John Kay

Joachim Fritz Krauledat

Discography of John Kay:

	#	Cover	Release title	Total tracks	Download release in mp3	Imprint date	Label
	1		Lone Steppenwolf	10	mp3	1987	MCA Records
	2		Give Me Life	2	mp3	1987	Disky
	3		We Like It, We Love It	3	mp3	1990	I.R.S. Records
	4		My Sportin' Life	9	mp3	1973	ABC/Dunhill Records
	5		My Sportin' Life	9	mp3	1973
	6		Forgotten Songs & Unsung Heroes/My Sportin' Life	20	mp3	2008	BGO Records
	7		John Kay & The Sparrow	12	mp3	1969	Columbia
	8		I'm Movin' On	2	mp3	1972
	9		Give Me Some News I Can Use	2	mp3	1978-06-00	Mercury
	10		All In Good Time	10	mp3	1978	Mercury
	11		Rock & Roll Rebels	10	mp3	1987	Qwil
	12		Heretics & Privateers	12	mp3	2002	Crosscut Records
	13		My Sportin' Life	9	mp3	1973	Probe
	14		Wolftracks	10	mp3	1983	Allegiance Records
	15		All In Good Time	10	mp3	1978	Mercury
	16		Feed The Fire	9	mp3	1996	CMC Records (7)
	17		Paradox	11	mp3	1984
	18		I'm Movin' On / Walk Beside Me	2	mp3	1972	Probe
	19		Lone Steppenwolf	10	mp3	1987	MCA Records
	20		Rock & Roll Rebels	10	mp3	1987	Attic
	21		The Best Of John Kay & Sparrow - Tighten Up Your Wig	18	mp3	1993
	22		John Kay & The Sparrow	12	mp3	1969	CBS
	23		Forgotten Songs & Unsung Heroes	9	mp3	1972	Probe
	24		John Kay & The Sparrow	12	mp3	2000	Columbia
	25		Wolftracks	10	mp3	2005	Iberica Logos Music
	26		Rock & Roll Rebels	10	mp3	1987	Qwil
	27		Somebody	2	mp3	1972	ABC/Dunhill Records
	28		Live In San Francisco 1967-1968 ( With Sparrows And Steppenwolf )	10	mp3	1992	Curcio
	29		Live!	23	mp3	2000	Disky
	30		Born To Be Wild / A Retrospective	34	mp3	1991	MCA Records
	31		Rise And Shine	10	mp3	1990	I.R.S. Records
	32		Wolftracks	10	mp3	1982	Nautilus Recordings
	33		Forgotten Songs & Unsung Heroes	9	mp3	1972	Probe
	34		Paradox	11	mp3	1984	Interfusion
	35		Forgotten Songs & Unsung Heroes	9	mp3	1972	ABC/Dunhill Records
	36		We Like It, We Love It	2	mp3	1990	I.R.S. Records
	37		Give Me Some News I Can Use	2	mp3	1978	Mercury
	38		Rock & Roll Rebels	10	mp3	1987	Disky B.V.
	39		John Kay & The Sparrow	12	mp3	1969	Columbia
	40		I'm Movin' On / Walk Beside Me	2	mp3	1972	Probe
	41		Forgotten Songs & Unsung Heroes	9	mp3	1972	Probe
	42		Live In Louisville / Live At The Renaissance Center	36	mp3		Not On Label (John Kay)
	43		Rise & Shine	10	mp3	1990	I.R.S. Records
	44		Lone Steppenwolf	10	mp3	1987	MCA Records
	45		My Sportin' Life	9	mp3	1973	ABC/Dunhill Records
	46		Moonshine (Friend Of Mine)	2	mp3	1973-06-15	Probe
	47		Forgotten Songs & Unsung Heroes	9	mp3	1972
	48		Wolftracks	10	mp3	1983	Allegiance Records
49		Square Headed People	2	mp3	1969	Columbia

John Kay (born 12 April 1944 as Joachim Fritz Krauledat in Tilsit, East Prussia) is a German Canadian singer, songwriter and guitarist known as the front man of [a=Steppenwolf]. In the Evacuation of East Prussia in early 1945, in harsh Winter conditions, his mother first had to flee with the baby boy from the advancing Soviet troops. In 1948, the two also fled from Arnstadt in the East German Soviet occupation zone to resettle in Hanover, West Germany (as recounted in his song "Renegade" on the album Steppenwolf Seven). Located in the British occupation zone, teen aged Joachim, suffering from eyesight problems, listened to music broadcast by the British Forces Broadcasting Service before his family moved to Canada in 1958. He joined a blues rock and folk music group known as The Sparrows in 1965, which had moderate success in Canada before moving to California, augmenting its line-up and changing its name to Steppenwolf in 1967. With music that pioneered hard rock and heavy metal, Kay's Steppenwolf had international success with songs such as "Born to Be Wild", "Magic Carpet Ride", "Monster", "The Pusher", and "Rock Me". This was multiplied by the use of "Born to Be Wild" and "The Pusher" in the 1969 movie Easy Rider. Kay recorded both as a solo artist and with Steppenwolf during the late 1970s, and wrapped up Steppenwolf's 40th year of touring with a final gig in October 2007.

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