The late Bob Moog's great, eye-catching contribution to music was the piano-style electric Moog synthesizer, which made its appearance in 1963. An earlier mechanical synthesizer, the Theremin, had been introduced in or around 1900 by Thaddeus Cahill.
The first Moog synthesizer was large and heavy, but by 1971, the new Minimoog was being sold.
The device was used by The Beatles, Rolling Stones, Byrds and other groups, but the recording that really made it a hit was Wendy Carlos' 1968 "Switched-On Bach," done entirely on the synthesizer. The instrument was also used in the 1971 film A Clockwork Orange and in various horror movies.
Moog died in 2005 of a brain tumor.
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