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Ritchie Blackmore

Ritchie Blackmore
  • Name: Ritchie Blackmore
  • Birthday: 1945-04-14
  • Also known as: Blackmore’s Night,Deep Purple
  • Place of birth: Weston-Super-Mare, Somerset, England, UK
  • Popularity: 1.313
Biography: Richard Hugh Blackmore (born 14 April 1945) is an English guitarist and songwriter. He was one of the founding members of Deep Purple in 1968, playing jam-style hard rock music that mixed guitar riffs and organ sounds. Blackmore is prolific in creating guitar riffs and is often noted for his classically influenced solos. During his solo career, Blackmore established the heavy metal band Rainbow, which fused baroque music influences and elements of hard rock. Rainbow steadily moved to catchy pop-style mainstream rock. He later formed the traditional folk rock project Blackmore's Night, transitioning to vocalist-centered sounds. As a member of Deep Purple, Blackmore was inducted into the... Read More

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Ritchie Blackmore's Rainbow - Memories in Rock - Live in Germany   as  Guitar 2016-11-18
The Ritchie Blackmore Story   as  Himself 2015-11-06
Blackmores Night: All Our Yesterdays 2015-01-01
Play It Loud: The Story of Marshall   as  Self 2014-11-28
Made in Japan: The Rise of Deep Purple Mk II   as  Himself 2014-09-12
The Joy of the Guitar Riff   as  Self (archive footage) 2014-07-18
Deep Purple - Perfect Strangers Live   as  Guitars 2013-10-15
Rainbow: Black Masquerade   as  Guitars 2013-08-27
Blackmores Night: Dancer and the Moon 2013-01-01
Blackmore's Night A Knight In York   as  Guitars 2012-07-02
Deep Purple: Phoenix Rising   as  Himself 2011-06-28
Rainbow: Live in Japan 1984   as  Himself 2010-12-07
Deep Purple - Deepest Purple   as  Himself - Guitar 2010-10-29
Deep Purple - History, Hits & Highlights '68-'76 2009-06-03
Deep Purple In Rock   as  Himself - Guitar 2008-11-03
Ritchie Blackmore: Guitar Gods 2008-01-08
Blackmore's Night: Paris Moon 2007-11-02
Ritchie Blackmore's Rainbow - Live At Budokan 1984   as  Guitar 2006-11-01
Rainbow: Live in Munich 1977   as  Guitar 2006-06-13
Guitar Legends: The Ultimate Anthology   as  Guitar 2006-03-13
Deep Purple: Live in California '74   as  Guitar 2005-11-21
Deep Purple: Live in concert 72/73   as  Guitar 2005-07-25
Blackmore's Night Castles and Dreams 2005-05-29
Blackmore's Night Castles and Dreams 2005 (Bonus) 2005-01-01
Blackmores Night: Shadow of the moon & Beyond the sunset 2004-01-01
Deep Purple: Rock Review 1969-1972   as  Himself (Archive Material) 2004-01-01
Blackmores Night: Beyond The Sunset 2004-01-01
Classic Albums: Deep Purple - Machine Head   as  Self 2002-12-02
Blackmore's Night: Under a Violet Moon Castle Tour 2000 2002-01-01
The Best of Musikladen: Vol. One   as  Self 2001-09-25
Deep Purple: New, Live & Rare - The Video Collection 1984-2000   as  guitar 2000-11-01
Blackmores Night: Shadow of the Moon – Live In Germany 1997–1998 1999-01-01
Blackmores Night: Shadow of the moon 1997-04-23
Deep purple: Come hell or high water   as  Guitar 1993-11-16
Deep Purple: Heavy Metal Pioneers   as  Himself 1991-01-01
Rainbow: The Final Cut   as  Himself 1985-01-01
Rainbow - Live at The Capitol Theater, Passaic NJ 1979-12-02
Rainbow - Coloring New Jersey   as  Guitar 1979-12-01
Deep Purple - California Jam 1974   as  guitar 1974-06-05
Deep Purple: Made In Japan   as  Self 1972-04-30
Deep Purple in Montreux   as  Self 1971-05-27
Deep Purple – Doing Their Thing   as  guitar 1970-08-21
Deep Purple: Konsert för grupp och orkester   as  Himself - Guitar 1970-04-04
Live It Up!   as  Guitarist "The Outlaws" 1963-11-29