Bobby Kimball

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Bobby Kimball in December 2013

Robert "Bobby" Troy Kimball (born March 29, 1947 in Vinton , Calcasieu Parish , Louisiana ) is a singer and founding member of the US rock band Toto . He won six Grammys .

biography

In 1984 Kimball got out of the band Toto at the musical peak after giving his distinctive voice to four Toto albums. Immediately afterwards he founded the Far Corporation project in Germany together with Steve Lukather , Dieter Petereit , David Paich, Pit Löw, Harry Beierl, Mel Collins , Curt Cress , Simon Phillips and others. He then sang for numerous solo artists such as Leslie Mandoki and Al Jarreau , Frank Farian , Barbra Streisand , Richard Marx and Diana Ross .

Bobby Kimball lived in Germany for five years, mostly in and around Frankfurt am Main , his grandfather's hometown. Here he worked, among other things, with the Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra, whose collaboration resulted in a record with newly arranged Toto songs.

In 1994 Kimball released his first solo album Rise Up , with Marcus Deml as a guitarist. "All I Ever Needed" followed five years later, which he recorded with numerous guest musicians in San Francisco . In the same year, after 15 years of absence and overcoming his cocaine addiction , he returned to the recordings of Mindfields to Toto, after he had been on a promotional tour for Toto's album Toto XX the year before (1998) . In 2002 the Toto album Through The Looking Glass followed .

Steve Lukather once commented on rumors that Bobby Kimball's real name was Robert Toteaux and contributed to the name of the band Toto : " No, that's a joke, that's a wank. Someone's pulling on your willie on that one. I remember years ago , making jokes about it, but it was never a legitimate explanation. "- Bobby Kimball's real name is Robert Troy Kimball and thus has nothing to do with the band's name.

In 2010 Kimball founded the band Yoso , which consists of members of the band Circa: which in turn is an offshoot of the band Yes . The band finally broke up in the summer of 2011. With Jimi Jamison , the singer of Survivor , he released the album Kimball Jamison with duets , which was released in October 2011 . In 2011 Kimball also supported the "Christmas Allstars" charity project in Rheine with his performance, where he interpreted pop Christmas songs. In 2012 he toured, including in November and December in South America. On the album Acoustic Fever by former Scorpions drummer Herman Rarebell , Kimball is a guest singer on the song Rock You Like a Hurricane .

Discography

Bobby Kimball

  • 1993: Tribute to Ray Charles (50th Anniversary) with The hr Big Band
  • 1994: Rise Up
  • 1995: Classic Toto Hits (cover album) & Classical Rock Orchestra
  • 1997: Tribute to Toto (cover album) with Frankfurt Rock Orchestra
  • 1999: All I Ever Needed
  • 2008: The Heaven of Milano with Maria Dangell
  • 2009: Back in Spades (re-release of All I Ever Needed + two new songs as bonus tracks)
  • 2011: Kimball Jamison with Jimi Jamison
  • 2016: We're Not in Kansas Anymore

Toto

  • 1978: Toto
  • 1979: Hydra
  • 1981: Turn Back
  • 1982: Toto IV
  • 1984: Isolation (backing vocals only)
  • 1990: Past to Present 1977–1990
  • 1996: Best Ballads
  • 1998: Toto XX (1977–1997)
  • 1999: Mindfields
  • 1999: Livefields (live)
  • 2002: Through the Looking Glass (cover album)
  • 2003: 25th Anniversary - Live in Amsterdam (live)
  • 2004: The Essential
  • 2004: In Concert 2004 (released 2012)
  • 2006: Falling in Between
  • 2007: Falling in Between Live
  • 2007: All Us Boys - The Early Live Years (DVD)

Toto singles

Far Corporation

  • 1985: Division One
  • 1994: Solitude

Far Corporation Singles

  • 1985: Stairway to Heaven
  • 1986: You Are the Woman
  • 1986: Fire and Water
  • 1987: Sebastian

Soulmates (ManDoki)

  • 1991: Out of the Key ... With the Time
  • 1993: People
  • 1997: People in Room No.8 (recorded as Találkozások in Hungarian)
  • 1997: People in Room No.8
  • 1997: People in Room No.8 - The Jazz Cuts
  • 1998: So Far ... Collected Songs (compilation)
  • 2002: Soulmates
  • 2003: Soulmates Classics
  • 2003: Soulmates Jazz Cuts
  • 2004: Soulmates Legends of Rock
  • 2009: watercolors
  • 2010: Thank You
  • 2013: BudaBest

