Peter Gabriel

English singer, songwriter, producer, multi-instrumentalist and entrepreneur (born 13 February 1950 in Chobham, Surrey, England, UK). Father of photographer and film director [[artist:Anna Gabriel]] (born 26 July 1974), and singer [[artist:Melanie Gabriel]] (born 23 August 1976). He was the original lead singer of prog-rockers [[artist:Genesis]] since 1967 but left in 1975 to pursue solo projects. As well as becoming a multi-platinum selling albums artist, he was the founder of the annual [[label:WOMAD]] music festival, owns one of Britain's most in-demand recording studios, [[label:Real World Studios]], and jointly owns the recording studio hardware manufacturer Solid State Logic.