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1941 – 2026David Clayton-ThomasDavid Clayton-Thomas (born David Henry Thomsett, 13 September 1941, Surrey, England — died 25 June 2026, Toronto, Canada) was the Canadian singer and songwriter who fronted Blood, Sweat & Tears at the peak of their fame, lending his husky, soulful tenor to some of the most distinctive recordings of the late 1960s. He wrote 'Spinning Wheel,' one of three BS&T songs to reach No.2 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1969. The band's self-titled 1968 album won the Grammy for Album of the Year — beating the Beatles' Abbey Road. He was inducted into the Canadian Music Hall of Fame. His story — from English-born juvenile delinquent who found a guitar in a jail cell to rock superstar to lifelong working musician — is one of the more remarkable in Canadian music history.
1941David Clayton-Thomas born in Surrey, England — wartimeDavid Henry Thomsett is born on 13 September 1941 in Surrey (Kingston upon Thames), England, at the height of World War II. His father is a Canadian soldier; his mother an English music student who met his father while entertaining troops. The wartime circumstance of his birth — England under the Blitz, a Canadian soldier, a musical mother — sets up the transatlantic identity that will define his career. He will spend his life between Canada and America, never quite belonging entirely to either.