page_title: Marty Balin
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caption_attribution_description: English: Marty Balin performing live. Heavy light source in background.
context_page_description: Marty Balin was an American singer, songwriter, and musician best known as the founder and one of the lead singers and songwriters of Jefferson Airplane and Jefferson Starship.
context_section_description: Marty Balin (/ˈbælɪn/; born Martyn Jerel Buchwald; January 30, 1942 – September 27, 2018) was an American singer, songwriter, and musician best known as the founder and one of the lead singers and songwriters of Jefferson Airplane and Jefferson Starship.
caption: Balin in a live performance, 2011
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