Bobby Freeman
Sign in to saveAlso known as R.B. Freeman, R. B. Freeman, Robert T. Freeman
American singer (1940-2017)
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Within Vinony's link graph, Bobby Freeman is referenced by 120 other articles, and connects out to Billboard Hot 100, Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs and John Lennon.
It is catalogued under topics including 1940 births, 2017 deaths and 20th-century African-American musicians.
Its subject is documented across 13 Wikipedia language editions.
Person · Open Library
- Works
- 14
Top works
- Book of Welsh Bakestone Cookery
- Book of Welsh Soups and Savouries
- Gwent
- Traditional food from Wales
- Welsh Bakestone (Welsh Recipe Booklets)
via Open Library + Wikidata
Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- United States
- Active from
- 1940
- Active to
- 2017
Discography
- Betty Lou Got a New Pair of Shoes / Starlight1958
- Do You Want to Dance1958
- Love Me / Mary Ann Thomas1958
- Shame on You Miss Johnson / Need Your Love1958
- Do You Wanna Dance?1959
- Ebb Tide (The Sea) / Sinbad1959
- My Guardian Angel / Where Did My Baby Go1959
- When You're Smiling / A Love to Last a Lifetime1959
- When You're Smiling / A Love to Last a Lifetime / Mary Ann Thomas / Love Me1959
- First Day of Spring1960
via MusicBrainz · CC0
Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 63,618
- Total plays
- 230,239
Tags
Bobby Freeman (Robert Thomas Freeman, June 13, 1940 – January 23, 2017) was an American rhythm & blues and soul singer, songwriter and record producer. He is best known for his two Top Ten hits, the first in 1958 on Josie Records called "Do You Want to Dance" and the second in 1964 for Autumn Records, "C'mon and Swim". Freeman was born in Alameda County and raised in San Francisco, California. He attended Mission High School. He started singing in a doo-wop group <a href="https://www.last.fm/mu
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Thomas
- Family name
- Freeman
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- San Francisco
- Place of death
- Daly City
- Occupation
- songwriter
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Genre
- soul
- Instrument
- voice
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- date of birth
- 1940-06-13
- date of death
- 2017-01-23
- start of work period
- 1958-00-00
- birth name
- Robert Thomas Freeman
- name in native language
- Bobby Freeman
- pseudonym
- R.B. Freeman
- copyright representative
- Broadcast Music, Inc.
via Wikidata · CC0
Works in European collections
4 objects attributed to Bobby Freeman, held across European museums, libraries & archives · via Europeana
