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 [a=Anna Gabriel] (born 26 July 1974), and singer [a=Melanie Gabriel] (born 23 August 1976). He was the original lead singer of prog-rockers [a=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 [l=WOMAD] music festival, owns one of Britain's most in-demand recording studios, [l=Real World Studios], and jointly owns the recording studio hardware manufacturer Solid State Logic.