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Marcus Cliffe ( born 1962 , Leeds , Yorkshire , England ) is an English professional ___MASK76___ , currently the bass player in The Manfreds , a reunion of members of the 1960s pop group Manfred Mann ( minus Manfred Mann himself ) . He has also worked with , amongst others , Brendan Croker , Mark Knopfler , Eric Clapton , and Rod Stewart . Cliffe is also a ___MASK28___ of the jazz trio PBD with fellow Manfred ___MASK76___ Mike Hugg . The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum is a hall of fame and museum located on the shore of Lake Erie in downtown Cleveland , Ohio , United States . The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Foundation was established on April 20 , 1983 , by Atlantic Records ___MASK5___ and chairman Ahmet Ertegun to recognize and archive the history of the best - known and most influential artists , producers , engineers , and other notable figures who have had some major influence on the development of rock and roll . In 1986 , Cleveland was chosen as the hall of fame ' s permanent home . Since opening in September 1995 , the " Rock Hall "  part of the city ' s redeveloped North Coast Harbor  has hosted more than 10 million visitors and had a cumulative economic impact estimated at more than $ 1 . 8 billion . Yorkshire ( or ; abbreviated Yorks ), formally known as the County of York , is a historic county of Northern England and the largest in the ___MASK26___ . Due to its great size in comparison to other English counties , functions have been undertaken over time by its subdivisions , which have also been subject to periodic reform . Throughout these changes , Yorkshire has continued to be recognised as a geographical territory and cultural region . The name is familiar and well understood across the ___MASK26___ and is in common use in the media and the military , and also features in the titles of current areas of civil administration such as North Yorkshire , South Yorkshire , West Yorkshire and East Riding of Yorkshire . Leeds is a city in West Yorkshire , England . Historically in Yorkshire ' s West Riding , the history of Leeds can be traced to the 5th century when the name referred to a wooded area of the Kingdom of Elmet . The name has been applied to many administrative entities over the centuries . It changed from being the appellation of a small manorial borough in the 13th century , through several incarnations , to being the name attached to the present metropolitan borough . In the 17th and 18th centuries Leeds became a ___MASK52___ centre for the production and trading of wool . David Knopfler ( born 27 December 1952 ) is a British ___MASK83___ , pianist , record producer and singer - songwriter . He is also a poet and book writer . England is a country that is part of the ___MASK26___ . It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west . The Irish Sea lies northwest of England and the Celtic Sea lies to the southwest . England is separated from continental Europe by the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south . The country covers five - eighths of the island of Great Britain ( which lies in the North Atlantic ) in its centre and south ; and includes over 100 smaller islands such as the Isles of Scilly , and the Isle of Wight . Eric Patrick Clapton , ( born 1945 ), is an English rock and blues ___MASK83___ , singer , and songwriter . He is the only three - time inductee to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame : once as a solo artist and separately as a member of the Yardbirds and Cream . Clapton has been referred to as one of the most important and influential guitarists of all time . Clapton ranked second in " Rolling Stone " magazine ' s list of the " 100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time " and fourth in Gibson ' s " Top 50 Guitarists of All Time ". He was also named number five in " Time " magazine ' s list of " The 10 Best Electric Guitar Players " in 2009 . Manfred Mann were an English rock ___MASK33___ of the 1960s , named after ___MASK70___ , Manfred Mann , who later led the successful 1970s group Manfred Mann ' s Earth Band . The group had two different lead vocalists during their success , Paul Jones from 1962 to 1966 , and Mike d ' Abo from 1966 to 1969 . Dire Straits were a British rock ___MASK33___ that formed in Deptford , London , in 1977 by Mark Knopfler ( lead vocals and lead guitar ), his younger brother David Knopfler ( rhythm guitar and backing vocals ), John Illsley ( bass guitar and backing vocals ), and Pick Withers ( drums and percussion ). Dire Straits ' sound drew from a variety of musical influences , including jazz , folk , and blues , and came closest to beat music within the context of rock and roll . Despite the prominence of punk rock during the ___MASK33___ ' s early years , their stripped - down sound contrasted with punk , demonstrating a more " rootsy " influence that emerged from pub rock . Many of Dire Straits ' compositions were melancholic . The Manfreds are a British pop group , formed in 1991 as a reunion of former members of the 1960s pop group Manfred Mann , however without their eponymous ___MASK5___ Manfred Mann . Brendan Croker ( born 15 August 1953 in Bradford , Yorkshire ) is a ___MASK76___ from Leeds who has recorded albums under his own name and with occasional backing band ; The Five O ' Clock Shadows . He