Robert Kirby
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Person · Open Library
- Works
- 23
Top works
- Avro Manchester
- Dancing Dragon or Headless Chicken
- Brigham's Bees
- Making better civic places
- Los chicos de la acera de enfrente/ Curbside Boys
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 17
- Total plays
- 31
Robert Kirby (16 April 1948 - 3 October 2009) was a British born arranger of string sections for rock and folk music. He is best known for his work on the Nick Drake albums, Five Leaves Left and Bryter Layter, but has also worked with Elton John, Ralph McTell, Strawbs, Paul Weller and Elvis Costello. <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Robert+Kirby">Read more on Last.fm</a>
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Robert
- Family name
- Kirby
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom
- Place of birth
- Bishop's Stortford
- Occupation
- composer
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Genre
- folk rock
- Instrument
- keyboard instrument
- Record label
- A&M Records
- Image
- Robert Kirby, music arranger, at a reunion weekend in 2007.jpg
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- date of birth
- 1948-04-16
- date of death
- 2009-10-03
- start of work period
- 2009-00-00
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