Editing Robbie Robertson (section)

{{Short description|Canadian singer, songwriter and guitarist (1943–2023)}}
{{Other people}}
{{Redirect-distinguish-text|Jaime Robertson|English film score composer [[Jamie Robertson]]}}
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{{Use Canadian English|date=December 2010}}
{{Infobox person
| honorific_suffix   = {{Post-nominals|country=CAN|OC|size=100%}}
| image              = Robbie_Robertson_NY.jpg
| caption            = Robertson in 2000
| birth_name         = Jaime Royal Robertson
| birth_date         = {{birth date|1943|7|5}}
| birth_place        = [[Toronto, Ontario]], Canada
| death_date         = {{death date and age|2023|8|9|1943|7|5}}
| death_place        = [[Los Angeles, California]], U.S.
| occupation         = {{hlist|Musician|songwriter|singer}}
| years_active       = 1957–2023
| spouse             = {{ubl|{{Marriage|Dominique Bourgeois|1968|2003|end=divorced}}|{{Marriage|Janet Zuccarini|2023}}}}
| children           = 3, including [[Sebastian Robertson|Sebastian]]
| module             = {{Infobox musical artist|embed=yes
| genre             = {{hlist|[[Rock music|Rock]]|[[Americana (music)|Americana]]|[[folk music|folk]]|[[blues]]|[[country music|country]]|[[roots rock]]}}
| instrument        = {{hlist|Guitar|vocals|keyboards}}
| label             = {{hlist|[[Capitol Records|Capitol]]|[[Geffen Records|Geffen]]|[[Warner Brothers|Warner]]}}
| past_member_of    = <!-- see [[Template:Infobox musical artist]] -->[[The Band]]
}}
}}

'''Jaime Royal Robertson'''<ref name=rnr_h_seb>{{cite book|last1=Robertson|first1=Sebastian|author-link1=Sebastian Robertson|title=Rock and Roll Highway: The Robbie Robertson Story|date=2014|publisher=Henry Holt and Co.|location=New York|isbn=978-0-8050-9473-2|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=EMqhAwAAQBAJ}}</ref> {{Post-nominals|country=CAN|OC}} (July 5, 1943&nbsp;– August 9, 2023) was a Canadian musician of Indigenous and Jewish ancestry. He was the lead guitarist for [[Bob Dylan]]'s backing band in the mid-late 1960s and early-mid 1970s. Robertson was also the guitarist and primary songwriter of [[The Band]] from its inception until 1978, after which time he enjoyed a lengthy solo career.

Robertson's work with the Band was instrumental in creating the [[Americana (music)|Americana music]] genre. He was inducted into the [[Rock and Roll Hall of Fame]] and the [[Canadian Music Hall of Fame]] as a member of the Band; he was also inducted into [[Canada's Walk of Fame]], both with the Band and on his own. Robertson is ranked 59th in ''[[Rolling Stone]]'' magazine's 2011 list of the 100 greatest guitarists of all time.<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/lists/100-greatest-guitarists-20111123|title=The 100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time|magazine=Rolling Stone|date=November 23, 2011|access-date=December 30, 2015|archive-date=December 30, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151230011218/http://www.rollingstone.com/music/lists/100-greatest-guitarists-20111123|url-status=dead}}</ref> He wrote "[[The Weight]]", "[[The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down]]", and "[[Up on Cripple Creek]]" with the Band. Robertson also had solo hits with "[[Broken Arrow (Robbie Robertson song)|Broken Arrow]]" and "[[Somewhere Down the Crazy River]]", among others. He was inducted into the [[Canadian Songwriters Hall of Fame]] and received a Lifetime Achievement Award from the [[National Academy of Songwriters]].<ref>{{cite web|author=Warner/Chappell|title=Robbie Robertson: Our Artists and Producers|author-link=Warner/Chappell|url=https://www.warnerchappell.com/artist-details/379|access-date=April 27, 2017}}</ref>

Robertson collaborated on film and TV soundtracks, usually with director [[Martin Scorsese]]. His soundtrack work began with the [[rockumentary]] film ''[[The Last Waltz]]'' (1978) and included dramatic films such as ''[[Raging Bull]]'' (1980), ''[[The King of Comedy (film)|The King of Comedy]]'' (1983), ''[[The Color of Money]]'' (1986), ''[[Casino (1995 film)|Casino]]'' (1995), ''[[Gangs of New York]]'' (2002), ''[[The Wolf of Wall Street (2013 film)|The Wolf of Wall Street]]'' (2013), ''[[Silence (2016 film)|Silence]]'' (2016), ''[[The Irishman]]'' (2019), and ''[[Killers of the Flower Moon (film)|Killers of the Flower Moon]]'' (2023). Robertson scored ''Killers of the Flower Moon'' shortly before his death;<ref name=":3" /> the film was dedicated to his memory<ref name=":4" /> and garnered him a posthumous nomination for [[Academy Award for Best Original Score|Best Original Score]] at the [[Academy Awards]].<ref name=":5" />