Kevin Murphy (born 1947,

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) is an American keyboardist. He has played with

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, which has a #1 US hit with "

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" in 1968. He and fellow American Breed member

Al Ciner Alan Ciner (born May 14, 1947) is an American guitarist best known for playing guitar for The American Breed from 1966 to 1969. Career He was also the guitarist for Gary & the Knight Lites. He briefly played for Rufus (band), Rufus and is hear ...

are founding members of the band

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, which created the song "

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" that reached #22 on the

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and #6 on the UK Music Charts in 1984.

References

Musicians from Chicago 1947 births Living people The American Breed members Rufus (band) members American rock keyboardists {{US-keyboardist-stub