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| rdfs:label | - Richard Thompson (musician)
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| rdfs:comment | - Thompson was born in the late middle ages, not long after World War II. Little is known about his father Thomp. Thompson's first years as a professional musician was spent playing with the nuns at the Fairport Convent. There he wrote his first classic song, "A sailor's life", inspired by an earlier job. This was later famously covered by Rod Stewart. Other important tunes from this period include "Peter Gabriel's Hall" and "Meet me in Leeds."
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| abstract | - Thompson was born in the late middle ages, not long after World War II. Little is known about his father Thomp. Thompson's first years as a professional musician was spent playing with the nuns at the Fairport Convent. There he wrote his first classic song, "A sailor's life", inspired by an earlier job. This was later famously covered by Rod Stewart. Other important tunes from this period include "Peter Gabriel's Hall" and "Meet me in Leeds." His first solo album is rumoured to be the best selling record of all time issued on the Hannibal the Cannibal label. It topped the lists everywhere - at least in Muppet Land. This was probably due to the cover picture of Thompson posing as Kermit the Frog. Highlights include "A frog's wedding" and "Roll over Vaughan Williams, Rock'n'Roll is here to stay". Thompson's first record with singer Linda Thompson (no relation) included such light-hearted tunes as "Where the drunkards rock'n'roll" (an inspiration for the Pogues) and "There's gold at the end of the rainbow" (an inspiration for nearly all other musicians). Other jaunty songs and albums followed until they decided to shoot out their collaborative lights in 1982 with "The Walk of Life". A number of songs and albums followed throughout the 80's and 90's. Highlights include the anti-witch song "When the spell is broken", "I have a dream" (From the Amnesty album), "Mr. Burns supper" and "The Words of Barney", the latter two written in the 1990's while smitten by Springfield yellow fever. Other recent projects includes leading roles in the movies "Sweet Balker dogg dogg" and "Grizzly man", in the latter presumably portraying a male grizzly.
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