Ian Hunter (born Ian Hunter Patterson, 3 June 1939, Oswestry, Shropshire) is an English singer-songwriter. He was the lead singer of the English rock band Mott the Hoople from its inception in 1969 to its dissolution in 1974. Hunter was a musician and songwriter before Mott the Hoople, and he continued in this vein after he left the band.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ian_Hunter_(singer)

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