| LC control no. | n 95091366 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Thomas, Ray, 1941-2018 |
| Variant(s) | Thomas, Ray, 1941- Thomas, Raymond, 1941-2018 |
| See also | Corporate body: Moody Blues (Musical group) |
| Located | Surrey (England) |
| Birth date | 1941-12-29 |
| Death date | 2018-01-04 |
| Place of birth | Stourport-on-Severn (England) |
| Place of death | Surrey (England) |
| Field of activity | Progressive rock music |
| Profession or occupation | Flute players Singers Composers Rock musicians |
| Found in | Hopes, wishes, and dreams, p1976: label (Ray Thomas) OCLC #5732149 (hdg: Thomas, Ray, 1941-) Washington post WWW site, viewed Jan. 8, 2018 (Ray Thomas, a British flutist and singer-songwriter who co-founded the Moody Blues, whose psychedelic mix of synthesizers, guitars and classically-inspired orchestral arrangements helped establish the genre known as progressive rock in the late 1960s, died Jan. 4 [2018] at his home in Surrey, south of London; he was 76; performed in rock and blues bands in the English city of Birmingham before founding the Moody Blues in 1964 with fellow musicians including keyboardist Mike Pinder and guitarist and singer Denny Laine; Raymond Thomas was born in Stourport-on-Severn, near Birmingham, on Dec. 29, 1941; wrote several songs for the Moody Blues, and released two solo albums after the band broke up in 1974; the Moody Blues later reformed, and Mr. Thomas remained a member before leaving in 2002) LC database, Jan. 8, 2018 (access points: Thomas, Ray; Thomas, Ray, 1941- ; Thomas, Ray, 1942- ; usage: Ray Thomas) |
| Associated language | eng |
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