Al Kooper

American songwriter, record producer and musician

Person Human Q455605

Facts

23 properties

Instance of: human
Sex or gender: male^[19]
Date of birth: February 5, 1944
Place of birth: Brooklyn
Country of citizenship: United States^[8]
Occupation: record producer, music educator, pianist, guitarist, songwriter, musician^[10]
Employer: Berklee College of Music^[11]
Educated at: Berklee College of Music, Martin Van Buren High School^[12]^[13]
Award received: Musicians Hall of Fame and Museum, Rock and Roll Hall of Fame^[14]^[15]
Genre: rock music, blues, rhythm and blues, pop rock^[20]^[21]^[22]^[23]
Official website: www.alkooper.com^[31]
Languages spoken, written or signed: English^[37]
Birth name: Alan Peter Kuperschmidt^[38]
Different from: Al Cooper^[39]
Discography: Al Kooper discography^[25]
End of work period: 2021^[41]
Family name: Kuperschmidt^[26]
Given name: Alan, Peter^[27]^[28]
Instrument: guitar, piano, voice, Hammond organ, keyboard instrument^[32]^[33]^[34]^[35]^[36]
Member of: Blood, Sweat & Tears, The Royal Teens, The Blues Project^[16]^[17]^[18]
Pseudonym: Al Kooper, Roosevelt Gook^[29]^[30]
Record label: ABC Records^[24]
Start of work period: 1958^[40]

🏷️ Also known as

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🔖 Identifiers · 69

ISNI: 0000000374267018
VIAF cluster ID: 10033637
Library of Congress Authorities ID: n86855946
GND ID: 121675874
Image (Wikimedia Commons): Al Kooper 30.jpg ↗
Album of the Year artist ID: 8446
AllMusic artist ID: mn0000509524
Apple Music artist ID: 477578
BIBSYS ID: 1061805
Bibliothèque nationale de France ID: 13896100j
CONOR.SI ID: 37706851
Canadiana Authorities ID (former scheme): 0055C4607

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Carnegie Hall agent ID: 20869
CiNii Research ID: 1140282266602506112
Deezer artist ID: 71842
Deutsche Biographie (GND) ID: 121675874
Discogs artist ID: 255185
Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID: biography/Al-Kooper
Encyclopædia Britannica contributor ID: 4449
Europeana entity: agent/base/65485
FAST ID: 185656
Facebook username: alkoopermusic, al-kooper-fans-172971572867883
FilmAffinity person or company ID: 176478958
Freebase ID: /m/02wh28
GTAA ID: 258601
HAND ID: 90C4-0217-F799-5CC3-18D8
IHeart artist ID: 6124
IMDb ID: nm0465606
IPI name number: 00016561891
IdRef ID: 250659263
J9U entity ID: 987007379476005171
Jaxsta profile ID: 0052e6f6-0e81-4020-bbbb-3c0cbe43c679
Kinobox person ID: 876273
Larousse ID: personnage/wd/155379
LdiF person ID: 52651
Libraries Australia ID: 35279845
MuseScore artist ID: 231925
MusicBrainz artist ID: d6bee229-1957-4891-8d44-c56ac7ea259e
Muziekweb performer ID: M00000074469
NACSIS-CAT author ID: DA15982167
NL CR AUT ID: xx0053985
NLA Trove people ID: 895179
NNDB people ID: 317/000205699
NUKAT ID: n2011212309
National Library of Israel ID (old): 004733641
National Library of Spain SpMaBN ID: XX1574677
Nationale Thesaurus voor Auteursnamen ID: 073540048
Nederlandse Top 40 artist ID: al-kooper
Obálky knih ID: xx0053985
Oxford Reference overview ID: 20110803100042524
Proleksis enciklopedija ID: 32333
RERO ID (legacy): A006067642
Rate Your Music artist ID: al_kooper
Rock and Roll Hall of Fame ID: al-kooper
Rock's Backpages artist ID: al-kooper
Rock's Backpages author ID: al-kooper
Rolling Stone artist ID: al-kooper
SVKKL authority ID: 0239858-Kooper-Al-1944
SecondHandSongs artist ID: 4176
Shazam artist ID: 477578
Sinemalar person ID: 92584
Songkick artist ID: 5557
Spotify artist ID: 49JvZ17o0VaAmXaJv5kZlv
TMDB person ID: 1348621
Tidal artist ID: 1119
WorldCat Entities ID: E39PBJcgxYHpgVKmFBghrvyyBP
X (Twitter) username: AlKooper1
Yle topic ID: 18-302724
ČSFD person ID: 54737

