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===Early life and career=== Born Bruce Wayne Campbell in [[King of Prussia, Pennsylvania]],<ref name=":0" /> Jobriath showed early musical talent for playing the piano, and soon played organ in his local church.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.amoeba.com/jobriath/artist/142244/bio|title=Jobriath - Biography - Amoeba Music|website=Amoeba.com}}</ref> It was during this time his talents led him to being introduced to [[Eugene Ormandy]] as a [[child prodigy]].<ref name=TN>{{cite web|work=Tuscaloosa News|url=http://www.tuscaloosanews.com/article/20050225/NEWS/502250309|title=REVIEW: Album of the late glam-rock great reissued|first=Ben|last=Windham|date=February 25, 2005}}</ref> While he was a high school student, he became further interested in classical music, and favored composers such as [[Sergei Prokofiev]]. He wrote the first two movements of his first symphony by his senior year in high school, but for reasons unknown chose not to complete it.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://larecord.com/interviews/2014/06/17/jobriath-a-d-movie-kieran-turner-interview-reissue|title=JOBRIATH A.D.: HOW'S THAT FOR AN OPENING?|website=Larecord.com}}</ref> After graduating from Upper Merion High School (in King of Prussia, Pennsylvania) in 1964, Jobriath took an interest in folk music, partly inspired by seeing [[Peter, Paul and Mary]] in concert several times.<ref name="jobriath-space-clown.tumblr.com">{{Cite web|url=https://jobriath-space-clown.tumblr.com/chronology#_=_|title=An elegant man|website=Jobriath-space-clown.tumblr.com}}</ref> He briefly formed a folk group with the help of his music teacher who arranged for identical twins Marty and Grace to join him. As a trio they named themselves "The Last Three", and played several regional shows in the PA area before Marty and Grace departed for college. While Jobriath attended [[Temple University]] for one semester in the music program,<ref name="jobriath-space-clown.tumblr.com"/> he soon dropped out. He was drafted into the [[U.S. Army]] in the mid-1960s and went [[Desertion|AWOL]] within months.<ref name=TN/> Renaming himself '''Jobriath Salisbury''', he relocated to Los Angeles.<ref name = Chiu/>
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