Artist Biography
Les Fradkin is a Producer and Composer. Midi Guitarist, 12 String Bassist and Guitarist, Multi Instrumentalist, and One Man Band. He creates Progressive Rock from his Starr Labs Ztar.
Les captured headlines as the Original Cast George Harrison in the mega-hit Broadway show "Beatlemania" in the 1970s and has played with The Ventures, enjoyed 16 #1 hits at mp3, Composed #1 hits for French Songstress Mireille Mathieu, Latin Pop icon Roberto Jordan, as well as Dutch Folk icons Saskia & Serge, and won several awards from Akademia as well as several other Indie Music Channel Awards, including 2016 Best Instrumental Recording. He is also a member of the Television Producers Music Production Hall Of Fame as a Composer and has also been named one of the Top 20 Guitar Synthesizer players of all time by Wikipedia.
He has played Mellotron, 12 and 6-string Guitar, Bass and Piano on dozens of Top 40 hit records throughout the early 1970's, and 1980's, scoring many US and UK chart placings throughout his career.
In 1976, Les was selected over thousands of other auditioning guitarists to appear in the original cast of the smash hit Broadway musical "Beatlemania" playing lead guitar and the part of "George Harrison" in New York City, Los Angeles and Chicago. Running for two and a half years from May 1977 thru October 1979, every show (including over 1000 in New York alone) was sold out and the Beatlemania musicians quickly became celebrities with magazine cover stories ("Newsweek","Time", "People", "Rolling Stone") and many major television show appearances. With his guitar-playing in the international spotlight from the show, including appearances in the USA, Canada, The Caribbean and Europe, Fradkin developed a cult following that has avidly followed his career and made him a celebrity among guitar fans.
Les Pioneered the Midi Guitar throughout the 1980’s and as a result, was elected to the Television Producer’s Music Museum Hall Of Fame. He was also inducted into the Akademia Music Hall of Fame in 2023.
Les' unique approach with the Starr Labs Ztar Midi Guitar has seen release with several albums including “Mr. Midi Guitar”, “One Link Between Them”, “Baroque Rocks”, “Ticket To A Remix Universe” and “Suite For Ztar and Orchestra”. Les has gained various iTunes and Amazon Chart hits including "Canon In D", "Lift Off", and “Bach Rocks" and others. He is also a member of the Television Producers Music Production Hall Of Fame as a Composer and has also been named one of the Top 20 Guitar Synthesizer players of all time and one of the Top 8 Notable players of 12 String Bass by Wikipedia. "Sabre Dance", his tour de force instrumental is now a Top 5 Indie hit around the world!
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