David Clayton-Thomas is a Grammy Award-winning Canadian musician, singer and songwriter, best known as the lead vocalist for the American band Blood, Sweat & Tears. Clayton-Thomas has been inducted into the Canadian Music Hall of Fame and in 2007 his jazz/rock composition ?Spinning Wheel" was enshrined in the Canadian Songwriter's Hall Of Fame. In 2010 David received his star on Canada's Walk Of Fame. David began his music career in the early ?60s, working the clubs on Toronto?s Yonge Street, where he discovered his love of singing and playing the blues. Before moving to New York City in 1967, David fronted a couple of local bands, first The Shays and then The Bossmen, one of the earliest rock bands with significant jazz influences. But the real success came only a few difficult years later when he joined Blood, Sweat & Tears. David's first album with the band, Blood, Sweat & Tears ? despite the self-titled name, actually the band's second album ? sold ten million copies worldwide. The record topped the Billboard album chart for seven weeks, and charted for a staggering 109 weeks. 

September 13th, 1941 in Kingston upon Thames (Age 82)