Ralf Hütter
Ralf Hütter | |
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Ralf Hütter at a concert in Düsseldorf in the Kunstsammlung Nordrhein-Westfalen, 2013 | |
| Background information | |
| Birth name | Ralf Hütter |
| Born | 20 August 1946 Krefeld, British occupation zone in Germany (now North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany) |
| Origin | Düsseldorf, Germany |
| Genres | |
| Occupation(s) | Musician, singer |
| Instrument(s) | Synthesizer, keyboards, vocoder, guitar, bass guitar, drums, percussion, vocals |
| Years active | 1965–present |
| Website | www |
Ralf Hütter (born 20 August 1946) is a German musician and composer best known as the lead singer and keyboardist of Kraftwerk, which he founded with Florian Schneider in 1970, and became the only consistent member of the band (although he briefly left the band for several months in 1971), and the only one to have appeared on every single one of the band's albums. On 12 May 2021, Kraftwerk was announced as one of the inductees of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.