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K. K. Downing

British guitarist
Person human Q355397

Facts

17 properties
Instance of
human
Sex or gender
male[8]
Date of birth
October 27, 1951
Place of birth
West Bromwich
Country of citizenship
United Kingdom[5]
Occupation
guitarist, songwriter
Genre
heavy metal music[9]
Official website
www.kkdowning.net[13]
Languages spoken, written or signed
English[15]
Birth name
Kenneth Downing Jr.[16]
Family name
Downing[10]
Given name
Kenneth[11]
Instrument
guitar[14]
Member of
Judas Priest, KK's Priest[6][7]
P14750
EA86-79E6-CA2B-7854-F7B2[18]
Pseudonym
K. K. Downing[12]
Start of work period
1968[17]
🏷️ Also known as
en K. K. Downing en Kenneth Downing Jr. ar ك. ك. داونينج cs Kenneth Downing cs Kenneth jr. Downing cs K.K. Downing da K.K. Downing de Kenneth Downing de K.K. Downing el Κ.Κ. Ντάουνινγκ es Kenneth Downing es K K Downing es K K. Downing es K.K. Downing fa کی.کی. داونینگ fi KK Downing fi K.K. Downing he ק. ק. דאונינג it K.K. Downing ja K・K・ダウニング
🔖 Identifiers · 31
ISNI
0000000058167090
VIAF cluster ID
269884239
Library of Congress authority ID
nb2004017316
GND ID
13436175X
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
Priest feast 34 - judas priest 03.jpg ↗
AllMusic artist ID
mn0000356702, mn0001811958
CBDB.cz author ID
224623
Databazeknih.cz author ID
158432
Deutsche Biographie (GND) ID
13436175X
Discogs artist ID
268328
Encyclopaedia Metallum artist ID
3601
Europeana entity
agent/base/62698
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Freebase ID
/m/01mynn
GTAA ID
264177
IMDb ID
nm0236112
IPI name number
00077465836
KANTO ID
000186459
Kinobox person ID
853682
LyricsTranslate ID
kks-priest-lyrics.html
MusicBrainz artist ID
e6fbb8f7-9545-4f3f-b835-2fed39022f89
NL CR AUT ID
xx0086802
Nationale Thesaurus voor Auteursnamen ID
073540285
Obálky knih ID
xx0086802
Plex person key
5d77686c374a5b001fec5443
Rate Your Music artist ID
k_k__downing
SVKKL authority ID
0436840-Downing-K-K-1951
TMDB person ID
235436
Topic's main category
Category:K. K. Downing
Trading Card Database name ID
121178
WorldCat Entities ID
E39PBJhddxTDdQyxfhvWMxkdQq
ČSFD person ID
213253

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🔗 Connections
Mb:writer 74
Breaking the Law, Breaking the Law, Living After Midnight, Living After Midnight, Painkiller, Painkiller, Electric Eye, Electric Eye +66 more
Compositions 6
Breaking the Law, Electric Eye, You've Got Another Thing Comin', Dissident Aggressor, Rocka Rolla, Victim of Changes
Mb:composer 4
Bullet Train (song), Bullet Train (song), Burn in Hell, Burn in Hell
← Lyricist 4
Breaking the Law, Electric Eye, You've Got Another Thing Comin', Dissident Aggressor
Mb:member of band 2
Judas Priest, KK's Priest
Member of 2
Judas Priest, KK's Priest
Occupation 2
songwriter, guitarist
Belongs to 1
Judas Priest
Country of citizenship 1
United Kingdom
Genre 1
heavy metal music
Given name 1
Kenneth
Instance of 1
human
Instrument 1
guitar
Languages spoken, written or signed 1
English
Named after 1
KK's Priest
Place of birth 1
West Bromwich
Sex or gender 1
male
← Cast member 1
Behind the Music
← Producer 1
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Summary

Born in West Bromwich[1], he… he was born on October 27, 1951[2]. He worked as a guitarist[3] and songwriter[4].

Product Details

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MusicBrainz — CC0 open music encyclopedia

  • Type: Person[19]

  • Country: GB[20]

  • Began / founded: 1951-10-27[21]

  • MusicBrainz ID: e6fbb8f7-9545-4f3f-b835-2fed39022f89[22]

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Works and Contributions

Things named for K. K. Downing include KK's Priest[23], a musical group[24], founded in 2019[25].

Why It Matters

Entities named for him include KK's Priest[23], a musical group[24], founded in 2019[25].

FAQs

Where was K. K. Downing born?

K. K. Downing's place of birth was West Bromwich[1].

What did K. K. Downing do for work?

K. K. Downing worked as guitarist[3] and songwriter[4].

Related Entities

United Kingdom

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  8. [7] ↑ . loudersound.com. Retrieved . loudersound.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  9. [2] ↑ . IMDb. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
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  1. [19] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [20] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  3. [21] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  4. [22] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

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  1. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [24] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [25] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

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  1. 28d ago · Printstream · 2026-10-06 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14750 → EA86-79E6-CA2B-7854-F7B2
    Wikipedia languages → ['ar', 'arz', 'azb', 'commons', 'cs', 'da', 'de', 'el', 'en', 'es', 'et', 'fa',
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  2. 20w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-06-11 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Topic's main category → Category:K. K. Downing
    Instance of → —
    Sex or gender → male
    Country of citizenship → United Kingdom
    + 19 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ SVKKL authority ID: 0436840-Downing-K-K-1951, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/259495|batch #259495]]"
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