First NameKeithMiddle NameNoelLast NameEmersonFull Name at BirthKeith Noel EmersonAlternative NameEmoBirthday2nd November, 1944BirthplaceTodmorden, West Yorkshire, England, UKDied10th March, 2016Place of DeathSanta Monica, California, USACause of DeathSuicide By GunshotBuriedLancing, West Sussex, UKBuildAverageEye ColorBlueHair ColorSalt and PepperZodiac SignScorpioSexualityStraightEthnicityWhiteNationalityBritishOccupation TextMusician, songwriter, composerOccupationPianistClaim to FameThe Nice and Emerson, Lake and PalmerMusic Genre (Text)Rock, Progressive Rock, Jazz, Jazz Fusion, European classical music, Classical, World MusicMusic GenrePop/Rock, PianoYear(s) Active1967–present, 1966–present, 1964–2016Music StyleProg-Rock, Art Rock, ClassicalInstrumentSynthesizer, Piano, Keyboards, Vocals, OrganInstrument (text)Piano, Keyboards, Accordion, Harmonica, Synthesizer, Organ, VoiceRecord LabelEdel Records, Victor Entertainment, Shout! Factory, Varèse Sarabande, Rhino Entertainment, Manticore Records, J!MCO Records, Sanctuary Records, EMI, Marquee Inc., Charly Records, Gunslinger Records, Cinevox Records, Edel, Victor, Rhino, Manticore, Sanctuary, Charly, CinevoxAssociated ActsGary Farr & The T-Bones, The V.I.P.'s, P.P. Arnold, The Nice, Free Creek, Emerson, Lake & Palmer, Lake & Powell, 3, Keith Emerson Band, Ayreon, the V.I.P.s, P. P. ArnoldOfficial Websites

Keith Noel Emerson (2 November 1944 – 11 March 2016) was an English musician and composer. He played keyboards in a number of bands before finding his first commercial success with the Nice in the late 1960s. He became internationally famous for his work with the Nice, which included writing rock arrangements of classical music. After leaving the Nice in 1970, he was a founding member of Emerson, Lake & Palmer (ELP), one of the early progressive rock supergroups. Emerson, Lake & Palmer were commercially successful through much of the 1970s, becoming one of the best-known progressive rock groups of the era. Emerson wrote and arranged much of ELP's music on albums such as Tarkus (1971) and Brain Salad Surgery (1973), combining his own original compositions with classical or traditional pieces adapted into a rock format.