People single

  • 1993: Hold On to Your Dreams

Leslie Mandoki single

  • 1993: Mother Europe

West Coast All Stars

  • 1997: California Dreamin
  • 1998: Naturally

Yoso

  • 2010: Elements

Guest musician lead vocals

  • 1980: Cherie And Marie Currie - Messin 'With The Boys (on I Just Love the Feeling )
  • 1989: Jayne - Ambush In The Night (on Make Believe )
  • 1997: Jason Scheff - Chauncy (on Mah Jongg )
  • 2001: Michelle Young - Marked for Madness (on First Light )
  • 2002: The Pink Floyd Tribute Band - An All Star Lineup Performing The Songs Of Pink Floyd (on Have A Cigar )
  • 2002: Ryo Okumoto - Coming Through (on Slipping Down / Coming Through / Close Enough )
  • 2002: Brian Bromberg - Jaco (on Come O, Come Over )
  • 2003: Various - Love Story - Kazumasa Oda Songbook (on Love Story )
  • 2005: Pat Travers and Carmine Appice - Bazooka (on Last Child )
  • 2007: Frankie Banali And Friends - 24/7/365 The Tribute To Led Zeppelin (on The Immigrant Song )
  • 2008: Joseph Williams - This Fall (on Do 'Ya )
  • 2008: Chris Catena - Discovery (on The Chosen One )
  • 2008: Various - Pink Floyd - The Rock Biographies
  • 2011: Mike Porcaro - Brotherly Love (on Rosanna / English Eyes / Africa / Let's Stay Together )
  • 2012: Nektar - A Spoonful of Time (on Africa )
  • 2012: Jeff Porcaro - Session Works II (on Georgy Porgy / Rosanna )

Guest musician background vocals

  • 1975: Elliott Murphy - Lost Generation
  • 1977: Diana Ross - Baby It's Me (on Your Love Is So Good For Me )
  • 1977: Leo Sayer - Thunder in My Heart (on We Can Start All Over Again )
  • 1978: Steve Harley - Hobo With a Grin (on Roll the Dice and Riding the Waves (For Virginia Woolf) )
  • 1978: Leo Sayer - Leo Sayer (on La Booga Rooga )
  • 1978: Shaun Cassidy - Hard Love ( Single )
  • 1978: Shaun Cassidy - Under Wraps
  • 1978: Bill Champlin - single
  • 1978: Alice Cooper - From the Inside
  • 1979: Evie Sands - Suspended Animation (on Keep My Lovelight Burnin / I Can't Wait for You / Get Up )
  • 1979: Tom Jones - Rescue Me (on Rescue Me / Never Had a Lady Before / Dark Storm on the Horizon )
  • 1979: Barbra Streisand - Wet (on Splish Splash )
  • 1979: Marc Jordan - Blue Desert (on From Nowhere to This Town )
  • 1979: Randy Edelman - You're the One (on Time Changes People )
  • 1979: Lauren Wood - Lauren Wood
  • 1979: Steve Kipner - Knock the Walls Down (on School Of Broken Hearts / War Games )
  • 1980: Chevy Chase - Chevy Chase (on Short People )
  • 1980: Cherie And Marie Currie - Messin 'with the Boys (on Overnight Sensation / Elaine )
  • 1981: John O'Banion - John O'Banion
  • 1981: Steve Cropper - Playin 'My Thang (on Give' Em What They Want / Fly )
  • 1982: John O'Banion - Danger
  • 1983: The Tubes - Outside Inside
  • 1986: Quiet Riot - QR III (on Still Of The Night )
  • 1988: Al Jarreau - Heart's Horizon (on I Must Have Been A Fool )
  • 1989: Richard Marx - Repeat Offender (on Nothin 'You Can Do About It / Real World / If You Don't Want My Love / Wait For The Sunrise )
  • 1989: Michael Thompson Band - How Long
  • 1990: The Real Milli Vanilli - The Moment of Truth - The 2nd Album (on Big Brother )
  • 1994: Farian / Mc Auley - Rikki Don't Lose Tat Number (on Rikki Don't Lose That Number ) ( Single )
  • 1996: Joseph Williams - I Am Alive (on Perfectly Clear / I Am Alive )
  • 1997: Jason Scheff - Chauncy (on Chauncy )
  • 1999: Alice Cooper - The Life and Crimes of Alice Cooper (on How You Gonna See Me Now / Serious )
  • 2001: Glenn Hughes - Building the Machine (on Inside / Don't Let It Slip Away )
  • 2006: Chicago - Chicago XXX (on Caroline )
  • 2008: Jeff Porcaro - Session Works (on I Don't Want You Anymore / Africa )
  • 2008: Joseph Williams - This Fall (on Yeah, Yeah, Yeah (If I Seem to Wander) )
  • 2011: Mike Porcaro - Brotherly Love (on Georgy Porgy / Lowdown )

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ http://www.amazon.de/Herman-Rarebell-Friends-Acoustic-Fever/dp/B00DR1VJD6/ref=sr_1_5?ie=UTF8&qid=1372945650&sr=8-5&keywords=Acoustic+fever

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Commons : Bobby Kimball  - Collection of Images
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SURNAME Kimball, Bobby
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Kimball, Robert Troy
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American musician
DATE OF BIRTH March 29, 1947
PLACE OF BIRTH Vinton , Louisiana