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Also known as Thomas Giles "Tom" Robinson, Thomas Giles Robinson

British musician

Person · Open Library

Born
1964
Works
25

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Music · MusicBrainz

Type
Person
Gender
Male
Origin
United Kingdom
Active from
1950-06-01
classic pop and rockhard rocknew wavepop rockpunk

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners
30,764
Total plays
229,810

Tags

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Tom Robinson (b. 1st June 1950) is an English musician. Born in Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England, Robinson was the founding member of the Tom Robinson Band, an overtly political band with several hits in the 1970s, such as "2-4-6-8 Motorway" and "Power in the Darkness". Robinson's other best known song is "Glad to be Gay", and he was an outspoken hero of the gay movement in the 1970s. In the 1980s he fronted Sector 27, another highly political rock band, which released one album and left Ro

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
human
Given name
Tom
Family name
Robinson
Gender
male
Citizenship
United Kingdom
Place of birth
Cambridge
Occupation
guitarist
Languages spoken
English language
Instrument
bass
Record label
EMI
Official website
www.tomrobinson.com
Image
Tom Robinson London Pride 2019 (cropped2).jpg
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date of birth
1950-06-01
Commons category
Tom Robinson
start of work period
1975-00-00
social media followers
64003
name in native language
Tom Robinson
copyright representative
PRS for Music
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