About: Clarence Clemons   Goto Sponge  NotDistinct  Permalink

An Entity of Type : wsb:Artist_Person, within Data Space : covidontheweb.inria.fr associated with source document(s)

AttributesValues
type
label
  • Clarence Clemons
sameAs
name
  • Clarence Clemons
gender
  • Male
Subject
  • Grateful Dead
  • 1942 births
  • 2011 deaths
  • African-American rock musicians
  • African-American players of American football
  • American male actors
  • American rock saxophonists
  • American session musicians
  • E Street Band members
  • Jersey Shore musicians
  • Maryland Eastern Shore Hawks football players
  • Musicians from New Jersey
  • Musicians from Virginia
  • People from Norfolk, Virginia
  • Players of American football from Virginia
  • Sportspeople from Norfolk, Virginia
abstract
  • Saxophone player most noted for his work with Bruce SpringsteenBorn: January 11, 1942, Norfolk, VirginiaDied: June 18, 2011, Palm Beach, Florida Clarence had an uncredited role in Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure as one of The Three Most Important People In The World. He says %22It's You!%22 when Bill & Ted arrive in the future.
dbo:abstract
  • Clarence Anicholas Clemons, Jr. (January 11, 1942 – June 18, 2011), also known as The Big Man, was an American saxophonist, musician and actor. He was reported to be 6' 5%22 (195.5 cm) tall, hence his nickname. From 1972 until his death, he was a prominent member of Bruce Springsteen's E Street Band, playing the tenor saxophone.He released several solo albums and in 1985, had a hit single with %22You're a Friend of Mine,%22 a duet with Jackson Browne. As a guest musician he also featured on Aretha Franklin's classic %22Freeway of Love%22 and on Twisted Sister's %22Be Chrool to Your Scuel%22 as well as performing in concert with the Grateful Dead and Ringo Starr & His All-Starr Band. As an actor Clemons featured in several films, including New York, New York and Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure.He also made cameo appearances in several TV series, including Diff'rent Strokes, Nash Bridges, The Simpsons and The Wire. Together with his television writer friend Don Reo he published his semi-fictional autobiography told in third person, Big Man: Real Life & Tall Tales, in 2009. Clemons suffered a stroke on June 12, 2011, and died of complications from it on June 18. Three years following his death, Clemons, along with the rest of the E Street Band, was posthumously inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
schema:alternateName
  • Clarence
  • Clemmons
  • C. Clemons
  • Clarecen Clemons
  • Clarence %22Nick%22 Clemons
  • Clarence Clemens
  • Clarence Clemmons
  • Clearance Clemons
  • Clerence Clemons
  • M. C. Clemons
  • M.C. Clemons
  • Mokhagun Clarence Clemons
  • Mokshagun
  • Mokshagun Clarence Clemons
  • “Big Man” Clarence Clemon
discogs
homepage
musicbrainz
Musicbrainz GUID
  • 7e4bfa5f-a8b8-4fb0-81b5-f74f6ac72133
universally unique identifier
  • 56d8132d53a7ddfc01f926c4
wikipedia
schema:birthDate
  • 1942-01-11
schema:deathDate
  • 2011-06-18
schema:members
wsb:allMusic_page
wsb:amazon_page
wsb:deezer_artist_id
  • 83400
wsb:deezer_fans
wsb:deezer_page
wsb:discogs_id
  • 154229
wsb:iTunes_page
wsb:location
wsb:name_without_accent
  • Clarence Clemons
wsb:rateYourMusic_page
wsb:spotify_page
wsb:wikia_page
wsb:wikidata_page
is mo:performer of
Faceted Search & Find service v1.13.91 as of Mar 24 2020


Alternative Linked Data Documents: Sponger | ODE     Content Formats:       RDF       ODATA       Microdata      About   
This material is Open Knowledge   W3C Semantic Web Technology [RDF Data]
OpenLink Virtuoso version 07.20.3229 as of Jul 10 2020, on Linux (x86_64-pc-linux-gnu), Single-Server Edition (94 GB total memory)
Data on this page belongs to its respective rights holders.
Virtuoso Faceted Browser Copyright © 2009-2025 OpenLink Software