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Tom Kelly

American musician, songwriter
Person human Q7816428

Facts

16 properties
Instance of
human
Sex or gender
male[10]
Date of birth
April 16, 1949
Country of citizenship
United States[7]
Occupation
songwriter, composer, singer, musician, librettist
Educated at
West Lafayette Junior-Senior High School[8]
Genre
rock music[11]
Languages spoken, written or signed
English[15]
Copyright representative
PRS for Music[20]
Copyright status as a creator
works protected by copyrights[21]
Different from
Tom Kelly, "Shotgun" Tom Kelly[18][19]
Family name
Kelly[12]
Given name
Thomas, F.[13][14]
Member of
i-Ten[9]
Name in native language
Thomas F. Kelly, Tom Kelly[16][17]
P14750
F9CC-3289-B32C-CF9B-6C70[22]
🏷️ Also known as
en Thomas F. Kelly en Thomas F. "Tom" Kelly en T.Kelly en Tom Kelly ar توم كيلي cs Thomas Kelly fa تام کلی he טום קלי ja トム・ケリー (ミュージシャン) ru Том Келли zh 汤姆·凯利 zh-hant 湯姆·凱利
🔖 Identifiers · 24
ISNI
0000000039612822
VIAF cluster ID
27145971384132330024, 27145971384132330024
Library of Congress authority ID
nb2015017456
GND ID
1137488964
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
Tom Kelly, ASCAP concert, 2011.jpg ↗
AllMusic artist ID
mn0000511943, mn0002364661, mn0002434452, mn0002578016
BBC Things ID
aa4dbc8d-db19-4102-a3fd-4133b7b1548f
Carnegie Hall agent ID
1019192
Discogs artist ID
294812
Film.ru person ID
tom-kelli-1
Freebase ID
/m/05fc82f
IMDb ID
nm1223096
Show all 24 identifiers +12
IPI name number
00009048598, 00128254972
Internet Broadway Database person ID
513239
MusicBrainz artist ID
3ecdd624-0fa0-4dfe-9498-5a4801724d3b
Muziekweb performer ID
M00000027051
NL CR AUT ID
xx0181266
National Library of Israel J9U ID
987012548869905171
National Library of Spain SpMaBN ID (BNE v1.0)
XX5005195
Rate Your Music artist ID
tom_kelly_f1
SecondHandSongs artist ID
3134
Songkick artist ID
3356001
Songwriters Hall of Fame ID
tom-kelly
WhoSampled artist ID
Tom-Kelly

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🔗 Connections
Mb:writer 30
Like a Virgin, Like a Virgin, True Colors, True Colors, Eternal Flame, Eternal Flame, I'll Stand by You, I'll Stand by You +22 more
Mb:composer 6
I Touch Myself, I Touch Myself, Kiss Me Red, Kiss Me Red, Like a Surgeon, Like a Surgeon
Mb:lyricist 4
I Touch Myself, I Touch Myself, Kiss Me Red, Kiss Me Red
Mb:instrumental supporting musician 1
Toto
Mb:member of band 1
i-Ten
Mb:vocal supporting musician 1
Toto
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Summary

Tom Kelly was born on April 16, 1949[1]. He worked as a songwriter[2], composer[3], singer[4], musician[5], and librettist[6].

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[23]

  • Country: US[24]

  • Began / founded: 1952[25]

  • Genre(s): rock[26]

  • Community tags: rock[27]

  • MusicBrainz ID: 3ecdd624-0fa0-4dfe-9498-5a4801724d3b[28]

FAQs

What did Tom Kelly do for work?

Tom Kelly worked as songwriter[2], composer[3], singer[4], musician[5], and librettist[6].

Where did Tom Kelly go to school?

Tom Kelly was educated at West Lafayette Junior-Senior High School[8].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  5. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  8. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  21. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.

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

  1. [23] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [24] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  3. [25] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  4. [26] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  5. [27] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  6. [28] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 7w ago · E-Kartoffel · 2026-09-16 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Songwriters Hall of Fame ID → tom-kelly
    "/* wbsetclaim-update:2||1 */ Songwriters Hall of Fame ID: tom-kelly"
  2. 12w ago · Yirba · 2026-08-11 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14750 → F9CC-3289-B32C-CF9B-6C70
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/46469|batch #46469]]: HAND ID (8)"
  3. 24w ago · Epìdosis · 2026-05-21 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    National Library of Israel J9U ID → 987012548869905171
    Copyright representative → PRS for Music
    WhoSampled artist ID → Tom-Kelly
    GND ID → 1137488964
    + 37 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/32152|batch #32152]]: import P21 and P106 from GND (34)"
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