Mickey Thomas (singer)

Artist

Birthday December 3, 1949

Birth Sign Sagittarius

Birthplace Cairo, Georgia, US

Age 74 years old

Nationality Georgia

#15596 Most Popular

1949

John Michael Thomas (born December 3, 1949) is an American rock singer, and he is best known as one of the lead vocalists of Jefferson Starship and Starship.

Thomas was born in Cairo, Georgia, on December 3, 1949.

1965

He was inspired to pursue a career in music after traveling to Atlanta with longtime childhood friends Charles Connell and Tommy Verran to see a Beatles performance in 1965.

Thomas, Connell, and Verran formed their first band together; Verran was the lead vocalist.

1970

They disbanded while attending different colleges, but later reformed in the early 1970s along with friend Bud Thomas as the Jets.

Thomas was the vocalist for the Lords of London, a garage band from Douglas, Georgia, for a brief time, along with guitarist Billy Folsom, bassist Bob Hutchinson, keyboardist Billy Corbi, and drummer Troy Blasingame.

1974

While singing lead for the Jets in 1974, Thomas joined the Elvin Bishop Group as a backing vocalist and eventually made it to lead vocals.

1975

He sang lead vocals on the 1975 Elvin Bishop single "Silent Night" and the 1976 single "Spend Some Time", but his best-known achievement was singing on Bishop's chart hit "Fooled Around and Fell in Love", a #3 single in 1976.

1976

Thomas recorded the solo album As Long as You Love Me in 1976.

1978

After leaving the Elvin Bishop Group, he recorded three songs for the 1978 film Skateboard, which also featured a cameo by Jefferson Starship guitarist Craig Chaquico.

1979

In April 1979, Thomas was asked to join that group after the departure of Marty Balin and Grace Slick.

1980

Thomas spent most of the early 1980s as the main vocalist of Jefferson Starship, performing several duets with Slick (who rejoined in 1981) and gaining greater influence in the band.

1981

In 1981 he recorded his second solo album, Alive Alone.

Former Elvin Bishop Group drummer Donny Baldwin became drummer for Jefferson Starship two years later when Aynsley Dunbar left.

1984

After Paul Kantner left in 1984, Thomas was leader of the band.

Kantner sued over the name of Jefferson Starship, and the settlement left the band with the name Starship.

1985

From 1985 until 1989 the band had three #1 hit songs.

In 1985, Thomas appeared on The Heavenly Kid soundtrack performing the song "Two Minute Love".

1986

In 1986, he recorded the song "Stand in the Fire" for the Rob Lowe hockey movie Youngblood.

1987

In 1987, Thomas recorded "Only the Fool Survives" with Donna Summer for her album All Systems Go.

Their duet was released as the album's second single.

1988

When Slick left again in 1988, Thomas sang all lead vocals.

1989

The 1989 "Love Among the Cannibals" tour was postponed after Baldwin attacked Thomas in a bar.

The damage was such that it required facial reconstruction surgery.

Baldwin resigned after the incident.

Thomas recorded the title song for the 1989 film Sing.

He appeared in the 1989 film Dream a Little Dream and recorded the film's title song and its duet version with Mel Tormé for the soundtrack.

The duet version was also played during the end of the film.

1991

Starship was let go by their record label RCA and became inactive in 1991.

1992

In early 1992, Mickey Thomas revived Starship as Starship featuring Mickey Thomas and touring has continued with this title.

1996

In 1996, Thomas performed the opening theme for the Mighty Ducks animated series.

1997

In 1997, he guested on Sammy Hagar's album Marching to Mars.

1998

in 1998, Thomas voiced the titular character in the children's series, Adventures with Kanga Roddy.

2002

In 2002, Starship featuring Mickey Thomas re-recorded a selection of the Starship and Jefferson Starship hits on which he had appeared.

2003

The resulting album was released in 2003 as Forever Gold, part of a series of releases by St. Clair Entertainment Group.

These recordings have been licensed to several labels, resulting in the release of Starship – Greatest Hits (Delta Records) and Starship – Greatest Hits (Brilliant Records).

2013

The band's Loveless Fascination was released on September 17, 2013.

2014

The band performed at the Streamy Awards on September 8, 2014.

He was credited as performing a scat vocal on the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band album The Dirt Band.

The song on which Thomas is credited is "For a Little While".