List of Yamaha CS-80 users

This is a list of notable users of Yamaha CS-80 analog polyphonic synthesizer introduced in 1976, in alphabetical order of family name or group.
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* ABBA- Benny Anderson used a Yamaha CS80 from 1979, most notably in Lay All Your Love on Me (1980).
*After the Fire Peter Banks - not to be confused with Peter Banks the guitarist of Yes - he explains the versatility of the CS-80 in a YouTube video
*Tori Amos
*Tony Banks (Genesis)
*Barclay James Harvest, guest keyboardist Kevin McAlea played the CS80 on the album Eyes of the Universe
*BT
*Kate Bush
*Electric Light Orchestra, on the 1979 album Discovery, Xanadu and Time
*Ken Freeman on Jeff Wayne's Musical Version of The War of the Worlds
*Peter Gabriel in his solo career.
*Peter Howell Used a CS-80 on his version of the Doctor Who theme music for the "Sting" sound at the end and also the bassline of the track
*Jean Michel Jarre
*Eddie Jobson
*Jesper Kyd
*Michael Jackson Played a CS-80 himself on the track Billie Jean
*Nero
*Paul McCartney/Wings
*Klaus Schulze
*Kraftwerk
*Cat Stevens (Yusuf Islam), in Izitso
*Toto, notably "Africa" and "Rosanna" on Toto IV (the glissando effect is heard on the keyboard solo for "Rosanna" and is also seen in the music video)
*Ultravox
*Steve Winwood
*Stevie Wonder
 
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