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Active

1970s - 2010s

Born

December 19, 1952 in New York City, NY

Genre

R&B

Styles

Disco

Also Known As

Walter Anthony Murphy

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Walter Murphy

Biography by Ron Wynn

Pianist and arranger whose 1976 disco hit "A Fifth of Beethoven" topped the pop charts.
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