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Dez Dickerson

American guitarist and singer; member of Prince's band, the Revolution
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Facts

14 properties
Instance of
human
Sex or gender
male[7]
Date of birth
August 7, 1955
Place of birth
Minneapolis
Country of citizenship
United States[5]
Occupation
singer, guitarist
Genre
funk rock[8]
Official website
www.dezdickerson.com[12]
Birth name
Desmond D'andrea Dickerson[15]
Family name
Dickerson[9]
Given name
Desmond, Dez[10][11]
Instrument
guitar, voice[13][14]
Member of
Prince and the Revolution[6]
Start of work period
1974[16]
🏷️ Also known as
en Desmond D'andrea Dickerson en Dez Dickerson he דז דיקרסון ja デズ・ディッカーソン ko 데즈먼드 디앤드리아 디커슨 ko 데즈 디커슨 ru Дез Дикерсон
🔖 Identifiers · 11
Discogs artist ID
344982
Europeana entity
agent/base/156146
Freebase ID
/m/0746cb
HAND ID
B047-0904-6BCA-53FE-2BBA
IMDb ID
nm0225412
Kinobox person ID
193965
MusicBrainz artist ID
54ba1987-1dcf-4077-8216-31149f8650ff
Plex person key
5d77683ceb5d26001f1e22b6
SecondHandSongs artist ID
158270
Songkick artist ID
109902
TMDB person ID
1609110

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Summary

Dez Dickerson was born on August 7, 1955[1], in Minneapolis[2]. He has worked as a singer[3] and guitarist[4].

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  • Type: Person[17]

  • Country: US[18]

  • Began / founded: 1955-08-07[19]

  • MusicBrainz ID: 54ba1987-1dcf-4077-8216-31149f8650ff[20]

FAQs

Where was Dez Dickerson born?

Dez Dickerson was born in Minneapolis[2].

What did Dez Dickerson do for work?

Dez Dickerson worked as a singer[3] and guitarist[4].

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  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  5. [4] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [6] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [1] ↑ . Discogs. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  15. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.

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  1. [17] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [18] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  3. [19] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  4. [20] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

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