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Vic Emerson

1949 – 2018

English musician and songwriter

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Lived 1949 – 2018 (aged 68–69). Vic Emerson was a musician, songwriter and keyboardist.

Victor Emerson (1949 – 13 October 2018) was an English musician, songwriter and keyboardist. He was a founder member of the bands Mandalaband and Sad Café. He was co-writer of the latter's 1979 No. 3 UK hit single "Every Day Hurts" and the 1980 No. 14 hit "My Oh My". He was also a member of the rock band 10cc from 1981 to 1983.

Early life and career Emerson was born in Prestwich, which at the time was in Lancashire but is now in the Metropolitan Borough of Bury, in Greater Manchester. He was the son of tailor Ben Emerson, and wife Myra. At age four, he had his first piano lessons and attended the Bury Grammar School. In the early 1960s, he bought a Hammond organ for use at home, then became a cinema organist in Stockport after he left school.

After Paul Young's death in 2000, Emerson contributed on several tracks for the 2011 posthumous Paul Young album, Chronicles.

Death Emerson died in Paris aged 69 on 13 October 2018, of pancreatic cancer.

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1949, Prestwich
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Who was Vic Emerson?

English musician and songwriter

When was Vic Emerson born?

Vic Emerson was born in 1949 in Prestwich.

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Vic Emerson died on 13 October 2018.

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Vic Emerson was a musician, songwriter and keyboardist.

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