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English rock musician (born 1946)

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Born
1880
Works
21

Top works

  • Essays in critical realism
  • The principles, perspectives, and problems of philosophy
  • Lending a hand to Hylas.
  • Religion coming of age
  • Principles of emergent realism

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49,507
Total plays
315,927

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classic rockpsychedelicglam rocksinger-songwriter70s

Roy Adrian Wood (sometimes erroneously thought to be born as Ulysses Adrian Wood, from an offhand interview comment in the 1960s) (born 8 November 1946 in Birmingham, United Kingdon), is a songwriter, guitarist and multi-instrumentalist. He was particularly successful in the 1960s and 1970s as member and co-founder of the bands The Move, Electric Light Orchestra and Wizzard. As a songwriter, he contributed a huge number of hits to the repertoire of these groups. <a href="https://www.last.fm/mus

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
human
Given name
Roy
Family name
Wood
Gender
male
Citizenship
United Kingdom
Occupation
painter
Languages spoken
English language
Native language
English language
Instrument
guitar
Record label
Warner Music Group
Official website
www.roywood.co.uk
Image
Roy Wood TopPop.png
Voice type
bass
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date of birth
1946-11-08
start of work period
1964-00-00
Commons category
Roy Wood
member of
Wizzard
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