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Rupert Holmes
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British-American composer and singer-songwriter and playwright
Person · Open Library
- Works
- 13
Top works
- Murder Your Employer
- Curtains
- Time to Kill
- Goosebumps Live on Stage - Screams in the Night
- Dinghy Bible
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Film & TV
Cheshire, England, UK
Rupert Holmes (born February 24, 1947) is an American-British composer, singer-songwriter, musician and author of plays, novels and stories. He is best known for his number one pop hit "Escape (The Piña Colada Song)" (1979/1980) and the song "Him", which reached the number 6 position on the Hot 100 U.S. pop chart in 1980. He is also known for his 1985 Tony Award-winning musical Drood (originally…
Known for
- Where Are They Now? — Self1999
- No Small Affair — Band Leader at Wedding1984
- The Christmas Raccoons — Dan, the Ranger (voice)1980
- Solid Gold — Self1980
- The Midnight Special Legendary Performances 1979 — Self1979
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Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- United States
- Active from
- 1947-02-24
Discography
- Widescreen1974
- Rupert Holmes1975
- Singles1976
- Five Savage Men1977
- Pursuit of Happiness1978
- Partners in Crime1979
- Escape (The Pina Colada Song) / Drop It1979
- Adventure1980
- Rupert Holmes1980
- Him1980
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 940,967
- Total plays
- 6,785,741
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Rupert Holmes (born February 24, 1947) is an American and British composer, songwriter and author of plays, novels and stories. He is best known for his number one pop hit "Escape" (subtitled "The Piña Colada Song") in 1979 and his Tony Award winning musical The Mystery of Edwin Drood. Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rupert_Holmes (Semi-)Official Website: http://www.rupertholmes.com <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Rupert+Holmes">Read more on Last.fm</a>
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- David
- Family name
- Goldstein
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom
- Place of birth
- Northwich
- Occupation
- playwright
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Native language
- English language
- Field of work
- theatre
- Hair colour
- grey hair
- Genre
- soft rock
- Instrument
- musical keyboard
- Record label
- Elektra
- Official website
- www.rupertholmes.com
- Image
- Rupert Holmes.jpg
- Residence
- Manhattan
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- date of birth
- 1947-02-24
- start of work period
- 1974-00-00
- birth name
- David Goldstein
- copyright representative
- American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers
- pseudonym
- Julian Gill
- nominated for
- Tony Award for Best Original Score
- Commons category
- Rupert Holmes
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