was also a ___MASK28___ of The Notting Hillbillies . During the late 1980s he was an auxiliary ___MASK28___ of The Mekons and a full - time ___MASK28___ of Sally Timms and the Drifting Cowgirls . Michael John " Mike " Hugg ( born 11 August 1942 ) is a ___MASK76___ ( drums , vibraphone , vocals , keyboards , songwriter ) who achieved fame as a founding ___MASK28___ of the 1960s group Manfred Mann . Michael David " Mike " d ' Abo ( born 1 March 1944 ) is an English ___MASK15___ and songwriter , best known as the former ___MASK94___ of Manfred Mann and as the composer of the popular song " Handbags and Gladrags ". Sally Timms ( born 29 November 1959 ) is an English ___MASK15___ and songwriter . Timms is best known for her long involvement with The Mekons whom she joined in 1985 . Sir Roderick David " Rod " Stewart , ( born 10 January 1945 ) is a British rock ___MASK15___ and songwriter . Born and raised in London , he is of Scottish and English ancestry . Stewart is one of the best - selling music artists of all time , having sold over 100 million records worldwide . He has had six consecutive number one albums in the UK and his tally of 62 UK hit singles includes 31 that reached the top ten , six of which gained the # 1 position . Stewart has had 16 top ten singles in the US , with four reaching # 1 on the " Billboard " Hot 100 . He was knighted in the 2016 Birthday Honours for services to music and charity . A shire is a traditional term for a division of land , found in the ___MASK26___ and Australia . It was first used in Wessex from the beginning of Anglo - Saxon settlement , and spread to most of the rest of England in the tenth century . Manfred Mann ' s Earth ___MASK33___ are an English rock ___MASK33___ formed by South African ___MASK76___ Manfred Mann . The ___MASK33___ ' s hits include covers of Bruce Springsteen ' s " For You "," Blinded by the Light " and " Spirit In The Night ". After forming in 1971 and despite a short hiatus in the late 1980s / early 1990s , the Earth ___MASK33___ has continued to perform and tour through the present . York is a historic walled city at the confluence of the rivers Ouse and Foss in North Yorkshire , England . The municipality is the traditional county town of Yorkshire to which it gives its name . The city has a rich heritage and has provided the backdrop to ___MASK52___ political events in England throughout much of its two millennia of existence . The city offers a wealth of historic attractions , of which York Minster is the most prominent , and a variety of cultural and sporting activities making it a popular tourist destination for millions . A film score ( also sometimes called background score , background music , movie soundtrack , film music or incidental music ) is original music written specifically to accompany a film . The score forms part of the film ' s soundtrack , which also usually includes dialogue and sound effects , and comprises a number of orchestral , instrumental , or choral pieces called cues , which are timed to begin and end at specific points during the film in order to enhance the dramatic narrative and the emotional impact of the scene in question . Scores are written by one or more composers , under the guidance of , or in collaboration with , the film ' s ___MASK73___ or ___MASK10___ and are then usually performed by an ensemble of musicians  most often comprising an orchestra or band , instrumental soloists , and choir or vocalists  and recorded by a sound engineer . The Notting Hillbillies was a country rock project formed by British ___MASK15___ - songwriter Mark Knopfler in May 1986 . The group consisted of Knopfler ( guitar and vocals ), Steve Phillips ( guitar and vocals ), Brendan Croker ( guitar and vocals ), Guy Fletcher ( keyboards and vocals ), Paul Franklin ( pedal steel ), Marcus Cliffe ( bass ), and Ed Bicknell ( drums ). They gave their first performance at a small club in Leeds , and followed up with a tour . Mark Freuder Knopfler , ( born 12 August 1949 ) is a Scottish ___MASK15___ , songwriter , ___MASK83___ , record producer and film score composer . He is best known as the lead ___MASK83___ , lead ___MASK15___ and songwriter for the rock band Dire Straits , which he co - founded with his younger brother , David Knopfler , in 1977 . The ___MASK26___ of Great Britain and Northern Ireland , commonly known as the ___MASK26___ ( UK ) or Britain , is a ___MASK29___ country in western Europe . Lying off the north - western coast of the European mainland , it includes the island of Great Britain ( the name of which is also loosely applied to the whole country ), the north - eastern part of the island of Ireland , and many smaller islands . Northern Ireland is the only part of the UK that shares a land border with another ___MASK29___ statethe Republic of Ireland . Apart from this land border , the UK is surrounded by the Atlantic Ocean , with the North Sea to its east , the English Channel to its south and the Celtic Sea to its south - south - west , giving it the 12th - longest coastline in the world . The Irish Sea lies between Great Britain and Ireland . With an area of , the UK is the 78th - largest ___MASK29___ state in the world and the 11th - largest in Europe . It is also the 21st - most populous country , with an estimated 65 . 1 million inhabitants . Together , this makes it the fourth most densely populated country in the European Union .