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Rainbow was a British hard rock band formed by “Deep Purple” founder and former guitarist Ritchie Blackmore in 1975. In addition to Blackmore, the band originally consisted of former “Elf” lead singer Ronnie James Dio, bassist Craig Gruber, drummer Gary Driscoll, and keyboardist Micky Lee Soule. Over the years Rainbow went through many lineup changes.
The Dio Years
The name of the band Rainbow was inspired by the “Rainbow Bar and Grill” that catered to rock stars, groupies and rock enthusiasts. It was here that Ritchie spent some of his off time from Deep Purple and met Dio, whose band Elf had toured regularly as an opening act for Deep Purple. Rainbow’s debut album, “Ritchie Blackmore’s Rainbow”, was released in 1975 and featured the minor hit “Man On The Silver Mountain”.
Rainbow’s music was different from Deep Purple’s. The music was more directly inspired by classical music and Dio wrote lyrics about medieval themes. Dio possessed a versatile vocal range capable to sing both hard rock and lighter ballads. Although Dio never played a musical instrument on any Rainbow album, he is credited with writing and arranging the music with Blackmore in addition to writing all the lyrics himself...
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Top 10 Rainbow Songs
Man On The Silver Mountain
Since You Been Gone
Stargazer
Catch The Rainbow
Kill The King
I Surrender
Starstruck
Gates Of Babylon
All Night Long
Tarot Woman
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Top 10 Rainbow Albums
The Very Best of Rainbow
Ritchie Blackmore's Rainbow
Rising
Long Live Rock 'n' Roll
Difficult To Cure
Down To Earth
Bent Out Of Shape
Straight Between The Eyes
Finyl Vinyl
Stranger in Us All
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