1. Timothy Alan Patrick Rose was an American singer and songwriter who spent much of his life in London, England, and had more success in Europe than in his native country.
25 Facts About Tim Rose
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Tim Rose learned to play the banjo and guitar, and won the top music award in high school.
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Tim Rose graduated from Gonzaga College Prep School, a noted Jesuit institution in DC, class of 1958.
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In 1962, Rose teamed up with ex-Smoothie Michael Boran as Michael and Timothy.
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In 1962 Tim Rose met singer Cass Elliot at a party in Georgetown and formed a folk trio with her and singer John Brown called The Triumvirate.
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Tim Rose's melody was then used for Shocking Blue's 1969 hit "Venus".
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CBS Records signed Rose to a multi-album record deal; the first album, Tim Rose, came out in 1967.
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Tim Rose played on numerous recording sessions, including backing up, with William Lewis Wexler, Eric Weissberg.
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Tim Rose's version, unlike the others, was a slow, angry ballad, which received US radio airplay and became a regional hit in the San Francisco area in 1966, as well as upstate New York cities like Buffalo and Albany.
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Tim Rose heard Fred Neil's version, then recorded the song with a harder, rock feel and improperly added his name to the song-writing credit.
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Tim Rose took advantage of a legal loophole to trick Dobson out of the full credit.
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In 1968, while his song "Roanoke" was getting some airplay in the UK, Tim Rose was considered while replacements were being selected for Brian Jones's place in The Rolling Stones.
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Tim Rose appeared on bills with Traffic, The Staple Singers, Stevie Wonder, Simon and Garfunkel, The Doors, Uriah Heep, Johnny Mathis, Frank Zappa, Jimi Hendrix, Jeff Beck, Rod Stewart, Procol Harum, the Grateful Dead, Jimmy Page, Robert Plant, The Band of Joy, and Tim Hardin.
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Tim Rose recorded The Gambler in 1977, with a group that included guitarist Andy Summers, only to find that the record company refused to release it.
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Tim Rose returned to New York for a number of years, living in Hell's Kitchen on Restaurant Row, and then much later Lincoln Square near Central Park.
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Tim Rose sang on many jingles, including Big Red gum and Wrangler Jeans, and voiced ads for the Big Apple Circus.
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Tim Rose graduated in 1984 from Fordham University at Lincoln Center in Manhattan, with a degree in history.
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Tim Rose became a Wall Street stockbroker and a teacher, got married, and eventually divorced.
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Tim Rose continued writing and performing at select venues, such as The Bitter End.
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Cave went on to assist Tim Rose in recovering his career, and encouraged him to play live shows again.
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Tim Rose went on to perform at the Royal Albert Hall opening for Cave, and at the Shepherds Bush Empire and Queen Elizabeth Hall in London with co-writer and guitarist Mickey Wynne.
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Tim Rose appeared on the BBC Television show Later with Jools Holland, and performed with Robert Plant's folk-rock band, Priory of Brion.
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In 2002, Tim Rose had completed a successful tour of Ireland with co-writer and guitarist Mickey Wynne and had a number of gigs planned around the UK.
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Tim Rose died at Middlesex Hospital, London of a heart attack during a second operation for a lower bowel problem on September 24,2002, at the age of 62.
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Tim Rose was the subject of BBC programme Heir Hunters in November 2011, where investigators look for descendants of deceased people who did not leave a will.