Rob Thomas
He was born in Landstuhl.
Rob Thomas

David Shankbone · flickr · CC BY 2.0
- Born
- 1972 · Landstuhl.
- Nationality
- United States
- Occupation
- singer-songwriter · screenwriter · singer · composer · musician
- Fields
- rock music · alternative rock · post-bop
- Education
- Lake Brantley High School · Grover Cleveland High School
- Honours
- Grammy Award for Song of the Year · Grammy Award for Record of the Year · Grammy Award for Best Pop Collaboration with Vocals
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Thomas worked across singer-songwriter, screenwriter, singer, composer and musician. The registers place that work in rock music, alternative rock and post-bop. This article rests on 82 catalogued compositions, 36 published texts, 48 issued recordings, 1 digitised documents and 1 scholarly references drawn from named institutional registers. Every statement below returns to a source shown in the evidence panel; where the record is silent or divided, the article says so instead of resolving it.
Rob Thomas studied at Lake Brantley High School and Grover Cleveland High School. Subjects and genres recorded for the work are rock music, alternative rock and post-bop. Distinctions recorded are Grammy Award for Song of the Year, Grammy Award for Record of the Year and Grammy Award for Best Pop Collaboration with Vocals.
Rob Thomas is recorded with the occupation singer-songwriter. Recorded with the occupation screenwriter. Recorded with the occupation composer. Classed in the genre alternative rock. Recorded with the occupation musician. Recorded as singer-songwriter, screenwriter, singer, composer and musician.

Rob Thomas in concert September 30, 2009
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Life and career
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Life and career
Explore 1972–2023
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1972
Rob Thomas born at Landstuhl.
1999
Receives Grammy Award for Song of the Year.
1999
Receives Grammy Award for Record of the Year.
1999
Receives Grammy Award for Best Pop Collaboration with Vocals.
1999
Smooth is dated 1999.
2005
Rob Thomas - Something to Be is dated 2005.
2023
Santana X Rob Thomas: Smooth ( MKSC Soundfont) (2023) is digitised and catalogued by Internet Archive.
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The circumstances in which Rob Thomas stands. Established in Bibliothèque nationale de France under 14032685p. Established in Library of Congress under n99003760. Established in Discogs under 129218. Recorded as having received Grammy Award for Song of the Year, Grammy Award for Record of the Year and Grammy Award for Best Pop Collaboration with Vocals. Within the Encyclopedia. Connected to 2 other published records in the VALÉORINE Encyclopedia.
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