Deep Purple
1968

Who Cares A Lot? The Greatest Hits
1998

Come Taste The Band
1975

The Book Of Taliesyn
1968

Metal Church
1984

Deep Purple
1969

The House Of Blue Light
1987
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