Ken Tobias
Ken Tobias was born in Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada on July 25th, 1945 and is the Folk Singer. At the age of 78, Ken Tobias biography, profession, age, height, weight, eye color, hair color, build, measurements, education, career, dating/affair, family, news updates, and networth are available.
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Kenneth Wayne Paul Tobias (born July 25, 1945) is a Canadian singer-songwriter.
He is noted for penning the 1971 chart-topping hit for The Bells, "Stay Awhile", and for several top-selling recordings of his own.
Early career
Tobias, a boy from Saint John, New Brunswick, served as a draftsman in the early 1960s and then appeared as a musician in local theatres in Saint John. He formed the Ramblers in 1961, playing guitar, and later played drums in a rock band called the Badd Cedes. In 1965, he moved to Halifax, Nova Scotia, and became a cast member of Music Hop, a local CBC television show. He appeared on Singalong Jubilee, a national variety scheme that was also produced in Halifax from 1966 to 1968. His duets with fellow cast member and later recording actress Anne Murray were well-received. Gene MacLellan and John Allan Cameron were among the show's regular participants, as well as Gene MacLellan and John Allan Cameron. Tobias played and wrote in Halifax and Montreal in 1968, when he was invited by Bill Medley of the Righteous Brothers to Los Angeles to record and write as a salaried songwriter. Tobias' first single "You're Not Even Going to the Fair" on Bell Records, as with several of his early debuts, it was credited solely to "Tobias." The song received his first Canadian BMI award for airplay. This was the first of many BMI, Procan, and SOCAN awards.
He wrote "Stay Awhile" in 1970. Originally intended as a country-tinged solo work, the song would appear as a sensual duet by The Bells and became a 1970s soft rock classic, peaking at No. 1 in 1971. No. 1 in Canada and No. 1 in the United States. On the US Billboard charts, 7 is number 7. More than two million copies of "Stay Awhile" have been sold around the world.
Recent career
Tobias lived in Toronto through the 1990s before returning to Saint John, where he now lives, painting and performing music, as well as supporting younger talent through the Songwriters Association of Canada. Kim Jarrett, a Canadian artist, made his debut album in 2002. He has also worked with Jessica Rhaye of St. John, a local artist.
Tobias released From a Distance, his first new album in 24 years, in 2008.