DONALD FAGEN
Name: Donald Jay Fagen
Born: 10 January 1948 Passaic, New Jersey
Donald Jay Fagen (born January 10, 1948 in Passaic, New Jersey) is an American
musician and songwriter, best known as co-writer, co-founder, singer, and
pianist with the rock band Steely Dan.
Fagen is a 1965 graduate of South Brunswick High School in South Brunswick, New
Jersey.
Fagen and Walter Becker founded Steely Dan in August 1972. They initially formed
the core of the band, and co-wrote all the group's music; on tour and record,
Becker played bass (and later lead guitar) and Fagen played keyboards, as well
as performing almost all of the lead vocals on their recordings. (Fagen and
Becker initially met at Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson, in upstate New York
in the 60's.)
After releasing their third LP in 1974 the other members gradually left the band
and it evolved into a studio project headed by Becker and Fagen, who from that
point on recorded their albums with the cream of America's jazz and rock session
musicians. They scored their biggest success in 1977 with the platinum-selling
album Aja.
Name: Donald Jay Fagen
Born: 10 January 1948 Passaic, New Jersey
Donald Jay Fagen (born January 10, 1948 in Passaic, New Jersey) is an American
musician and songwriter, best known as co-writer, co-founder, singer, and
pianist with the rock band Steely Dan.
Fagen is a 1965 graduate of South Brunswick High School in South Brunswick, New
Jersey.
Fagen and Walter Becker founded Steely Dan in August 1972. They initially formed
the core of the band, and co-wrote all the group's music; on tour and record,
Becker played bass (and later lead guitar) and Fagen played keyboards, as well
as performing almost all of the lead vocals on their recordings. (Fagen and
Becker initially met at Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson, in upstate New York
in the 60's.)
After releasing their third LP in 1974 the other members gradually left the band
and it evolved into a studio project headed by Becker and Fagen, who from that
point on recorded their albums with the cream of America's jazz and rock session
musicians. They scored their biggest success in 1977 with the platinum-selling
album Aja.