10 Facts About Tom Springfield

Tom Springfield was the older brother of singer Dusty Springfield, with whom he performed in the Springfields.

Tom Springfield wrote several hit songs for the Springfields and later for the Seekers, whose records he produced.

Tom Springfield attended the Royal Grammar School in High Wycombe from 1944 to 1950.

One of these songs was a Russian folksong from 1883 called Stenka Razin; twelve years later Tom Springfield used its melody as the basis of his hit song "The Carnival is Over".

Tom Springfield was a talented pianist, and occasionally played jazz in the NAAFI with Tony Cash on clarinet, and Malcolm Brown on guitar.

Tom Springfield was a founder member of vocal group the Pedini Brothers, active from 1952 to 1955.

Tom Springfield composed the theme to the popular BBC TV series The Troubleshooters, and the theme to the comedy series George and the Dragon.

Tom Springfield released two solo albums in the late 1960s, Sun Songs and Love's Philosophy ; these were re-released on CD in 2005.

Tom Springfield formally changed his name by deed poll from Dionysius Patrick O'Brien to Tom Springfield in 1977.

Tom Springfield lived in the United States for a period, and resided in Chelsea, London, up until his death on 27 July 2022, at the age of 88.