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John Kay (born Joachim Fritz Krauledat; April 12, 1944) is an American rock singer, songwriter and guitarist known as the frontman of Steppenwolf. == Early life == Kay was born on April 12, 1944, in Tilsit, East Prussia, Germany (now Sovetsk, Kaliningrad Oblast, Russia). His father Fritz, born 1913 in Absteinen near Pogegen in the Memelland (today Opstainys in Pagėgiai Municipality, Lithuania), was killed a month before Kay was born. In early 1945, Kay's mother fled with him from the... [more on Wikipedia]

As a songwriter, John Kay first charted in 1968 with Magic Carpet Ride.The artist placed 10 songs on the Billboard Hot 100, 2 of which reached the Top‑10.