{"id":28766,"date":"2024-02-13T18:04:42","date_gmt":"2024-02-13T18:04:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/101gold\/on-this-day-february-13-1950-peter-gabriel-was-born\/"},"modified":"2024-02-13T18:04:42","modified_gmt":"2024-02-13T18:04:42","slug":"on-this-day-february-13-1950-peter-gabriel-was-born","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/101gold\/on-this-day-february-13-1950-peter-gabriel-was-born\/","title":{"rendered":"On This Day, February 13, 1950: Peter Gabriel was born"},"content":{"rendered":"
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On This Day, February 13, 1950 …<\/p>\n

Peter Gabriel\u00a0<\/strong>was born in Surrey, England. The musician, singer, songwriter, record producer and activist gained fame as the original lead singer of the rock band\u00a0Genesis\u00a0<\/strong>and appeared on the band’s first six albums.\u00a0<\/p>\n

He left the group in 1975 and went on to have a hugely successful solo career, releasing his self-titled debut that year, which featured the future classic \u201cSolsbury Hill.” His fifth studio album, 1986\u2019s\u00a0So<\/em>, became his bestselling album, moving over 5 million copies in the U.S. It featured the number one song \u201cSledgehammer<\/a>,\u201d as well as songs like \u201cBig Time\u201d and \u201cDon\u2019t Give Up\u201d with\u00a0Kate Bush<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Gabriel is the winner of six Grammy Awards, as well as 13 MTV Video Music Awards, nine of which went to the video for “Sledgehammer.” He\u2019s also a two-time member of the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, being inducted in 2010 as a member of Genesis and in 2014 as a solo artist.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Gabriel released his first new album in 20 years,\u00a0i\/o<\/em>, in December. Earlier that spring he launched the i\/o tour, which took him to Europe and North America.<\/p>\n