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David Clayton-Thomas

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Canadian musician, singer, and songwriter

Person · Open Library

Works
1

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Music · MusicBrainz

Type
Person
Gender
Male
Origin
Germany
Active from
1976
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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners
2,055
Total plays
19,841

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David Clayton-Thomas (born David Henry Thomsett, 13 September, 1941, Kingston upon Thames, Surrey, England, UK) is the son of a decorated Canadian soldier of World War II who met his piano-playing mother when she came to entertain the troops at a London hospital. They were married, and when the war ended, the family moved to Willowdale, Ontario, a suburb of Toronto, when Clayton-Thomas was not yet school-aged. Growing up, he was taught music by his mother but had difficulties in what was a dys

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
human
Given name
David
Gender
male
Citizenship
United States
Place of birth
Kingston upon Thames
Occupation
guitarist
Languages spoken
English language
Field of work
music
Instrument
voice
Image
DavidClayton-ThomasPerforming.jpg
Residence
Toronto
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Commons category
David Clayton-Thomas
date of birth
1941-09-13
start of work period
1968-00-00
birth name
David Henry Thomsett
copyright representative
Broadcast Music, Inc.
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