Editing Al Kooper (section)

== Early life ==
Kooper was Alan Peter Kuperschmidt born in [[Brooklyn]], New York City, on February 5, 1944.<ref name="The Great Rock Discography">{{cite book |last=Strong |first=Martin C. |title=The Great Rock Discography |publisher=Mojo Books |location=Edinburgh, UK |edition=5th |year=2000 |pages=543–544 |isbn=1-84195-017-3}}</ref><ref name=UPI02052025>{{cite news|title=UPI Almanac for Wednesday, Feb. 5, 2025|work=UPI|date=February 5, 2025|accessdate=February 6, 2025|url=https://www.upi.com/Top_News/2025/02/05/UPI-Almanac-for-Wednesday-Feb-5-2025/7071738722532/}}</ref>  He grew up in a Jewish family in [[Hollis Hills, Queens]].<ref>{{cite web |last=Wilentz |first=Sean |title=Like a Rolling Stone: Rock legend Al Kooper opens up to Princeton's Sean Wilentz about making music with Bob Dylan, and more |url=http://tabletmag.com/jewish-arts-and-culture/music/128616/like-a-rolling-stone |website=Tabletmag.com |publisher=Nextbook Inc. |date=April 8, 2013 |access-date=May 10, 2015}}{{dead link|date=February 2025}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.limusichalloffame.org/inductees/al-kooper/ |access-date=6 March 2025 |title=Al Kooper - Long Island Music and Entertainment Hall of Fame |date=November 6, 2017 }}</ref>