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Donald Fagen
Donald Fagen
American recording artist, musician, best known as co-founder and lead singer of the rock band Steely Dan.
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American rock band
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Roger Nichols
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Jim Hodder
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Catherine Russell
singer
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Rickie Lee Jones
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Paul Griffin
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Dean Parks
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China Crisis
China Crisis
English pop and rock band
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Bob Sheppard
American musician
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Lou Marini
American saxophonist, arranger and composer
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Jeff Porcaro
Jeff Porcaro
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Jay and the Americans
Jay and the Americans
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Ricky Lawson
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Walter Becker
American musician, songwriter, and record producer

Walter Becker

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American musician, songwriter, and record producer
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Walter Carl Becker (February 20, 1950 – September 3, 2017) was an American musician, songwriter, and record producer. He was best known as the co-founder, guitarist, bassist, and co-songwriter of the jazz rock band Steely Dan.

Becker met future songwriting partner Donald Fagen while they were students at Bard College. After a brief period of activity in New York City, the two moved to Los Angeles in 1971 and formed the nucleus of Steely Dan, which enjoyed a critically and commercially successful ten-year career. Following the group's dissolution, Becker moved to Hawaii and reduced his musical activity, working primarily as a record producer. In 1985, he briefly became a member of the English band China Crisis, producing and playing synthesizer on their album Flaunt the Imperfection.

Becker and Fagen reformed Steely Dan in 1993 and remained active, recording Two Against Nature (2000), which won four Grammy Awards. Becker released two solo albums 11 Tracks of Whack (1994) and Circus Money (2008). Following a brief battle with esophageal cancer, he died on September 3, 2017.