Marty Balin, a founder, lead singer and songwriter of the groundbreaking San Francisco psychedelic band Jefferson Airplane and a key member of that band’s 1970s successor, Jefferson Starship ...

The rock band Jefferson Airplane poses in their Pacific Heights, San Francisco, apartment on Dec. 5, 1968. They are, from left: Marty Balin, Grace Slick, Spencer Dryden, Paul Kantner, Jorma Kaukonen ...

Marty Balin, founder of Jefferson Airplane, longtime member of Jefferson Starship, Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee, and Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award recipient, has died at age 76.

When Jefferson Airplane vocalist Marty Balin became tired of the folk and poetry circles common in his native San Francisco, he decided to find a new venue that could foster a new type of music ...

Marty Balin, whose tenor voice provided hits for the '60s psychedelic rock band Jefferson Airplane, has died, his publicist and family said in a statement. Balin was 76.

He then left the group in 1971. Balin would later join Jefferson Starship, a band that included some of the members of Jefferson Airplane, in 1975. Marty Balin and his wife Susan ...

Marty Balin, a co-founder of the legendary rock band Jefferson Airplane whose soulful tenor gave the band its distinctive sound, has died at the age of 76, his representative said on Friday.

Musician Marty Balin of Jefferson Airplane attends The 58th GRAMMY Awards at Staples Center on February 15, 2016 in Los Angeles, California.

Musician Marty Balin of Jefferson Airplane attends The 58th GRAMMY Awards at Staples Center on February 15, 2016 in Los Angeles, California.

Marty Balin, a patron of the 1960s “San Francisco Sound” both as founder and lead singer of the Jefferson Airplane and co-owner of the club where the Airplane and other Bay Area bands ...