Screaming Lord Sutch and The Savages (December 1966 - April 1967)
Neil Christian and The Crusaders(April 1967 - May 1967)
Mandrake Root (September 1967 - November 1967)
Roundabout (February 1968 - March 1968)
Deep Purple (March 1968 - May 1975)
Rainbow I (May 1975 - September 1975) Ritchie Blackmore - guitar Ronnie James Dio - vocals - b. ca1950, Mare, England. Mickey Lee Soule - keyboards Craig Gruber - bass Gary Driscoll - drums Album: "Ritchie Blackmore's Rainbow" (1975) Mickey Lee Soule joins The Ian Gillan Band.
Rainbow II (September 1975 - 1976) Ritchie Blackmore - guitar Ronnie James Dio - vocals Jim Bain - bass Tony Carey - keyboards - b. October 16, 1953. Cozy Powell - drums - b. December 29, 1947, Cirencester, England; d. April 5, 1998 - formerly with The Sorcerers and The Jeff Beck Group. Album: "Rainbow Rising" (1976) Jim Bain later joins Dio (with Ronnie James Dio).
Rainbow III (1976 - November 1978) Ritchie Blackmore - guitar Ronnie James Dio - vocals Cozy Powell - drums Bob Daisley - bass David Stone - keyboards Albums: "Onstage" (1977) "Long Live Rock 'n' Roll" (1978) "Live in Europe" (2-CDs) (1996) Ronnie James Dio joins Black Sabbath, and later forms Dio.
Rainbow IV (November 1978 - August 1980) Ritchie Blackmore - guitar Cozy Powell - drums Roger Glover - bass - b. November 30, 1945, Brecon, South Wales - formerly with Deep Purple. Don Airey - keyboards Graham Bonnet - vocals Album: "Down to Earth" (1979) Cozy Powell and Graham Bonnet join The Michael Schenker Group. Cozy Powell later joins Bedlam, forms Cozy Powell's Hammer, and later joins Whitesnake, and Black Sabbath.
Rainbow V(November 1980 - December 1981) Ritchie Blackmore - guitar Roger Glover - bass Don Airey - keyboards Joe Lynn Turner - vocals Bob Rondinelli - drums Album: "Difficult to Cure" (1981) Don Airey joins The Gary Moore Band.
Rainbow VI (December 1981 - June 1983) Ritchie Blackmore - guitar Roger Glover - bass Joe Lynn Turner - vocals Bob Rondinelli - drums Dave Rosenthal - keyboards Albums: "Jealous Lover" (1981) "Straight Between the Eyes" (1982) "Bent Out of Shape" (1983)
Rainbow VII (June 1983 - April 1984) Ritchie Blackmore - guitar Roger Glover - bass Joe Lynn Turner - vocals Dave Rosenthal - keyboards Chuck Burgi - drums Album: "Final Vinyl" (1986) Ritchie Blackmore and Roger Glover rejoin Deep Purple. Joe Lynn Turner goes solo, and later joins Deep Purple.
Deep Purple (April 1984 - November 1993)
Compilations: "Very Best of Rainbow" (1997)
Solo Albums: "Shadow of the Moon" (1997) (Blackmore's Night) "The Take It Sessions: '63 - '68" (1998) "Stranger In Us All" (1998) (Rainbow) "Under a Violet Moon" (1999) (Blackmore's Night)
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