Robert Troy Kimball was born on March 29,1947 and is an American singer and songwriter best known as the original and longtime frontman of the rock band Toto from 1977 to 1984 and again from 1998 to 2008.
23 Facts About Bobby Kimball
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Bobby Kimball has performed as a solo artist and session singer.
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Bobby Kimball was born in Orange, Texas but raised in nearby Vinton, Louisiana.
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Bobby Kimball's parents were extremely supportive of his hobby of performing music and his musical talents; and devoted much interest in his opportunity to become a professional musician as full-time career by adulthood.
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Bobby Kimball graduated from McNeese State University in Lake Charles, Louisiana in 1969.
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In 1974, Bobby Kimball moved from Louisiana to Los Angeles, California to pursue a full-time music career.
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In 1976, David Paich and Jeff Porcaro asked Bobby Kimball to join them with three other session musicians, who would eventually form Toto.
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Bobby Kimball submitted a self-penned audition song for the band: "You Are the Flower", which he had written for his daughter and was later included on Toto's debut album.
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Bobby Kimball performed on the first four studio albums by Toto.
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Bobby Kimball was asked to leave the band in 1984 during the sessions for the Isolation album.
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Bobby Kimball continued to work as a session artist, singing background vocals with a trio composed of Michael McDonald from The Doobie Brothers and Bill Champlin of Chicago.
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Bobby Kimball recorded the album with the Frankfurt Rock Orchestra.
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In 1994, Bobby Kimball released his first solo album Rise Up, featuring the single "Woodstock".
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In 1999, Bobby Kimball released his second solo album All I Ever Needed, with the single "Kristine".
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Bobby Kimball was involved in the Pink Floyd tribute album, Pigs and Pyramids, An All Star Lineup Performing the Songs of Pink Floyd, released in 2002.
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Bobby Kimball's contribution "Have a Cigar" appeared on another Pink Floyd tribute album that year, Pink Box: Songs of Pink Floyd.
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On May 16,2010, at the LMHOF Louisiana Music Homecoming in Erwinville, Louisiana, Bobby Kimball was inducted into The Louisiana Music Hall of Fame.
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Bobby Kimball recorded a progressive rock album in 2010 entitled Elements under the band name Yoso with former Yes members Tony Kaye and Billy Sherwood.
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In July 2011, Bobby Kimball toured Ireland with an emerging Irish band, Shadowplay.
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In March 2013, Bobby Kimball was a special guest vocalist with the Raiding the Rock Vault classic rock tribute show in Las Vegas, Nevada.
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In May 2014, in Genoa, at the FIM - Fiera Internazionale della Musica, Bobby Kimball obtained from the director of the event Verdiano Vera, the FIM Award 2014 - Legend of Rock - Best Voice.
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In late 2016, Bobby released a solo album, We're Not In Kansas Anymore, and the same year, music website No Echo featured Kimball on their "Best Male AOR Singers" list.
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In November 2019, German media reported that Bobby Kimball suffers from dementia.