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Richard Thompson

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About the artist

Richard Thompson OBE (born 3 April 1949, Notting Hill, London) is a British singer/songwriter and guitarist. Highly regarded for his guitar techniques, Thompson was awarded the Orville H. Gibson award for best acoustic guitar player in 1991. Similarly, his songwriting has earned him an Ivor Novello Award and, in 2006, a lifetime achievement award from BBC Radio. Thompson made his debut as a recording artist as a member of Fairport Convention in September 1967.

Top songs

  1. 1952 Vincent Black Lightning
  2. Dad's Gonna Kill Me
  3. Beeswing
  4. I Feel So Good
  5. I Want To See The Bright Lights Tonight
  6. I Misunderstood
  7. Persuasion
  8. Mingulay Boat Song
  9. Cooksferry Queen
  10. Keep Your Distance
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  1. Turning Of The Tide
  2. Read About Love
  3. The Calvary Cross
  4. Bathsheba Smiles
  5. I Can't Wake Up To Save My Life
  6. Oops! I Did It Again
  7. Crawl Back (Under My Stone)
  8. Sibella
  9. King Of Bohemia
  10. Walking The Long Miles Home
  11. Needle and Thread
  12. Down Where The Drunkards Roll
  13. Withered And Died
  14. Uninhabited Man
  15. Waltzing's For Dreamers
  16. Let It Blow
  17. Why Must I Plead
  18. Take Care the Road You Choose
  19. When I Get To The Border
  20. Poppy-Red
  21. Salford Sunday
  22. God Loves A Drunk
  23. Dry My Tears And Move On
  24. Shoot Out The Lights
  25. Don't Sit On My Jimmy Shands
  26. You Dream Too Much
  27. Mystery Wind
  28. I'll Never Give It Up
  29. Stony Ground
  30. Grey Walls
  31. Francesca
  32. The Ghost Of You Walks
  33. Bad Monkey
  34. Guns Are the Tongues
  35. Roll Over Vaughn Williams
  36. When The Spell Is Broken
  37. Hard On Me
  38. A Heart Needs A Home
  39. Wall Of Death
  40. Cold Kisses
  41. Mother Knows Best
  42. She Sang Angels to Rest
  43. Johnny's Far Away
  44. Backlash Love Affair
  45. Sunset Song
  46. The Great Valerio
  47. Walking On A Wire
  48. Too Late to Come Fishing
  49. Easy There, Steady Now
  50. Mingus Eyes
  51. The End Of The Rainbow
  52. Psycho Street
  53. Good Things Happen to Bad People
  54. Razor Dance
  55. Sights And Sounds Of London Town
  56. The Money Shuffle
  57. One Door Opens
  58. From Galway To Graceland
  59. Glencoe
  60. Haul Me Up
  61. Saving the Good Stuff For You
  62. Stuck on the Treadmill
  63. The Poor Ditching Boy
  64. Sally B
  65. Tempted
  66. Shenandoah
  67. Sneaky Boy
  68. Nobody's Wedding
  69. I Still Dream
  70. Gethsemane
  71. Has He Got A Friend For Me
  72. She Twists The Knife Again
  73. Mr. Stupid
  74. Mr. Rebound
  75. Beatnik Walking
  76. My Enemy
  77. Valerie
  78. Dimming Of The Day
  79. MGB-GT
  80. We Sing Hallelujah
  81. Hope You Like The New Me
  82. The Storm Won't Come
  83. The Way That It Shows
  84. Two-Faced Love
  85. Beat The Retreat
  86. Outside of the Inside
  87. She Never Could Resist A Winding Road
  88. That's All, Amen, Close The Door
  89. For The Sake Of Mary
  90. Among the Gorse, Among the Grey

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