Editing Leon Redbone (section)

{{Short description|Musician, songwriter, arranger, producer (1949–2019)}}
{{About|the musician|other uses|Redbone (disambiguation){{!}}Redbone}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=May 2019}}
{{Infobox musical artist <!-- See Wikipedia:WikiProject_Musicians -->
| name         = Leon Redbone
| image        = Leon_Redbone_at_Knuckleheads_Saloon-Kansas_City_MO.png
| caption      = Redbone in 2010
| birth_name   = Dickran Gobalian
| birth_date   = {{birth date|1949|8|26}}<ref name=nytobit>{{Cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2019/05/30/obituaries/leon-redbone-dead.html|title=Leon Redbone, Idiosyncratic Throwback Singer, Is Dead at 69|first=Neil|last=Genzlinger|date=May 30, 2019|access-date=May 9, 2021|website=[[The New York Times]]}}</ref>
| birth_place  = [[Nicosia]], [[British Cyprus]]
| death_date   = {{death date and age|2019|5|30|1949|8|26}}
| death_place  = [[New Hope, Pennsylvania]], U.S.
| genre        = {{hlist|[[Vaudeville]]|[[ragtime]]|[[jazz]]|[[blues]]}}
| occupation   = Musician, singer, songwriter
| instrument   = Guitar, vocals
| years_active = Late 1960s–2015
| label        = {{hlist|August|[[Warner Bros. Records|Warner Bros.]]|[[Atco Records|Atco]]|[[Sugar Hill Records (bluegrass label)|Sugar Hill]]|[[Blue Thumb Records|Blue Thumb]]|[[Rounder Records|Rounder]]|[[A&M Records|A&M]]|[[Private Music]]|[[Third Man Records|Third Man]]|[[Rhino Entertainment|Rhino]]|Green Stone}}
| website      = {{URL|http://leonredbone.com}}
}}
[[File:Leon Redbone in Toronto.jpg|thumb|280px|Redbone at [[Massey Hall]], [[Toronto]], Canada in 2007]]

'''Leon Redbone''' (born '''Dickran Gobalian''';<ref name=pugh>{{cite journal |last1=Pugh |first1=Megan |title=Vessel of Antiquity |journal=Oxford American |date=March 19, 2019 |issue=104 |url=https://www.oxfordamerican.org/magazine/item/1703-vessel-of-antiquity |access-date=6 June 2019 |language=en-gb}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Gehman |first1=Geoff |title=Flying By, Flying High |url=http://icondv.com/ICON/Geoff-Leon_Redbone_11-2014.html |website=ICON |date=November 2014}}</ref> August 26, 1949 – May 30, 2019) was a singer-songwriter and musician specializing in [[jazz]], [[blues]], and [[Tin Pan Alley]] classics. Recognized by his hat (often a [[Panama hat|Panama]]), dark sunglasses, and black tie, he was born in [[Cyprus]] of [[Armenians|Armenian]] ancestry and first appeared on stage in [[Toronto, Canada]], in the early 1970s. He also appeared on film and television in acting and voice-over roles.

In concert, Redbone often employed comedy and demonstrated his guitar-playing skill. His recurrent gags involved the influence of alcohol and claims he had written works originating well before he was born. He favored music of the [[Tin Pan Alley]] era, circa 1890–1910. He sang the theme to the 1980s television series ''[[Mr. Belvedere]]'', and released 18 albums.