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🔗 Connections

Mb:performer of 11

Super Session, Naked Songs, Act Like Nothing's Wrong, Al's Big Deal – Unclaimed Freight, A Possible Projection of the Future / Childhood's End, Easy Does It, I Stand Alone, Kooper Session +3 more

← Producer 9

(Pronounced 'Lĕh-'nérd 'Skin-'nérd), Free Bird, Sweet Home Alabama, Second Helping, Nuthin' Fancy, One More from the Road, Simple Man, Super Session +1 more

Instrument 5

guitar, piano, keyboard instrument, Hammond organ, voice

Occupation 5

record producer, pianist, songwriter, guitarist, music educator

Genre 4

rock music, blues, rhythm and blues, pop rock

Mb:member of band 3

Blood, Sweat & Tears, The Blues Project, The Royal Teens

← Performer 3

Blonde on Blonde, I've Got a Woman, Super Session

Belongs to 2

Blood, Sweat & Tears, The Blues Project

Given name 2

Peter, Alan

Mb:composer 2

This Diamond Ring, This Diamond Ring

Mb:writer 2

Hold You Down, Hold You Down

Member of 2

Blood, Sweat & Tears, The Blues Project

Award received 1

Rock and Roll Hall of Fame

Compositions 1

The Landlord

Country of citizenship 1

United States

Educated at 1

Berklee College of Music

Employer 1

Berklee College of Music

Instance of 1

human

Languages spoken, written or signed 1

English

Place of birth 1

Brooklyn

Record label 1

ABC Records

Sex or gender 1

male

← Cast member 1

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Summary

Al Kooper was born on February 5, 1944^[1], in Brooklyn^[2]. He has worked as a record producer^[3], music educator^[4], pianist^[5], guitarist^[6], and songwriter^[7].

FAQs

Where was Al Kooper born?

Al Kooper was born in Brooklyn^[2].

What did Al Kooper do for work?

Al Kooper worked as a record producer^[3], music educator^[4], pianist^[5], guitarist^[6], and songwriter^[7].

Where did Al Kooper go to school?

Al Kooper was educated at Berklee College of Music^[12] and Martin Van Buren High School^[13].

What awards did Al Kooper receive?

Honors received include Musicians Hall of Fame and Museum^[14] and Rock and Roll Hall of Fame^[15].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

