<Tr> <Th> Associated acts </Th> <Td> Blood, Sweat & Tears </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Website </Th> <Td> davidclaytonthomas.com </Td> </Tr> <P> David Clayton - Thomas (born David Henry Thomsett; 13 September 1941) is a Grammy Award - winning Canadian musician, singer and songwriter, best known as the lead vocalist of the American band Blood, Sweat & Tears . Clayton - Thomas has been 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 . </P> <P> 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 . But the real success came only a few difficult years later when he joined Blood, Sweat & Tears . </P>

Original lead singer of blood sweat and tears