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unusual facts about Gershon Kingsley


Oxygène

The motif of the track Oxygène IV is a variation on a phrase from Popcorn by Gershon Kingsley, which Jarre himself had previously covered under the pseudonyms of The Popcorn Orchestra and Jamie Jefferson.


E-Bay Queen

The album contains two full cover versions, an Electronica version of The Lightning Seeds track "Pure" which is sung by "Marianthi"; and Marsheaux's dark version of Gershon Kingsley's instrumental track Popcorn which received considerable radio play on mainland Europe in 2003 when it was released as a single in advance of the album.

First Moog Quartet

The First Moog Quartet was formed by Gershon Kingsley in 1970, as the result of a request by famous impresario Sol Hurok to hear the Moog synthesizer's capabilities demonstrated live.


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