Christopher North (Ambrosia)

Christopher North
Background information
Born	26 January 1951 (1951-01-26) (age 60) San Francisco, California
Genres	Rock and R&B
Instruments	Keyboard
Years active	1964 - present
Associated acts	Ambrosia
Notable instruments
Hammond Organ

Christopher Reed North (born January 26, 1951) San Francisco California, is the founding Keyboardist for the American Progressive Rock band Ambrosia.

He grew up in San Pedro California playing in various bands through Junior High and High School. Some of the early bands he played with were The Proones, The Livin End, and Thee Exceptions. In 1968 he formed the Psychedelic Rock band Blue Toad Flax with Tom Trefethen playing organ and singing lead vocals.^[1]

In 1970 he formed the Progressive Rock band Ambrosia with David Pack, Joe Puerta and Burleigh Drummond.^[2] He is known for his very intense live performances.^[3][4][5]

Christopher and the other members of Ambrosia contributed to the debut album "Tales of Mystery and Imagination" by The Alan Parsons Project.^[6]

He played organ and piano on the hit songs "Galilee" and "Rock 'N' Roll Preacher" from the debut album by Chuck Girard
and also on Chuck's 1980 album "The Stand".^[7]

Christopher played organ on the John Lennon tribute single "Johnny's Gone Away" written and produced by Tom Trefethen
with Alan Parsons as executive producer.^[8]

Christopher with Ambrosia

Christopher is listed three times on the All Time Hammond Pop Hits list for his Hammond Organ solos on the songs
"Holdin On To Yesterday" by Ambrosia, Organ played Hammond B3 1975 #17 on the Billboard Hot 100 charts.
"Biggest Part Of Me" by Ambrosia, Organ played Hammond B3 1980 #3 on the Billboard Hot 100 charts.
"You're The Only Woman" by Ambrosia, Organ played Hammond B3 1980 #13 on the Billboard Hot 100 charts.^[9][10]

References

1. ^ Tom Trefethen:Information from Answers.com
2. ^ Huey, Steve. "Ambrosia: Biography". Allmusic. http://www.allmusic.com/artist/ambrosia-p3537/biography. Retrieved 22 March 2011. 
3. ^ LA Times Ambrosia Concert review from the Santa Monica Civic 1977
4. ^ Crawdaddy Magazine Ambrosia Part 2 1978
5. ^ Ambrosia page on ProgArchives.com
6. ^ the Trades article Interview: Alan Parsons: The Artist and Scientist of Sound Recording
7. ^ Chuck Girard Wikipedia
8. ^ Mostly Pink
9. ^ All Time Hammond Pop Hits
10. ^ Ambrosia Discography

External links

• http://www.ambrosiaweb.com
• http://www.christophernorthmusic.com

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Name	North, Christopher
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Date of birth	26 January 1951
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