John Entwistle

John Entwistle

John Alec Entwistle (9 October 1944 – 27 June 2002) was an English musician who was the bassist for the rock band the Who. Entwistle's music career spanned over four decades. Nicknamed "The Ox" and "Thunderfingers", he was the band's only member with formal musical training and also provided backing and occasional lead vocals. Entwistle was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a member of the Who in 1990. Renowned for his musical abilities, Entwistle's instrumental approach used pentatonic lead lines and a then-unusual treble-rich sound ("full treble, full volume"). He was voted as the greatest bassist ever in a 2011 Rolling Stone readers' poll and, in 2020, the same magazine ranked him number three in its own list of the 50 greatest bassists of all time.

Birth and Death Data: Born October 9, 1944 (Chiswick), Died June 27, 2002 (Paradise)

Date Range of DAHR Recordings: 1957 - 1972

Roles Represented in DAHR: electric bass, vocalist

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Recordings (Results 101-101 of 101 records)

Company	Matrix No.	Size	First Recording Date	Title	Primary Performer	Description	Role	Audio
Decca	L 16203		10/5/1972	Nightmare (Please wake me up)	John Entwistle		instrumentalist, electric bass

(Results 101-101 of 101 records)

Citation

Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Entwistle, John," accessed November 10, 2024, https://adpprod2.library.ucsb.edu/names/314163.

Entwistle, John. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved November 10, 2024, from https://adpprod2.library.ucsb.edu/names/314163.

"Entwistle, John." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 10 November 2024.