associated_acts children birth_name alias birth_place years_active label notable_instruments image_size background birth_date genre image article_title name occupation
mcfly carrie hope fletcher , james bourne , busted , mcbusted , 1 thomas michael fletcher tom harrow london 2003 -- present island , super gibson stratocaster gibson sg gibson les paul junior epiphone les paul les ukulele paul gibson flying v gibson es-335 fender 200px solo_singer 17 july 1985 pop rock , pop thomasmichaelfletcher.jpg tom fletcher
 tom fletcher musician , singer-songwriter , author
tom fletcher

thomas michael `` tom '' fletcher -lrb- born 17 july 1985 -rrb- is an english singer-songwriter , guitarist , children 's author and youtube vlogger .
among his accomplishments he is one of the lead vocalists and guitarists of english pop rock band mcfly , in addition to being the group 's founder and principal songwriter .
he originally auditioned and was accepted into the band busted before losing out on the place to charlie simpson after the record label island decided the band should be a trio rather than a four-piece .
he carried on writing with the band .
in his twelve-year career as a professional songwriter , fletcher has penned ten uk number one singles and twenty-one top ten singles .
he is credited as having written songs for bands including one direction , busted , the vamps and 5 seconds of summer .
fletcher released his first children 's book in 2012 .
co-written with band-mate dougie poynter , the dinosaur that pooped christmas sold over 72,000 copies and became the most popular debut children 's novel of 2012 .
