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Dave Formula

British musician
Person human Q5228781

Facts

21 properties
Instance of
human
Sex or gender
male[9]
Date of birth
August 11, 1946
Place of birth
Manchester
Country of citizenship
United Kingdom[6]
Occupation
composer, musician, songwriter
Genre
rock music[10]
Official website
www.myspace.com[15]
Website
www.myspace.com
Citizenship
United Kingdom
Languages spoken, written or signed
English[17]
Different from
David Tomlinson[19]
Family name
Tomlinson[12]
Given name
Dave[13]
Instrument
keyboard instrument[16]
Member of
Magazine, Visage[7][8]
Name in native language
David Tomlinson[18]
Pseudonym
Dave Formula[14]
Record label
Decca[11]
Start of work period
1965[20]
Work period start
1965
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🔖 Identifiers · 13
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
DaveFormula.jpg ↗
Discogs artist ID
199223
Europeana entity
agent/base/89800
Freebase ID
/m/01wllwb
GTAA ID
257516
IMDb ID
nm0286445
IPI name number
00046816076
Kinobox person ID
1330240
MusicBrainz artist ID
5a9330c6-8ef1-42af-8b7a-c2d5a0272682
Musik-Sammler.de artist ID
236475
Myspace ID
daveformula
Prabook ID
2533212
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Songkick artist ID
1017181

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🔗 Connections
Mb:writer 6
Mind of a Toy, Mind of a Toy, Night Train, Night Train, Visage, Visage
Occupation 3
composer, musician, songwriter
Mb:composer 2
Parade, Parade
Mb:member of band 2
Magazine, Visage
Member of 2
Magazine, Visage
Country of citizenship 1
United Kingdom
Genre 1
rock music
Instance of 1
human
Instrument 1
keyboard instrument
Languages spoken, written or signed 1
English
Place of birth 1
Manchester
Record label 1
Decca
Sex or gender 1
male
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Summary

Dave Formula's place of birth was Manchester[1]. He was born on August 11, 1946[2]. He worked as a composer[3], musician[4], and songwriter[5].

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[21]

  • Country: GB[22]

  • Began / founded: 1946-08-11[23]

  • Genre(s): rock[24]

  • Community tags: rock[25]

  • MusicBrainz ID: 5a9330c6-8ef1-42af-8b7a-c2d5a0272682[26]

FAQs

Where was Dave Formula born?

Born in Manchester[1].

What did Dave Formula do for work?

Dave Formula worked as composer[3], musician[4], and songwriter[5].

Related Entities

Decca Manchester United Kingdom

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

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  1. [21] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [22] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  3. [23] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  4. [24] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  5. [25] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  6. [26] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

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