Donald Fagen Biography-Wiki

Donald Fagen is an American musician best known as the co-founder, lead singer, co-songwriter as well as keyboardist of the band Steely Dan, formed in the early 1970s. Also, he has released 4 albums as a solo artist.

In 2001, he was inducted into the Rock as well as the Roll Hall of Fame. Dan’s co-founder Walter Becker left Fagen as the only remaining original member in the 2017 death of Steely. He was born as Donald Jay Fagen on 10th January 1948 in Passaic, New Jersey, U.S.

Donald Fagen Age and Birthday

Donald Jay Fagen was born on 10th January 1948 in Passaic, New Jersey, United States. He celebrates his birthday on January 10 every year. Fagen is 72 years old as of 2020.

Donald Fagen Height and Weight

Fagen stands at a height of 5 feet 10 inches (1.79 m or 179 cm) tall. He has a weight of 85 kg. However, details regarding other body measurements are currently not publicly available. We are keeping tabs and will update this information once it is out.

Donald Fagen Education

Fagen studied at South Brunswick High School in 1965. He joined Bard College to study English literature where he was inspired by Allen Ginsberg, Jack Kerouac as well as Lawrence Ferlinghetti. They met with musician Walter Becker at Bard.

With a revolving assortment of musicians which included future actor Chevy Chase, Becker as well as Fagen formed the bands the Leather Canary, the Don Fagen Jazz Trio as well as the Bad Rock Band. He explained his college bands as sounding as “the Kingsmen performing Frank Zappa material” Only the Fagen and Becker relationship lasted long among the groups.

Their early career involved serving with Jay as well as the Americans, which they used pseudonyms. They served as pop songwriters for ABC/Dunhill Records, released all of Steely Dan’s 1970s albums in the early 1970s.

Donald Fagen Family | Young

Fagen was born and raised in Passaic, New Jersey, on 10th January 1948 to Jewish parents, Joseph “Jerry” Fagen, an accountant, and his mother Elinor, a homemaker. His mother had been a swing singer in upstate New York’s Catskill Mountains from childhood through her teens.

His family migrated to the suburb of Fair Lawn around 1958 and later to a house on Bedford Road in the Kendall Park section of South Brunswick, New Jersey. Fagen was upset by the transition. Fagen despised living in the suburbs. Later he remembered that it “was like a prison.

“I think I lost faith in my parents’judgment… It was probably the first time I realized I had my own view of life.” He has inspired his life in Kendall Park, consisting of his teenage love of late-night radio by his album called”The Nightfly”.

Donald Fagen Wife | Married

Fagen is married to Libby Titus. The couple married in 1993.  They studied at Bard College at around the same time. They become friends until 1987 when they were backstage at a Dr. John concert. Titus sustained injuries after Fagen allegedly shoved her against a marble window frame at their Upper East Side apartment on 4th January 2016. Titus reported at the New York Post that she was separating from her husband.

They have since reconciled. Fagen has played with Amy Helm, daughter of Libby Titus as well as a musician Levon Helm. On the 1993 album Kamakiriad, she co-wrote the song “Florida Room”.

Donald Fagen Wife, Libby Titus

Libby Titus is an American singer, songwriter, actor as well as a concert producer. She was born on 6th July 1947 in Woodstock, New York as Elizabeth “Libby” Titus(nee Jurist)

Donald Fagen Wife Age | Libby Titus Age

Elizabeth “Libby” was born on 6th July 1947 in Woodstock, New York, United States. Titus celebrates her July 6 year. She is 72 years old as of 2019. She will turn 73 years old in July 2020.

Donald Fagen Libby Titus and Kids | Libby Titus Kids | Baby

The couple has two kids together Amy Helm (Daughter) and Ezra Titus (son). Amy Helm was born on 3rd December 1970 in Woodstock, New York, United States. He is 49 years old as of 2019. Ezra Titus was born on 23rd July 1966 and died on 30th July 2009.

Donald Fagen Net Worth

Fagen has an estimated net worth of $50 million dollars. He has accumulated his wealth from his successful musician as well as the songwriter.

Donald Fagen New Frontier

The follow-up single, “New Frontier”, peaked at number 70 and was accompanied by a music video.

Donald Fagen Songs | Kamakiriad

• I.G.Y The Nightfly · 1982
• New Frontier The Nightfly ·
• Ruby Baby The Nightfly ·
• Snowbound Kamakiriad · 1993

• The Goodbye Look The Nightfly · 1982
• Walk Between Raindrops The Nightfly ·
• Maxine The Nightfly ·
• Tomorrow’s Girls Kamakiriad · 1993

• Century’s End Bright Lights, Big City · 1988
• H Gang H Gang · 2006
• Slinky Thing Sunken Condos · 2012
• Green Flower Street The Nightfly · 1982

• Trans-Island Skyway Kamakiriad · 1993
• Love T.K.O.
• Takin’ It To The Streets –
• Lido Shuffle 2014 I Keep Forgettin’ –

• Who’s That Lady –
• Miss Sun –
• Pretzel Logic –
• Sweet Soul Music –

• I’m Not the Same Without You Sunken Condos · 2012
• Hey Nineteen – 2014
• What A Fool Believes –
• Weather in My Head Sunken Condos · 2012

• The Great Pagoda of Funn Morph the Cat · 2006
• Miss Marlene Sunken Condos · 2012
• Florida Room Kamakiriad · 1993
• True Companion Heavy Metal: Music From the Motion Picture · 1981

• On the Dunes Kamakiriad · 1993
• Countermoon Kamakiriad · 1993
• What I Do Morph the Cat · 2006

Donald Fagen Albums

• The Nightfly 1982
• Kamakiriad 1993
• Sunken Condos 2012
• Morph the Cat 2006

• Old Regime 2006
• The Hits you Missed Vol1 2017
• Come Back Baby 2003
• Walter Becker & Donald Fagen’s Mock Gurgle Song 2006

• Soul Train 2006
• The Music of Steely Dan, Vol. 1 2012
• Sounds of Southern Miss 2010
• Nightfly Trilogy 2007

• Cheap Xmas: Donald Fagen Complete 2012
• Live At The Beacon 2010
• Remastered from the Archives 2019
• Brooklyn 2014

• Sun Mountain 2007
• Reelin’ in the Early Years 2013
• The Band Before 2016
• Back To Back… 2011
• The Hits you Missed Vol 2 2017
• The Music of Steely Dan, Vol. 2 2012

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