Editing Jon Lord (section)

{{short description|English musician and composer (1941–2012)}}
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{{Infobox musical artist
| name            = Jon Lord
| image           = Jon Lord (1976).JPG
| caption         = Lord in 1976
| background      = non_vocal_instrumentalist
| birth_name      = John Douglas Lord
| birth_date      = {{birth date|df=y|1941|6|9}}
| death_date      = {{death date and age|df=y|2012|7|16|1941|6|9}}
| birth_place     = [[Leicester]], England
| death_place     = London, England
| instrument      = Keyboards<!--- 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--->
| genre           = {{hlist|[[Rock music|Rock]]|[[hard rock]]|[[heavy metal music|heavy metal]]|[[blues rock]]|[[progressive rock]]|[[classical music|classical]]|[[jazz]]|[[jazz fusion]]}}
| occupation      = {{hlist|Musician|composer}}
| years_active    = 1960–2012
| label           = {{hlist|[[Purple Records|Purple]]|[[EMI]]|[[Harvest Records|Harvest]]}}
| past_member_of  = {{hlist|[[Deep Purple]]|[[Whitesnake]]|[[Paice Ashton Lord]]|[[The Artwoods]]|[[The Flower Pot Men]]}}
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}}

'''John Douglas "Jon" Lord''' (9 June 1941{{spaced ndash}}16 July 2012)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www2.freebmd.org.uk/cgi/information.pl?r=182227433:1390&d=bmd_1501508033 |title=FreeBMD Entry Info |publisher=2.freebmd.org.uk |access-date=12 August 2017}}</ref> was an English keyboardist and composer. In 1968, Lord co-founded the [[hard rock]] band [[Deep Purple]]. Lord performed on most of the band's most popular songs; he and drummer [[Ian Paice]] were the only continuous members in the band during their original 1968–1976 run, and again from the band's 1984 reformation until Lord's retirement in 2002. He also played for the bands [[Whitesnake]], [[Paice Ashton Lord]], [[the Artwoods]], [[the Flower Pot Men]] and [[Santa Barbara Machine Head]]. 

Lord became known for his pioneering work in fusing rock with classical or [[Baroque music|baroque]] forms, especially with Deep Purple. His distinctive organ playing during Deep Purple's hard rock period was essential to the band's signature heavy sound and contributed to the early development of [[heavy metal music|heavy metal]]. On 11 November 2010, he was inducted as an [[Honorary Fellow]] of [[Stevenson College, Edinburgh|Stevenson College]] in Edinburgh, Scotland. On 15 July 2011, he was awarded an honorary [[Doctor of Music]] degree at [[De Montfort Hall]] by the [[University of Leicester]]. Lord was posthumously inducted into the [[Rock and Roll Hall of Fame]] on 8 April 2016 as a member of Deep Purple.<ref>[https://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/deep-purple-rocks-hall-of-fame-with-hits-filled-set-20160408 "Deep Purple Rocks Hall of Fame With Hits-Filled Set"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160506193341/http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/deep-purple-rocks-hall-of-fame-with-hits-filled-set-20160408 |date=6 May 2016 }}. ''Rolling Stone''. Retrieved 13 April 2016</ref>