Tim Curry

Timothy James Curry (born April 19, 1946 in Grappenhall, a district of Warrington, England) is a British actor, vocalist and composer perhaps best known for his role as mad scientist Dr. Frank N. Furter in The Rocky Horror Picture Show (1975). He also had an earlier career as a rock musician. He studied Drama and English at Birmingham and then at Cambridge. His list of roles is extremely extensive, in both TV and movies, live-action and voice-acting for animated features, and it is notable that he almost always plays a villain of one kind or another. He currently resides in Los Angeles.

Musical Career

In 1978, A&M Records released Tim Curry's debut solo album. Entitled "Read My Lips", the album featured an eclectic range of songs (mostly covers) performed in diverse genre. Highlights of the album are a reggae version of the Beatles song "I Will", a rendition of "Wake Nicodemus" with full bagpipe backing, and an original bar-room ballad, "Alan".

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1978 - A&M Records - Beatles

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The following year, Curry's second and most succesful album was released. Titled "Fearless," the LP was more rock-oriented than Read My Lips and mostly featured original songs rather than cover versions. The record included Tim Curry's only US charting songs: "I Do the Rock" and "Paradise Garage".

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Curry's third and final album, "Simplicity", was released in 1981, again by A&M Records. This record did not sell as well as the previous offerings, due in part to a less appealling, more maudlin sound. This record combined both original songs and cover versions, and is commonly held to be the weakest of the three albums.

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In 1989, A&M released "The Best of Tim Curry" on CD and cassette, featuring songs from his albums (including a live version of "Alan") and a previously-unreleased song, a live cover version of "Simple Twist of Fate".

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Curry toured America with his band through the late 1970s and the first half of the 1980s.

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