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Jo Callis

English musician, songwriter
Person human Q6204172

Facts

20 properties
Instance of
human
Sex or gender
male[10]
Date of birth
May 2, 1951
Place of birth
Rotherham
Country of citizenship
United Kingdom[5]
Occupation
guitarist, songwriter
Educated at
Edinburgh College of Art[6]
Genre
new wave[11]
Languages spoken, written or signed
English[16]
Birth name
John William Callis[17]
Copyright representative
PRS for Music[20]
Copyright status as a creator
works protected by copyrights[21]
Family name
Callis[12]
Given name
John William[13]
Imported from
wholeness_audit_2026-05-02
Instrument
guitar[15]
Member of
The Rezillos, Boots for Dancing, The Human League[7][8][9]
Name in native language
Jo Callis[18]
Pseudonym
Luke Warm[14]
Start of work period
1977[19]
🏷️ Also known as
en Jo Callis en John Callis en John William Callis en John William "Jo" Callis en Luke Warm he ג'ו קאליס
🔖 Identifiers · 15
ISNI
0000000372621845
VIAF cluster ID
196149196627674792745
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
Jo Callis.jpg ↗
AllMusic artist ID
mn0001504224, mn0000331704
Discogs artist ID
466318
Europeana entity
agent/base/86201
Freebase ID
/m/01w66z4
IPI name number
00046720683, 00046720781
Internet Broadway Database person ID
506356
KANTO ID
000186844
MusicBrainz artist ID
d45e5fba-2475-4c2a-ad8a-085a53b83f87
Muziekweb performer ID
M00000132609
Show all 15 identifiers +3
Rate Your Music artist ID
jo-callis, jo_callis
SecondHandSongs artist ID
12787
WorldCat Entities ID
E39PBJhRPd84kbW6r7CWyYHXBP

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🔗 Connections
Mb:composer 8
Don't You Want Me, Don't You Want Me, Open Your Heart, Open Your Heart, Louise, Louise, The Lebanon, The Lebanon
Mb:writer 8
(Keep Feeling) Fascination, (Keep Feeling) Fascination, Mirror Man, Mirror Man, Heart Like a Wheel, Heart Like a Wheel, Loving You, Loving You
Mb:member of band 2
The Human League, The Rezillos
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Summary

Born in Rotherham[1], he… he was born on May 2, 1951[2]. He worked as a guitarist[3] and songwriter[4].

Product Details

The following facts are restated verbatim from public-domain and CC0 open-data sources — every line is independently verifiable against the named source's catalog.

MusicBrainz — CC0 open music encyclopedia

  • Type: Person[22]

  • Country: GB[23]

  • Began / founded: 1951-05-02[24]

  • MusicBrainz ID: d45e5fba-2475-4c2a-ad8a-085a53b83f87[25]

FAQs

Where was Jo Callis born?

Born in Rotherham[1].

What did Jo Callis do for work?

Jo Callis worked as guitarist[3] and songwriter[4].

Where did Jo Callis go to school?

Jo Callis was educated at Edinburgh College of Art[6].

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [1] ↑ . bbc.co.uk. bbc.co.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [7] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [8] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [9] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [2] ↑ . Discogs. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [20] ↑ . ISWC Network. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  21. [21] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.

Product details (FDA / USDA / NHTSA public-domain catalog data)

  1. [22] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [23] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  3. [24] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  4. [25] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

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