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Ian Gillan Band
Ian Gillan Band
band fronted by Ian Gillan
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Ronnie James Dio
Ronnie James Dio
American heavy metal singer
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Rainbow
Rainbow
English rock band
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Ritchie Blackmore
Ritchie Blackmore
British guitarist and songwriter, guitarist of the band Deep Purple
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Mark Nauseef
Mark Nauseef
musician
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The Rods
The Rods
American band
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James Gang
James Gang
American rock band
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Black Oak Arkansas
Black Oak Arkansas
American Southern rock band
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Deep Purple
Deep Purple
English rock band
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Steve Miller Band
Steve Miller Band
American rock band
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Jimmy Bain
Jimmy Bain
Scottish bassist, songwriter
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Dio
Dio
American heavy metal band
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Montrose
Montrose
California-based hard rock band
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Man
Man
Welsh rock band
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Strawbs
Strawbs
English rock band
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Jon Lord
Jon Lord
English composer, pianist, and Hammond organ player
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Three Dog Night
Three Dog Night
American band
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Nicky Hopkins
Nicky Hopkins
English session musician; pianist and organist
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Erik Brann
Erik Brann
American guitarist
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Brian Auger
Brian Auger
British jazz and rock keyboardist
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Ronnie Montrose
Ronnie Montrose
American rock guitarist, songwriter
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Roger Glover
Roger Glover
Welsh bassist, keyboardist, songwriter and record producer
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It's a Beautiful Day
It's a Beautiful Day
American band formed in San Francisco, California, in 1967
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The Tony Williams Lifetime
The Tony Williams Lifetime
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East of Eden
East of Eden
band
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Steppenwolf
Steppenwolf
Canadian-American rock group
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Gamma
Gamma
American band
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Henry McCullough
Henry McCullough
British musician
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Blood, Sweat & Tears
Blood, Sweat & Tears
American rock music band
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Blues Project
Blues Project
band
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Silverhead
Silverhead
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Outlaws
Outlaws
American band
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Doug Yule
Doug Yule
American musician
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Sebastian Hardie
Sebastian Hardie
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Eric Burdon
Eric Burdon
English singer-songwriter
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Moğollar
Moğollar
band
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John Glascock
John Glascock
British musician
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Jimmy James
Jimmy James
Jamaican singer
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Andy Pyle
Andy Pyle
British musician
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Birth Control
Birth Control
German band
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Heaven & Hell
Heaven & Hell
British-American band
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Captain Beyond
Captain Beyond
band
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Ken Hensley
Ken Hensley
British musician
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Kenneth Ascher
Kenneth Ascher
American musician
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Ronnie Lane
Ronnie Lane
English recording artist; musician, songwriter and record producer
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The Creation
The Creation
English rock band
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Caleb Quaye
Caleb Quaye
British musician
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Bob Daisley
Bob Daisley
Australian rock bass guitarist
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Cozy Powell
Cozy Powell
English rock drummer
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Wild Cherries
Wild Cherries
musical artist
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Paul Revere and the Raiders
Paul Revere and the Raiders
American band
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Blue Cheer
Blue Cheer
American rock band
Members, past and present

Elf was an American rock band founded in 1967 by singer and bassist Ronnie James Dio, keyboardist Doug Thaler, drummer Gary Driscoll, and guitarists Nick Pantas and David Feinstein (Dio's cousin). The band was originally called the Electric Elves, but was shortened to the Elves in 1968 and finally Elf in 1972. Elf disbanded in 1975 after recording three albums and after most of the lineup had been absorbed into the newly formed Ritchie Blackmore's Rainbow.