🎤 Don Airey // collaborations · IMUDB
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Don Airey
Member of
Instruments
electronic keyboard
voice
flute
musical keyboard
IMUDB Ranking
8.4/10
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🎧 6,220 listeners
▶ 98,921 plays
Wikipedia
Donald Smith Airey (born 21 June 1948) is an English musician. He came to prominence as the keyboardist of the rock band Rainbow during 1979–1982. He has been the keyboardist of Deep Purple since 2002, after the retirement of Jon Lord. In addition to his tenures with Rainbow and Deep Purple, he has had a long and productive career playing with many other rock and metal acts, including Gary Moore, Ozzy Osbourne, Judas Priest, Black Sabbath, Jethro Tull, Whitesnake, Saxon, Wishbone Ash, Colosseum II, Ten, Sinner, Michael Schenker, Empire, Brian May, Divlje jagode and Living Loud. He has also worked with Andrew Lloyd Webber.
🤝 Collaborations (20)
MusicBrainz credits combined with Genius song credits from top 15 tracks
Don Airey has 20 credited collaborators on IMUDB — 15 bandmates, 5 other. Active 1948–present.
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📅 Collaboration Timeline
8 dated credits, by decade
1970s
3
1980s
2
2000s
3
⭐ Known For
Keyed Up
▶ 18,347
A Light In The Sky
▶ 17,582
One of a Kind
▶ 11,253
All Out
▶ 8,888
Pushed to the Edge
▶ 7,320
K2 (Tales of Triumph and Tragedy)
▶ 4,796
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Pushed to the Edge
2025
One of a Kind
2018
Keyed Up
2014
All Out
2011
A Light in the Sky
2008
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