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Ian Hunter

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Ian Hunter is the stage name of Ian Hunter Patterson (born 3 June 1939), an English singer-songwriter and musician who is best known as the lead singer of the English rock band Mott the Hoople, from its inception in 1969 to its dissolution in 1974, and at the time of its 2009, 2013, and 2019 reunions. Hunter was a musician and songwriter before joining Mott the Hoople, and continued in this vein after he left the band. He embarked on a solo career despite ill health and disillusionment with commercial success, and often worked in collaboration with Mick Ronson, David Bowie's sideman and arranger from The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars period.

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2012

The Singles Collection: 1975–83

2009

Man Overboard

2009

The Golden Age 1969–1997

2008

Old Records Never Die: The Mott the Hoople / Ian Hunter Anthology

2007

Shrunken Heads

2006

The Journey: A Retrospective of Mott the Hoople & Ian Hunter

2003

Strings Attached

2001

Rant

2000

Once Bitten Twice Shy

2000

Missing in Action / Collateral Damage

1999

The Secret Sessions

1996

The Artful Dodger

1995

Dirty Laundry

1989

YUI Orta

1988

Shades of Ian Hunter

1983

All of the Good Ones Are Taken

1981

Short Back n’ Sides

1980

Welcome to the Club

1979

You’re Never Alone With a Schizophrenic

1979

Shades of Ian Hunter: The Ballad of Ian Hunter & Mott the Hoople

1977

Overnight Angels

1976

All‐American Alien Boy

1975

Ian Hunter

The Very Best of Ian Hunter