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On his return to the UK, ''Thompson'' played in ''Manfred Mann's Earth Band''. Most notably, he was the vocalist on their biggest selling single, ''Blinded by the Light'', a cover of a Bruce Springsteen song. He is also notable for featuring in 1978s Jeff Wayne Musical version of ''The War of the Worlds'', where he sang the lyrics for the song "Thunder Child". The album on which it appears is ranked the 39th best-selling album of all time in the UK. In 1979 he formed the Los Angeles band ''Night'', which had two hits including "If You Remember Me", the theme song for the 1979 Franco Zeffirelli film ''The Champ''. After the band broke up in 1982 he rejoined Manfred Mann's Earth Band. In 1981, Thompson released his debut album, [[Out Of The Night]]. This was followed by five more solo studio albums, and a number of other releases. | On his return to the UK, ''Thompson'' played in ''Manfred Mann's Earth Band''. Most notably, he was the vocalist on their biggest selling single, ''Blinded by the Light'', a cover of a Bruce Springsteen song. He is also notable for featuring in 1978s Jeff Wayne Musical version of ''The War of the Worlds'', where he sang the lyrics for the song "Thunder Child". The album on which it appears is ranked the 39th best-selling album of all time in the UK. In 1979 he formed the Los Angeles band ''Night'', which had two hits including "If You Remember Me", the theme song for the 1979 Franco Zeffirelli film ''The Champ''. After the band broke up in 1982 he rejoined Manfred Mann's Earth Band. In 1981, Thompson released his debut album, [[Out Of The Night]]. This was followed by five more solo studio albums, and a number of other releases. | ||
| − | Other notable achievements include the recording of the 1990 single "This Is The Moment", which was the official theme song for the 1990 Commonwealth Games in Auckland | + | Other notable achievements include the recording of the 1990 single "This Is The Moment", which was the official theme song for the 1990 Commonwealth Games in Auckland. He has appeared on recordings by ''Elton John'', ''The Doobie Brothers'', ''Starship'', ''Gary Moore'', ''Mike Oldfield'' and ''Alan Parsons''. |
==Releases== | ==Releases== | ||
