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Cream were a 1960s British rock supergroup power trio consisting of bassist/singer Jack Bruce, drummer Ginger Baker, and guitarist/singer Eric Clapton. Their sound was characterised by a hybrid of blues rock, hard rock and psychedelic rock,[1] combining psychedelia-themed lyrics, Eric Clapton's blues guitar playing, Jack Bruce's operatic voice and prominent bass playing and Ginger Baker's jazz-influenced drumming. The group's third album, Wheels of Fire, was the world's first platinum-selling double album.[2][3] Cream are widely regarded as being the world's first successful supergroup.[4][5][6][7] In their career, they sold over 15 million albums worldwide.[8] Cream's music included songs based on traditional blues such as "Crossroads" and "Spoonful", and modern blues such as "Born Under a Bad Sign", as well as more eccentric songs such as "Strange Brew", "Tales of Brave Ulysses" and "Toad".

Cream's biggest hits were "I Feel Free" (UK, number 11),[3] "Sunshine of Your Love" (US, number 5),[9] "White Room" (US, number 6),[9] "Crossroads" (US, number 28),[9] and "Badge" (UK, number 18).[10] Cream made a significant impact on the popular music of the time, and, along with Jimi Hendrix, and Terry Kath of Chicago, popularised the use of the wah-wah pedal. They provided a heavy yet technically proficient musical theme that foreshadowed and influenced the emergence of British bands such as Led Zeppelin, The Jeff Beck Group and Black Sabbath in the late 1960s and the early 1970s. The band's live performances influenced progressive rock acts such as Rush.[11] Cream were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1993.[12] They were included in both Rolling Stone and VH1's lists of the "100 Greatest Artists of All Time," at number 67 and 61 respectively.[13][14] They were also ranked number 16 on VH1's "100 Greatest Artists of Hard Rock".[15]

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Cream is a british band that was around from 1966 to 1968. Cream featured Eric Clapton as guitarist, [[Jack Bruc as a bassist, and [[Ginger Bake as drummer. They had such hits together as "[[Crossroads:Cream|Crossroad" and "White Room". Their music was very much inspired by the [[blue. To this day Cream is still one of the most popular and most quoted bands ever!


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  • Royal Albert Hall: London May 2-3-5-6 2006
  • Live 1968
  • [[Wheels Of Fire:Cream|Wheels Of Fir* [[Goodbye:Cream|Goodby* [[Disraeli Gears:Cream|Disraeli Gear* Fresh Cream
  • Gold
  • Live Cream
  • Live Cream Vol. 2

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  1. Unterberger, Richie. Cream: Biography. Allmusic. Retrieved on June 30, 2008.
  2. Cream – the Band. BBC (20 September 2000). Retrieved on June 30, 2008.
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  4. The world's 18 biggest supergroups. Musicradar.com (15 April 2009). Retrieved on October 2, 2011.
  5. "Supergroup Cream rises again". CNN.com. 20 December 1999. http://www.cnn.com/2005/SHOWBIZ/Music/05/03/cream.reunion.concert/index.html. Retrieved 2 October 2011.
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  8. "Time, Cream article". Time.com. 9 March 2009. http://www.time.com/time/specials/packages/article/0,28804,1883726_1883727_1883724,00.html. Retrieved 2 October 2011.
  9. 9.0 9.1 9.2 Cream: Biography: Rolling Stone. Rolling Stone. Retrieved on July 8, 2008.
  10. "Badge" search results. http://www.everyhit.com. Retrieved 2 January 2010.
  11. allmusic (((Rush > Overview))). Allmusic. Retrieved on November 8, 2008.
  12. "Cream: inducted in 1993". The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum. Retrieved 25 April 2012
  13. "The Greatest Artists of All Time". VH1/Stereogum. Retrieved 25 April 2012.
  14. Waters, Roger. "Cream: 100 Greatest Artists of All Time". Rolling Stone. Retrieved 25 April 2012
  15. VH1's 100 Greatest Artists of Hard Rock (20–1). VH1 (2000). Retrieved on June 26, 2008.
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