Editing Jon Anderson (section)

{{Short description|British musician (born 1944)}}
{{Other people}}
{{Use British English|date=January 2014}}
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{{Infobox person
| name             = Jon Anderson
| image            = YES featuring ARW - 2018156194531 2018-06-05 YES featuring ARW - 1D X MK II - 128 - B70I3432 (cropped).jpg
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| landscape        = 
| caption          = Anderson performing with [[Yes Featuring Jon Anderson, Trevor Rabin, Rick Wakeman|Yes feat. ARW]] in 2018
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| birth_name       = John Roy Anderson
| birth_date       = {{Birth date and age|1944|10|25|df=y}}
| birth_place      = [[Accrington]], [[Lancashire]], England
| occupation       = {{flatlist|
*Singer
*songwriter
*musician
}}
| years_active     = 1963–present
| citizenship      = United Kingdom<br>United States (since 2009)
| spouse           = {{plainlist|
* {{marriage|Jennifer Baker|22 December 1969|1995|end=div}}
* {{marriage|Jane Luttenberger|1997}}
}}
| children         = 3, including [[Deborah Anderson|Deborah]] and [[Jade Anderson|Jade]]
| module           = {{Infobox musical artist <!-- See Wikipedia:WikiProject Musicians -->
| embed            = yes
| discography      = [[Jon Anderson discography]]
| genre            = {{flatlist|
*[[Progressive rock]]
*[[symphonic rock]]
*[[pop rock]]
*[[New-age music|new-age]]}}
| instruments      = {{flatlist|
*Vocals
*guitar
*percussion}}<!--- If you think an instrument should be listed, a discussion to reach consensus is needed first per: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:Infobox_musical_artist#instrument--->
| label            = {{flatlist|
*[[Atlantic Records|Atlantic]]
*[[Polydor Records|Polydor]]
*[[Elektra Records|Elektra]]
*[[Columbia Records|Columbia]]
*[[Angel Records|Angel]]
*[[Windham Hill Records|Windham Hill]]
*[[Higher Octave Records|Higher Octave]]
*[[Eagle Records|Eagle]]
*[[Cleopatra Records|Cleopatra]]
*[[Voiceprint Records|Voiceprint]]
*[[Wounded Bird Records|Wounded Bird]]
*[[EMI Records|EMI]]
*[[Blue Élan Records|Blue Élan]]}}
| past_member_of  = {{flatlist|
*[[The Warriors (British band)|The Warriors]]
*[[Mabel Greer's Toyshop]]
*[[Yes (band)|Yes]]
*[[Jon and Vangelis]]
*[[Anderson Bruford Wakeman Howe]]
*[[Yes Featuring Jon Anderson, Trevor Rabin, Rick Wakeman]]}}
}}
| website          = {{URL|jonanderson.com}}
}}

'''Jon Anderson''' (born '''John Roy Anderson''', 25 October 1944){{refn|Anderson [[H-dropping|dropped the "h"]] from his name around late 1970, prior to the release of ''[[The Yes Album]]'' (1971).<ref name=i952024>{{cite web|url=https://i95rock.com/i95-interview-jon-anderson/|title=Exclusive: Did You Know Yes Rock Legend Jon Anderson Changed His Name in the 70s?|first=Lou|last=Milano|date=29 August 2024|publisher=i95|access-date=26 October 2024}}</ref>|group=n}} is a British, and latterly American, singer, songwriter and musician, best known as the former lead singer of the [[progressive rock]] band [[Yes (band)|Yes]], which he formed in 1968 with bassist [[Chris Squire]]. Renowned for his [[countertenor]] range, he was a member of the band across three tenures until 2004, and was also the singer of the Yes-linked projects [[Anderson Bruford Wakeman Howe]] and [[Yes Featuring Jon Anderson, Trevor Rabin, Rick Wakeman]]. Anderson became an American citizen in 2009 with [[dual citizenship]].

Anderson is also noted for his solo career and collaborations with other artists, including [[Vangelis]] as [[Jon and Vangelis]], [[Roine Stolt]] as [[Invention of Knowledge|Anderson/Stolt]], and [[Jean-Luc Ponty]] as the Anderson Ponty Band. He has also appeared on albums by [[King Crimson]], [[Toto (band)|Toto]], [[Lawrence Gowan]],  [[Tangerine Dream]], [[Iron Butterfly]], [[Milton Nascimento]], [[Battles (band)|Battles]], [[Mike Oldfield]] and [[Kitaro]].<ref name="biography">{{cite web | url=http://www.jonanderson.com/about.html | title= Jon Anderson's biography | year=2003|access-date=4 March 2008}}</ref>

Anderson released his first solo album, ''[[Olias of Sunhillow]]'', in 1976, while still a member of Yes, and subsequently released 14 more albums as a solo artist. In 2017, he was inducted into the [[Rock and Roll Hall of Fame]] as a member of Yes.<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/features/yes-steve-howe-on-rock-hall-i-dont-regret-the-wait-w456816|title=Yes' Steve Howe on Rock Hall Honor: 'I Don't Regret the Wait'|first=Andy|last=Greene|magazine=[[Rolling Stone]]|date=20 December 2016|access-date=20 December 2016|archive-date=21 December 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161221130721/http://www.rollingstone.com/music/features/yes-steve-howe-on-rock-hall-i-dont-regret-the-wait-w456816|url-status=dead}}</ref>