Dennis DeYoung Biography

Dennis DeYoung is a singer-songwriter and producer best known for being a founding member of the rock band Styx as lead vocalist and keyboardist a tenure that lasted from 1961 until June 1999. DeYoung has been credited as the writer of more Styx songs than any other Styx member.
Within Styx DeYoung acted as lead vocalist keyboardist accordion player producer and songwriter. From the start of Styx's commercial success with the 1972 DeYoung-penned single Lady DeYoung became the creative force behind most of the band's hit songs. DeYoung wrote and sang lead on six of the band's seven top 10 Billboard Hot 100-ranked hits during this period with Tommy Shaw's Too Much Time On My Hands (No. 9) being the sole exception.
A self-taught keyboardist DeYoung quickly became one of the most notable players of that instrument in rock. As a keyboardist in Styx DeYoung was best remembered for his prominent lead synthesizer solos that dominated the mix with a unique tone a key element of the Styx sound. DeYoung's songs often had a grandiose style to them in the tradition of 1970s theatrical rock which heavily influenced the group's direction in the late 1970s culminating in the concept albums Paradise Theatre and Kilroy Was Here. The dissent of some members in the band during Kilroy brought tensions between the group's members over the future direction of the band leading to guitarist Tommy Shaw's departure in 1984.

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