Teddy Thompson

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{{Infobox musical artist

| name = Teddy Thompson

| background = solo_singer

| image = Teddy Thompson The Living Room New York City NY 2-17-04 by Anthony Pepitone.jpg

| image_size = 250

| landscape = Yes

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1976|02|19}}

| origin = London, England

| genre = folk, Americana, folk rock, country folk, alt. country

| years_active = 2000–present

| label = Cooking Vinyl, Virgin,
Verve Forecast

| associated_acts = Richard Thompson, Linda Thompson, Kamila Thompson, Rufus Wainwright, Martha Wainwright, Rosanne Cash, Kelly Jones

| website = {{url|www.teddythompson.net/}}

}}

Teddy Thompson (born 19 February 1976) is an English folk and rock musician. He is the son of folk rock musicians Richard and Linda Thompson and brother of singer Kamila Thompson. He released his first album in 2000.

Biography

Teddy Thompson was born in 1976 in a London Sufi commune to folk rock musicians Richard and Linda Thompson, both major musical figures in the English folk rock scene from the 1960s onward. He formed a band at the age of 18. He moved to Los Angeles to pursue his music career,"[https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=12060219 For Teddy Thompson, Music's a Family Affair]" by David Dye, NPR, 3 May 2006 (from WXPN). which included work as a singer and guitar player in his father Richard's band during the 1990s. He appears on at least three Richard Thompson Band recordings from that time: You? Me? Us?, the live album Celtschmerz (1998) and Mock Tudor (1999), as well as singing a duet on the track "Persuasion", which appeared on Richard's best-of compilation Action Packed (1999). He can be seen performing in his father's band on a number of internet videos from as early as 1993, including an appearance on Jools Holland's show. He coaxed his mother out of retirement and co-produced her first album in 17 years, titled Fashionably Late.

Discography

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=Albums=

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rowspan="2"| Year

! rowspan="2"| Album

! colspan="4"| Chart positions

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width="45"| UK
Peaks for Teddy Thompson in the United Kingdom:

  • All except noted: {{cite web|url=http://www.officialcharts.com/artist/5165/teddy-thompson/|title=TEDDY THOMPSON | full Official Chart history|publisher=Official Charts Company|access-date=15 April 2016}}
  • Separate Ways: {{cite web |title= Chart Log UK |access-date=3 September 2008 |date=16 June 2007 |publisher=Zobbel |author=Zobbel |url=http://www.zobbel.de/cluk/CLUK_T.HTM}}
  • Family: {{cite web | url=http://www.officialcharts.com/artist/45556/THOMPSON/ | title=Thompson on UK Album chart| publisher=Official Charts Company|access-date=25 April 2015}}
  • Little Windows: {{cite web|title=CHART: CLUK Update 9.04.2016 (wk14)|url=http://www.zobbel.de/cluk/160409cluk.txt|publisher=Official Charts Company|access-date=15 April 2016}}

! width="45"| IRE

! width="45"| US Heat

! width="45"| US Country

2000

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| align="center"| Virgin

2005

| Separate Ways

| align="center"| 192

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| align="center" rowspan="3"| Verve
Forecast

2007

| Upfront & Down Low

| align="center"| —

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| align="center"| 19

| align="center"| 49

2008

| A Piece of What You Need

| align="center"| 10

| align="center"| 63

| align="center"| 19

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2011

| Bella

| align="center"| 42

| align="center"| 94

| align="center"| 6

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| align="center"| Decca / Verve
Forecast

2014

| Family {{small|(credited to Thompson)}}

| align="center"| 89

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| align="center"| 5

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| align="center"| Universal Music Group, Fantasy Records and
Forecast

2016

| Little Windows {{small|(with Kelly Jones)}}

| align="center"| 113

| align="center"| 78

| align="center"| 23

| align="center"| —

| align="center"| Cooking Vinyl

2020

| Heartbreaker Please

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| align="center"| Thirty Tigers

2023

| My Love of Country

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| align="center"| Chalky Sounds

2023

| Once More {{small|(with Jenni Muldaur)}}

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| align="center"| Sun

=EPs, etc.=

  • LA (EP) (2001)
  • Blunderbuss (EP) (2004)

=Singles=

  • "Everybody Move It" (2005)
  • "In My Arms" (2008) – (UK #107)
  • "Christmas" (2008) – featuring special guests Linda, Richard, and Kamila Thompson{{cite web|access-date=28 January 2009|url=http://www.vervemusicgroup.com/artist/news/default.aspx?nid=1159&aid=6773|title=Exclusive Teddy Thompson and Family "Christmas" song available on iTunes!|publisher=Verve Music|date=15 December 2008}}
  • "Looking for a Girl" (2011)

=Guest appearances=

=Compilation/soundtrack contributions=

Video

References

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