associated_acts years_active label background instrument birth_date genre article_title name occupation
associates 1970s & ndash ; present les disques du crépuscule , virgin non_vocal_instrumentalist keyboards , guitar 17 may 1958 dance-pop alan rankine
 alan rankine musician , record producer
alan rankine

alan rankine -lrb- born 17 may 1958 -rrb- is a scottish musician and record producer best known as keyboardist/guitarist for the rock band associates , which he co-founded with billy mackenzie in the late 1970s .
