Roy Wood
Sign in to saveEnglish rock musician (born 1946)
Person · Open Library
- 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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Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- United Kingdom
- Active from
- 1946-11-08
art rockglam rockjazz fusionpoppop rockprogressive rock
Discography
- Forever / Music to Commit Suicide By1973
- Boulders1973
- Goin’ Down the Road (a Scottish reggae song) / The Premium Bond Theme1974
- Oh What a Shame / Bengal Jig1975
- Mustard1975
- On the Road Again1979
- O.T.T. / Mystery Song1982
- Starting Up1986
- Main Street2000
- I Wish It Could Be a Wombling Merry Christmas Every Day2000
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 49,507
- Total plays
- 315,927
Tags
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
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
- Genre
- art rock
- Instrument
- guitar
- Record label
- Warner Music Group
- Official website
- www.roywood.co.uk
- Image
- Roy Wood TopPop.png
- Voice type
- bass
Show 4 more facts
- date of birth
- 1946-11-08
- start of work period
- 1964-00-00
- Commons category
- Roy Wood
- member of
- Wizzard
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