Jean-Jacques Perrey
Jean Marcel Leroy (20 January 1929 – 4 November 2016), better known as Jean-Jacques Perrey (French: [pɛʁɛ]), was a French electronic music performer, composer, producer, and promoter. He is considered a pioneer of pop electronica. Perrey partnered with composer-performer Gershon Kingsley to form the electronic music duo Perrey and Kingsley, who issued some of the first commercial recordings featuring the Moog synthesizer. Perrey was also one of the first to promote, perform, and record with the Ondioline, developed by Georges Jenny.
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| Birth name | Jean Marcel Leroy |
| Born | 20 January 1929 Amiens, France |
| Died | 4 November 2016 (aged 87) Lausanne, Switzerland |
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| Years active | 1951–2014 |
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| Website | Jean-JacquesPerrey.com |
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