Aaron Rapoport
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Aaron Rapoport is an American
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...

 photographer, best known for his photographs of music artists.

Biography

In a career that spans over three decades, Rapoport has photographed in a wide variety of areas including commercial photography. His photography of album/CD covers is particularly well known. One of his most famous cover photos is for the Supertramp
Supertramp
Supertramp are a British rock band formed in 1969 under the name Daddy before renaming to Supertramp in early 1970. Though their music was initially categorised as progressive rock, they have since incorporated a combination of traditional rock and art rock into their music...

 album, Breakfast in America
Breakfast in America
Breakfast in America was seen as a departure for the band, with its pop sound deviating from the progressive rock stylings that defined their earlier work...

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Presently, Rapoport continues to be active as a photographer and is based in Los Angeles, California
Los Ángeles
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Album/CD Covers

Album Artist or Group Label
Lucky
Lucky (Marty Balin album)
Lucky is Marty Balin's 1983 album, and his second solo effort. The album did not fare as well as his previous one, and only rose to #156 on the Billboard charts...

Marty Balin
Marty Balin
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EMI America
EMI America Records
EMI America Records was started in 1978 by EMI as a second US label next to Capitol Records. It absorbed Liberty Records in 1984. In the late 1980s EMI America was consolidated with Manhattan Records to form EMI Manhattan Records, which later became known simply as EMI in 1990, then part of EMI...

Black Rose
Black Rose (Cher album)
Black Rose is the seventeenth studio album by American singer-actress Cher and the debut album by her band, Black Rose. The album was released on August 21, 1980 by Casablanca Records...

Cher
Cher
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Casablanca
Casablanca Records
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Feels Good To Feel Good Garry Glenn
Garry Glenn
Garry Glenn was an American singer and songwriter perhaps best known for writing the song “Caught Up In The Rapture” recorded by Anita Baker...

Motown
Russell Hitchcock
Russell Hitchcock (album)
Russell Hitchcock is the self-titled debut album by Russell Hitchcock, best known as the lead singer of Air Supply, released in 1988. The album didn't reach the charts, though singles "The Sun Ain't Gonna Shine Anymore" and "Where Did The Feeling Go?" had a minor recognition.This would be the only...

Russell Hitchcock
Russell Hitchcock
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Artista
Arista Records
Arista was an American record label. It was a wholly owned subsidiary of Sony Music Entertainment and operated under the RCA Music Group. The label was founded in 1974 by Clive Davis, who formerly worked for CBS Records...

Love In The Fire Bobby King Motown
Personal Attention Stacy Lattisaw
Stacy Lattisaw
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Motown
Plan B
Plan B (album)
Plan B is the eighth album by American rock band Huey Lewis and the News, released in 2001 .This was the last album to feature founding member/guitarist Chris Hayes, who performed on the album but then left after work was completed. Hayes was replaced by Oakland-born guitarist Stef Burns...

Huey Lewis and the News
Huey Lewis and the News
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Silvertone
Dancing on the Ceiling
Dancing on the Ceiling
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Lionel Richie
Lionel Richie
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Motown
Captured
Captured (Rockwell album)
-Track listing:#"Peeping Tom" #"He's a Cobra" #"T.V. Psychology" #"We Live in a Jungle"...

Rockwell
Rockwell (musician)
Rockwell is an R&B performer who was signed to the Motown label.-Biography:...

Motown
Breakfast in America
Breakfast in America
Breakfast in America was seen as a departure for the band, with its pop sound deviating from the progressive rock stylings that defined their earlier work...

Supertramp
Supertramp
Supertramp are a British rock band formed in 1969 under the name Daddy before renaming to Supertramp in early 1970. Though their music was initially categorised as progressive rock, they have since incorporated a combination of traditional rock and art rock into their music...

A&M
A&M Records
A&M Records is an American record label owned by Universal Music Group that operates under the mantle of its Interscope-Geffen-A&M division.-Beginnings:...

To Be Continued... The Temptations
The Temptations
The Temptations is an American vocal group having achieved fame as one of the most successful acts to record for Motown Records. The group's repertoire has included, at various times during its five-decade career, R&B, doo-wop, funk, disco, soul, and adult contemporary music.Formed in Detroit,...

Gordy
Tiggi Clay Tiggi Clay
Fizzy Qwick
Fizzy Qwick is an American singer and songwriter who has recorded in various musical styles ranging from R&B to New Wave. Her recordings from the early 1980s have become popular among fans of Northern Soul since the early 21st century.-Biography:Born Debravon Lewis on February 9, 1953 in Solano...

Morocco

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