Robin Thicke is an American Grammy Award winning singer, songwriter, musician, composer, and occasional actor born on March 10, 1977, in Los Angeles, California. Robin Thicke is the son of actor Alan Thicke and his first wife, Days of our Lives actress and singer, Gloria Loring. They divorced when he was seven. Throughout his childhood, he would be exposed to music by Bruce Springsteen courtesy of his father, as well as Luther Vandross and Whitney Houston courtesy of his mother. Robin Thicke began his songwriting career by penning hits for popular artists such as Christina Aguilera, Mya, Brandy, Marc Anthony, and Jordan Knight. In 2002, Robin Thicke released his debut single "When I Get You Alone". The track samples Walter Murphy’s "A Fifth of Beethoven," which itself is a disco rendition of Beethoven’s Fifth Symphony. In 2004, Thicke won his first Grammy Award for his contributions on Usher’s 2004 release, Confessions. During 2006, Thicke was featured on the track "Shooter," from Lil Wayne’s Tha Carter II. On June 11, 2005 Robin Thicke married his highschool sweetheart, Paula Patton, whom he met in a teen club at age fourteen. He has since released his third solo album, entitled Something Else, on September 30, 2008. It debuted at number three on the Billboard 200 charts and sold nearly 140,000 records the first week.
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