page_title: Russ Ballard
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caption_attribution_description: Ritchie Blackmore still cuts it on guitar and with his excellent 2015 re-incarnation of Rainbow, put in a storming set including all the Raindow classics such as All Night Long, I surrender, Since You've Been Gone, Man on the Silver Mountain together with Deep Purple favorites including Burn, Woman from Tokyo, Smoke on the Water and Child in Time. The guest appearance of Russ Ballard on sunburst Gibson was cool, as he wrote most of Rainbow;s hot singles
context_page_description: Russell Glyn Ballard is an English singer, songwriter and musician.
  Originally coming to prominence as the lead singer and guitarist for the band Argent, Ballard became known by the late 1970s as a songwriter and producer. His compositions "New York Groove", "You Can Do Magic", "Since You Been Gone", "I Surrender", "Liar", "Winning", "I Know There's Something Going On", "So You Win Again" and "God Gave Rock and Roll to You" were hits for other artists during the 1970s and 1980s. He also scored several minor hits under his own name in the early and mid-1980s.
context_section_description: Russell Glyn Ballard (born 31 October 1945) is an English singer, songwriter and musician.
  Originally coming to prominence as the lead singer and guitarist for the band Argent, Ballard became known by the late 1970s as a songwriter and producer. His compositions "New York Groove", "You Can Do Magic", "Since You Been Gone", "I Surrender", "Liar", "Winning", "I Know There's Something Going On", "So You Win Again" and "God Gave Rock and Roll to You" were hits for other artists during the 1970s and 1980s.  He also scored several minor hits under his own name in the early and mid-1980s.
caption: Ballard performs with Ritchie Blackmore's Rainbow at Stone Free 2017 Festival at the O2
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