David Clayton-Thomas (born David Henry Thomsett, 13 September 1941 – 24 June 2026) was a British-Canadian musician, singer, and songwriter, best known as the lead vocalist of the American band Blood, Sweat & Tears.

Clayton-Thomas began his music career in the early 1960s, working the clubs on Toronto's Yonge Street, where he discovered his love of singing and playing the blues. Before moving to New York City in 1967, Clayton-Thomas fronted a couple of local bands, first The Shays and then The Bossmen, one of the earliest rock bands with significant jazz influences. His main success came only a few difficult years later when he joined Blood, Sweat & Tears, with whom he won a Grammy award.

Clayton-Thomas was inducted into the Canadian Music Hall of Fame and in 2007 his jazz/rock composition "Spinning Wheel" was enshrined in the Canadian Songwriter's Hall of Fame. In 2010, Clayton-Thomas received his star on Canada's Walk of Fame.

Clayton-Thomas died on 24 June 2026 at St. Michael's Hospital in Toronto at the age of 84.

Source and more: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Clayton-Thomas

4 Blood, Sweat & Tears songs, David Clayton-Thomas Live

Blood Sweat & Tears - Full Concert [HD] | Live at North Sea Jazz Festival 1993

 

RIP Brother

 

R.I.P
Spinning Wheel

 

I like their cover of Traffic's 40,000 Headmen.Total reworking of the brilliant original version.

Here's the original for comparison

 

What goes up - must come down ...
RIP

 

Rest In Peace David Clayton-Thomas

 

RIP David, any other musicians born in this same era, his passing makes us all realize and wonder about how little time we have left before finishing our Magnum Opus.