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Early life. Benjamin Orzechowski was born in Lakewood, Ohio to immigrant parents. His mother, Elizabeth (née Alžbeta Benová), was Carpatho-Rusyn, born in present day Kojšov, Slovakia, and his father, Charles Orzechowski, was born in present-day Ukraine.Both were devout Byzantine Rite Catholics and Ben's mother would not allow him to drive his first car until the local clergy had blessed it.
Oct 5, 2020 · Orr was born Benjamin Orzechowski in Lakewood in 1947 and grew up in Parma, attending Valley Forge High School in the 1960s, where my future wife would graduate more than 20 years later.
Aug 1, 2020 · You're watching the official music video for Benjamin Orr - "Stay the Night" from the album 'The Lace' (1986)Subscribe to the Rhino Channel! https://Rhino.ln...
Oct 6, 2000 · Benjamin Orr, a bassist, vocalist and founding member of the rock group the Cars, died on Tuesday in his home in Atlanta. He was 53. The cause was pancreatic cancer, said Billy Johnson, who ...
Feb 9, 2023 · Benjamin Orr And The Cars,” is widely regarded as the definitive source for all things Orr, and includes a wonderful assortment of interviews from the people who knew him best. Yet apart from a knowing inner-circle of dedicated Cars fans, Orr has been largely excluded from the bigger discussion surrounding rock music and artists who contributed to its evolution.
The Cars were an American rock band formed in Boston in 1976. Emerging from the new wave scene in the late 1970s, they consisted of Ric Ocasek ( rhythm guitar ), Benjamin Orr ( bass guitar ), Elliot Easton ( lead guitar ), Greg Hawkes ( keyboards ), and David Robinson ( drums ). Ocasek and Orr shared lead vocals, and Ocasek was the band's ...
Sep 8, 2015 · Ric Ocasek's icy-cool singing got a lot of attention, but this list of Top 10 Benjamin Orr Cars Songs shows just how important his warm, inviting voice was to the band. Born in Lakewood, Ohio, in ...
On Tuesday June 7, a limited edition vinyl version of the boxed set will be available with each 180-gram LP pressed on a different color vinyl. The extensive set retraces the band’s musical journey in the studio and includes: The Cars (1978), Candy-O (1979), Panorama (1980), Shake It Up (1981), Heartbeat City, (1984) and Door To Door (1987).
Oct 5, 2000 · Benjamin Orr, bassist and vocalist with THE CARS, has died of cancer in the US, aged 53.. Orr, born Benjamin Orzechowski, died of pancreatic cancer on Tuesday night (October 3) at his Atlanta home ...
Other articles where Benjamin Orr is discussed: the Cars: …Ric Ocasek, vocalist and bassist Benjamin Orr, guitarist Elliot Easton, keyboardist Greg Hawkes, and drummer David Robinson. The band’s steady stream of albums from 1978 to 1987 cemented them as one of the major pillars of the new wave rock movement from the late 1970s through the late 1980s.