[2] ↑ Al Kooper — place of birth (P19): Brooklyn. Carnegie Hall linked open data. Retrieved 2022-05-02. wikidata.org.
[19] ↑ Al Kooper — sex or gender (P21): male. BnF authorities. Retrieved 2015-10-10. wikidata.org.
[8] ↑ Al Kooper — country of citizenship (P27): United States. wikidata.org.
[12] ↑ Al Kooper — educated at (P69): Berklee College of Music. wikidata.org.
[13] ↑ Al Kooper — educated at (P69): Martin Van Buren High School. Retrieved 2021-03-04. wikidata.org.
[3] ↑ Al Kooper — occupation (P106): record producer. wikidata.org.
[4] ↑ Al Kooper — occupation (P106): music educator. wikidata.org.
[5] ↑ Al Kooper — occupation (P106): pianist. wikidata.org.
[6] ↑ Al Kooper — occupation (P106): guitarist. wikidata.org.
[7] ↑ Al Kooper — occupation (P106): songwriter. wikidata.org.
[10] ↑ Al Kooper — occupation (P106): musician. Integrated Authority File. Retrieved 2026-04-20. wikidata.org.
[11] ↑ Al Kooper — employer (P108): Berklee College of Music. wikidata.org.
[20] ↑ Al Kooper — genre (P136): rock music. wikidata.org.
[21] ↑ Al Kooper — genre (P136): blues. wikidata.org.
[22] ↑ Al Kooper — genre (P136): rhythm and blues. wikidata.org.
[23] ↑ Al Kooper — genre (P136): pop rock. wikidata.org.
[14] ↑ Al Kooper — award received (P166): Musicians Hall of Fame and Museum. wikidata.org.
[15] ↑ Al Kooper — award received (P166): Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. wikidata.org.
[24] ↑ Al Kooper — record label (P264): ABC Records. wikidata.org.
[25] ↑ Al Kooper — discography (P358): Al Kooper discography. wikidata.org.
[16] ↑ Al Kooper — member of (P463): Blood, Sweat & Tears. wikidata.org.
[17] ↑ Al Kooper — member of (P463): The Royal Teens. wikidata.org.
[18] ↑ Al Kooper — member of (P463): The Blues Project. Retrieved 2019-09-27. wikidata.org.
[1] ↑ Al Kooper — date of birth (P569): February 5, 1944. Nederlandse Top 40. Retrieved 2017-10-09. wikidata.org.
[26] ↑ Al Kooper — family name (P734): Kuperschmidt. wikidata.org.
[27] ↑ Al Kooper — given name (P735): Alan. wikidata.org.
[28] ↑ Al Kooper — given name (P735): Peter. wikidata.org.
[29] ↑ Al Kooper — pseudonym (P742): Al Kooper. wikidata.org.
[30] ↑ Al Kooper — pseudonym (P742): Roosevelt Gook. wikidata.org.
[31] ↑ Al Kooper — official website (P856): http://www.alkooper.com/. wikidata.org.
[32] ↑ Al Kooper — instrument (P1303): guitar. wikidata.org.
[33] ↑ Al Kooper — instrument (P1303): piano. wikidata.org.
[34] ↑ Al Kooper — instrument (P1303): voice. wikidata.org.
[35] ↑ Al Kooper — instrument (P1303): Hammond organ. wikidata.org.
[36] ↑ Al Kooper — instrument (P1303): keyboard instrument. wikidata.org.
[37] ↑ Al Kooper — languages spoken, written or signed (P1412): English. BnF authorities. Retrieved 2015-10-10. data.bnf.fr. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[38] ↑ Al Kooper — birth name (P1477): Alan Peter Kuperschmidt. wikidata.org.
[39] ↑ Al Kooper — different from (P1889): Al Cooper. wikidata.org.
[40] ↑ Al Kooper — start of work period (P2031): 1958. wikidata.org.
[41] ↑ Al Kooper — end of work period (P2032): 2021. wikidata.org.

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9d ago · Nicereddy · 2026-11-02 view diff on Wikidata ↗

Deezer artist ID → 71842

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9d ago · Nicereddy · 2026-11-02 view diff on Wikidata ↗

Tidal artist ID → 1119

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9w ago · MsMorale · 2026-09-04 view diff on Wikidata ↗

Sinemalar person ID → 92584

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HAND ID → 90C4-0217-F799-5CC3-18D8

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21w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-06-11 view diff on Wikidata ↗

SVKKL authority ID → 0239858-Kooper-Al-1944

"Created claim: SVKKL authority ID: 0239858-Kooper-Al-1944, batch #259496"
25w ago · Epìdosis · 2026-05-20 view diff on Wikidata ↗

Occupation → record producer, music educator, pianist +1

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