birthdate: '1954-02-20'
birthplace: Springfield, Missouri, USA
deathdate: '2023-02-18'
discography: []
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  date: '1987-09-21'
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  reprint: false
  roles:
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  titles:
    en: THE LATEST MOVIE THEME COLLECTION
    ja: 最新映画音楽集〜トップガン〜
    ja-latn: Saishin Eiga Ongakushuu ~TOP GUN~
  type: live
- catalog: N/A
  date: '2025-08-09'
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  reprint: false
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  titles:
    en: 'Crayon Shin-chan the Movie: Super Hot! The Spicy Kasukabe Dancers (Insert
      Song Collection)'
    ja: 「映画クレヨンしんちゃん 超華麗！灼熱のカスカベダンサーズ」 (挿入歌集)
    ja-latn: 'Crayon Shin-chan the Movie: Super Hot! The Spicy Kasukabe Dancers (Insert
      Song Collection)'
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info:
  Birthdate: Feb 20, 1954
  Birthplace: Springfield, Missouri, USA
  Education: '1971: Music, Drury University'
  Variations:
  - names:
      en: Thomas Ross "Tom" Whitlock
link: artist/75958
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  edited_date: 2025-10-14T08:43
  fetched_date: 2026-01-11T07:17
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  visitors: 64
name: Tom Whitlock
notes: Thomas Ross “Tom” Whitlock (1954–2023) was an American songwriter and musician
  from Springfield, Missouri, best known for co-writing the Oscar- and Golden Globe–winning
  “Take My Breath Away” (from Top Gun) and the hit “Danger Zone.”
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type: Individual
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