Leon Redbone
Sign in to savemusician, songwriter, arranger, producer (1949-2019)
Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Group
- Origin
- United States
- Active from
- 1968
album rockam popamericanblues-rockcontemporary pop/rockfunk rock
Discography
- Redbone1970
- Potlatch1970
- Message From a Drum1971
- Already Here1972
- Wovoka1973
- Woman From Tokyo1973
- Beaded Dreams Through Turquoise Eyes1974
- Soliloquy In Red1975
- Cycles1977
- One World2005
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 96,184
- Total plays
- 838,297
Tags
jazzbluesragtimeRetroold school
Leon Redbone (born Dickran Gobalian on 26 August 1949; died 30 May 2019) was a Cyprus-born (of Armenian ancestry) Canadian-American songwriter, singer, guitarist, actor, and voice actor specializing in jazz, blues, and Tin Pan Alley classics. Recognized by his Panama hat, dark sunglasses, and black tie, he first appeared on stage in Toronto, Canada, in the early 1970s. As well as music, he also appeared on film and television in acting and voice-over roles. <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Le
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Leon
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Canada
- Place of birth
- Nicosia
- Place of death
- New Hope
- Occupation
- songwriter
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Genre
- blues
- Instrument
- voice
- Record label
- Rhino
- Official website
- leonredbone.com
- Image
- Leon Redbone in Toronto.jpg
- Work location
- Toronto
Show 12 more facts
- start of work period
- 1975-00-00
- date of birth
- 1949-08-26
- ethnic group
- Armenian Americans
- date of death
- 2019-05-30
- described at URL
- www.nytimes.com/2019/05/30/obituaries/leon-redbone-dead.html
- birth name
- Dickran Gobalian
- pseudonym
- Leon Redbone
- manner of death
- natural causes
- cause of death
- dementia
- end of work period
- 2016-00-00
- Commons category
- Leon Redbone
- number of viewers/listeners
- 2037491
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