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Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthday
April 14, 1945
Place of Birth
Weston-Super-Mare, Somerset, England, UK
Also Known As
- Blackmore’s Night
- Deep Purple
Ritchie Blackmore
1.3 Popularity
Biography
Richard Hugh Blackmore (born 14 April 1945) is an English guitarist and songwriter. He was one of the founding members of Deep Purple in 1968, playing jam-style hard rock music that mixed guitar riffs and organ sounds. Blackmore is prolific in creating guitar riffs and is often noted for his classically influenced solos. During his solo career, Blackmore established the heavy metal band Rainbow, which fused baroque music influences and elements of hard rock. Rainbow steadily moved to catchy pop-style mainstream rock. He later formed the traditional folk rock project Blackmore's Night, transitioning to vocalist-centered sounds. As a member of Deep Purple, Blackmore was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in April 2016. He has been cited by publications such as Guitar World and Rolling Stone as one of the greatest and most influential guitar players of all time.
Known For
8.8
Guitar
Ritchie Blackmore's Rainbow - Memories in Rock - Live in Germany
2016
7.9
Self
The Ritchie Blackmore Story
2015
0.0
Blackmores Night: All Our Yesterdays
2015
6.5
Self
Play It Loud: The Story of Marshall
2014
7.4
Himself
Made in Japan: The Rise of Deep Purple Mk II
2014
7.7
Self (archive footage)
The Joy of the Guitar Riff
2014
7.9
Guitars
Deep Purple - Perfect Strangers Live
2013
3.8
Guitars
Rainbow: Black Masquerade
2013
0.0
Blackmores Night: Dancer and the Moon
2013
10.0
Guitars
Blackmore's Night: A Knight In York
2012
Credits
Ritchie Blackmore's Rainbow - Memories in Rock - Live in Germany
as Guitar
2016
8.8
The Ritchie Blackmore Story
as Self
2015
7.9
Blackmores Night: All Our Yesterdays
2015
0.0
Play It Loud: The Story of Marshall
as Self
2014
6.5
Made in Japan: The Rise of Deep Purple Mk II
as Himself
2014
7.4
The Joy of the Guitar Riff
as Self (archive footage)
2014
7.7
Deep Purple - Perfect Strangers Live
as Guitars
2013
7.9
Rainbow: Black Masquerade
as Guitars
2013
3.8
Blackmores Night: Dancer and the Moon
2013
0.0
Blackmore's Night: A Knight In York
as Guitars
2012
10.0
Deep Purple: Phoenix Rising
as Himself
2011
0.0
Rainbow: Live in Japan 1984
as Himself
2010
0.0
Deep Purple - Deepest Purple
as Himself - Guitar
2010
0.0
Deep Purple - History, Hits & Highlights '68-'76
2009
7.8
Deep Purple In Rock
as Himself - Guitar
2008
0.0
Ritchie Blackmore: Guitar Gods
2008
0.0
Blackmore's Night: Paris Moon
2007
0.0
Ritchie Blackmore's Rainbow - Live At Budokan 1984
as Guitar
2006
0.0
Rainbow: Live in Munich 1977
as Guitar
2006
7.5
Guitar Legends: The Ultimate Anthology
as Guitar
2006
0.0
Deep Purple: Live in concert 72/73
as Guitar
2005
6.4
Blackmore's Night Castles and Dreams
2005
7.8
Blackmore's Night Castles and Dreams 2005 (Bonus)
2005
0.0
Blackmores Night: Beyond The Sunset
2004
0.0
Blackmores Night: Shadow of the moon & Beyond the sunset
2004
0.0
Deep Purple: Rock Review 1969-1972
as Himself (Archive Material)
2004
1.0
Classic Albums: Deep Purple - Machine Head
as Self
2002
6.1
Blackmore's Night: Under a Violet Moon Castle Tour 2000
2002
0.0
The Best of Musikladen: Vol. One
as Self
2001
0.0
Deep Purple: New, Live & Rare - The Video Collection 1984-2000
as guitar
2000
8.0
Blackmores Night: Shadow of the Moon – Live In Germany 1997–1998
1999
0.0
Blackmores Night: Shadow of the moon
1997
10.0
Classic Albums
as Self
1997
7.7
🎬
Weihnachten bei uns
as Self
1993
0.0
Deep Purple: Come Hell or High Water
as Guitar
1993
6.4
Deep Purple: Heavy Metal Pioneers
as Himself
1991
3.8
ZDF-Fernsehgarten
as Self
1986
1.5
Rainbow: The Final Cut
as Himself
1985
6.0
Rainbow - Live at The Capitol Theater, Passaic NJ
1979
0.0
🎬
Rainbow - Coloring New Jersey
as Guitar
1979
0.0
Rockpalast
1974
10.0
Deep Purple - California Jam 1974
as guitar
1974
7.2
Deep Purple: Made In Japan
as Self
1972
10.0
Deep Purple in Montreux
as Self
1971
0.0
Deep Purple – Doing Their Thing
as guitar
1970
9.0
Deep Purple: Concerto for Group and Orchestra
as Himself - Guitar
1970
7.0
🎬
4-3-2-1 Hot and Sweet
as Self
1966
0.0
🎬
Live It Up!
as Guitarist "The Outlaws"
1963
5.8