Rupert Holmes

Rupert Holmes (born February 24, 1947 in Cheshire) is a composer and writer who is best known for the 1979 novelty hit "Escape" (later subtitled "The Piña Colada Song") but has had a varied and distinguished career in several media. That one song is so strongly associated with him that, in one interview, he reflected that his tombstone might well be a giant pineapple.

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February 24 - 1947 - Cheshire - Composer - Writer - 1979 - Escape - Piña Colada

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"Escape" was included on his fifth album, Partners in Crime, and reached the Hot 100 No. 1 Hits of 1979.

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Holmes previously had been in the band The Buoys which produced the song "Timothy" about cannibalism.

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Holmes later became the first and so far only person single-handedly to receive Tony Awards for book, music and lyrics, for the 1986 Broadway musical The Mystery of Edwin Drood.

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Tony Awards - 1986 - Broadway - Musical

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In 1987 his composition "You Got It All" (sometimes called "You Got It All Over Him") was a hit single for The Jets and later recorded by pop superstar Britney Spears.

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1987 - The Jets - Britney Spears

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In 1996 he created the television series Remember WENN for American Movie Classics. In 2003 he published his first novel, Where the Truth Lies (later filmed), followed in 2005 by Swing, a multimedia release combining a novel with a music CD providing clues to the mystery.

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1996 - Television - Remember WENN - American Movie Classics - 2003 - Novel - 2005 - Multimedia

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