Tony Bird

Person · Open Library

Works

7

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Music · MusicBrainz

Type

Person

Gender

Male

Origin

United States

Active from

1973-07-11

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Listeners

460

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3,634

Tony Bird is a folk rock singer-songwriter who was born and grew up in Nyasaland (now Malawi) in Southern Africa. He is known for his Dylanesque vocals and for his songs which describe life in colonial Nyasaland from a progressive anti-colonial point of view. He recorded two albums in the 70s. His comeback CD Sorry Africa, released in 1990, included the hit song "Mango Time". He toured with Ladysmith Black Mambazo in the 1980s, who recorded his song "Go Willie Go" <a href="https://www.last.fm/m

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Recent publications · Crossref

5 total works indexed

1. Atomically Thin <mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"> <mml:msub> <mml:mi>MoS</mml:mi> <mml:mn>2</mml:mn> </mml:msub> </mml:math> : A New Direct-Gap Semiconductor

   · 2010 · cited 14,595x

2. Global and regional mortality from 235 causes of death for 20 age groups in 1990 and 2010: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2010

   · 2012 · cited 10,801x

3. A comparative risk assessment of burden of disease and injury attributable to 67 risk factors and risk factor clusters in 21 regions, 1990–2010: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2010

   · 2012 · cited 9,263x

4. Global, regional, and national prevalence of overweight and obesity in children and adults during 1980–2013: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2013

   · 2014 · cited 9,234x

5. Effect of potentially modifiable risk factors associated with myocardial infarction in 52 countries (the INTERHEART study): case-control study

   · 2004 · cited 9,130x

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