Michael Kenneth Been (March 17, 1950 – August 19, 2010) was an American rock musician who achieved critical attention and rotation play on MTV in the 1980s with his band The Call. He later released an album of his solo work and toured with his son's band Black Rebel Motorcycle Club. His song "Let the Day Begin" was the official campaign song of Al Gore's 2000 U.S. presidential campaign. His song "Oklahoma" was one of the top ten choices for Oklahoma's official state rock song and a line from the song provided the name for Another Hot Oklahoma Night: A Rock & Roll Exhibit at the Oklahoma History Center.
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The Call
American rock band
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Black Rebel Motorcycle Club
American rock band based in San Francisco
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The Doobie Brothers
American rock band
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Aorta
American psychedelic rock band
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H. P. Lovecraft
American psychedelic rock band
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Skip Spence
Canadian musician
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Jackson Browne
American singer-songwriter
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Steppenwolf
Canadian-American rock group
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Jakob Dylan
American singer and songwriter
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Moby Grape
American rock group from the 1960s
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Derek Sherinian
American keyboardist
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Sleeper
British Britpop band
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Y&T
American rock band
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Toad the Wet Sprocket
American alternative rock band
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Camper Van Beethoven
American rock band from Redlands, California
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New Riders of the Purple Sage
American country rock band
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Jeff Beck
English rock guitarist
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The Flaming Lips
American rock band
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Michael McDonald
American recording artist; singer-songwriter, keyboardist, and record producer
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Hanson
American pop-rock band
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Billy Idol
English musician, singer, songwriter, and actor who holds dual British and American citizenship (born 1955)
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Michael Nesmith
American musician, songwriter, actor
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Michael Monroe
Finnish musician
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Hinder
American rock band
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Russ Rankin
American singer
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Pillar
American Christian rock band
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Blues Traveler
American rock band
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Scott Stapp
American singer and songwriter
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Stellar Corpses
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Saving Abel
American rock band
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Poison
American glam metal band
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Volbeat
Danish metal band
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Edgar Winter
American recording artist; rock and blues musician
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The Wallflowers
American rock band formed in Los Angeles in 1989
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Michael Franti
American musician
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The Black Crowes
American rock band
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Ty Segall
American musician and songwriter
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Taio Cruz
British singer, songwriter, rapper and record producer
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Kings of Leon
American rock band
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The Animals
English band
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Santa Cruz
Finnish hard rock band
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Bret Michaels
American singer-songwriter, musician, and producer
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Jack Irons
musician, songwriter
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Don Henley
American singer, lyricist, producer and drummer
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Peter Salisbury
British musician
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Van Halen
American heavy metal band
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David Lowery
American musician
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Mick Ronson
English guitarist, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, arranger and record producer
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The Police
English rock band
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Steve Hillage
British guitarist
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Bachman–Turner Overdrive
Canadian band
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Chris Cornell
American singer, songwriter and musician
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Kill Hannah
band
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John Moreland
American musician
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Bullets and Octane
band
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David Allan Coe
American country music singer
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Hank Williams III
American musician and singer
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Grateful Dead
American rock band
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Deen Castronovo
American drummer and singer
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Cage the Elephant
American rock band from Bowling Green, Kentucky
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Michael Schenker
German musician
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Wanz
American singer
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Neil Peart
Canadian drummer
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Groove Armada
British band
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Bloodhound Gang
American rapcore group
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Steven Tyler
American singer, songwriter, keyboardist
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Dave Navarro
American guitarist, singer and songwriter, best known as a founding member of the alternative rock band Jane's Addiction
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Steve Harley & Cockney Rebel
English rock band
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House of Heroes
band
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Brave Combo
polka/rock/worldbeat band based in Denton, Texas