Bobby Kimball

Bobby Kimball is one of those voices that defined an era whether you knew his name or not — that soaring, stratospheric tenor on "Africa" and "Rosanna" is basically woven into the fabric of 1980s rock radio. As the original frontman of Toto from the band's formation in 1977, he anchored a group of absurdly talented session musicians and helped turn their debut album into something genuinely electrifying. Losing the gig in 1984 felt like a gut punch in retrospect, but his return stints — especially the 1998 comeback — showed he still had the pipes when it counted. A kid from Orange, Texas who made it to the top of the rock world on sheer vocal power alone: that's a career worth celebrating.

Name (English)

Bobby Kimball

Name (Japanese)

ボビー・キンボール

Reading

ぼびー・きんぼーる

Born

March 29, 1947 (age 79)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Aries / Boar

Origin

Orange, Texas, United States

Occupation

singer / songwriter / musician

University

McNeese State University

• Official sitehttps://www.bobbykimball.com/
• Xhttps://x.com/TheBobbyKimball
• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bobby%20Kimball
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%9C%E3%83%93%E3%83%BC%E3%83%BB%E3%82%AD%E3%83%B3%E3%83%9C%E3%83%BC%E3%83%AB
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q435650

Tags

• Texas
• singer
• songwriter
• musician

Last updated

2026-06-02

Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.