Murray Head
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Murray Seafield Saint-George Head (born 5 March 1946) is a British
actor and singer, most recognised for his international hit songs "Superstar
" and "One Night in Bangkok
" and his album Say It Ain't So
. He has been involved in several projects since the 1960s and continues to record music, perform concerts and make appearances on television either as himself or as a character actor
.
to Seafield Laurence Stewart Murray Head (1919– March 22, 2009), a documentary filmmaker and the founder of Verity Films, and Helen Shingler, an actress. (Helen played Mme. Maigret alongside Rupert Davies
in the BBC's 1960s television adaptation of the Maigret novels written by Georges Simenon
). His younger brother is Buffy the Vampire Slayer star Anthony Head
. Head was educated at the Lycée Français Charles de Gaulle
in South Kensington
, London and Hampton School
in Hampton, London
.
Head began writing songs as a child, and by the mid-1960s he had a London-based recording contract
. He had limited success until asked by Tim Rice
and Andrew Lloyd Webber
to play Judas Iscariot
on the original concept album version of Jesus Christ Superstar
, which, with the Trinidad Singers, yielded the song "Superstar
" which peaked at #14 on the Billboard Hot 100
chart in 1971.
He made his film debut in The Family Way
(1966), which featured Hayley Mills
, Hywel Bennett
and John Mills
in the leading roles. Head won a leading role in the Oscar-nominated film Sunday Bloody Sunday
(1971), alongside Peter Finch
and Glenda Jackson
. Despite these successes, he received little public attention in the next ten years (except for his single
release, "Say It Ain't So Joe" in 1975).
In 1973, he appeared in a radio drama
, The Fourth Tower of Inverness
. In 1979, Head appeared in the final episode of the ITV
programme Return of the Saint
.
Head reappeared in the spotlight in 1984 as the American on the concept album
for the musical
Chess
. The song "One Night in Bangkok
" featured Head on lead vocal. It became the last significant Broadway
/West End
number to be a hit
on American
and German
radio up until "No Matter What
" by Boyzone
in 1996. "One Night in Bangkok" was a major pop
hit on both sides of the Atlantic
. Head performed the role of world chess champion Frederick "Freddie" Trumper in the London West End stage production of Chess that premiered on 14 May 1986. The show ran in London until 8 April 1989.
After that, Head had little recording
success in the UK
or the United States
. This fact would later be underscored in a radio segment featured on The Kevin and Bean
Show on Los Angeles's KROQ FM, in which the hosts would phone Head in the morning to find out "What's Up with Murray Head?" Fluent in French
, he has released a number of albums in that language. The song "Une femme un homme", a duet with Marie Carmen
, released in 1993 became a radio hit in French-speaking Canada
.
In 1999, Head co-wrote the screenplay to Les Enfants du Siècle.
He has appeared on television in the UK on The Bill
, Casualty
and Judge John Deed
. He also played an artist called Jack Hollins on ITV
's Heartbeat from 2005-2006.
On the 15th March 2010 he appeared in the B.B.C. drama "Doctors" playing a washed up pop singer, Pete Perry, trying to make a comeback, in which Murray sang the Robert Johnson's "Love In Vain". In Canada, he was part of the cast of the 2002 television mini-series Music-Hall, which played on the Radio-Canada network.
Head appeared on the album cover
of The Smiths
' compilation album Stop Me
, taken from a still of the film The Family Way.
British people
The British are citizens of the United Kingdom, of the Isle of Man, any of the Channel Islands, or of any of the British overseas territories, and their descendants...
actor and singer, most recognised for his international hit songs "Superstar
Superstar (Jesus Christ Superstar song)
"Superstar" is the title song from the 1970 rock opera Jesus Christ Superstar written by Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice. It was released as a single in 1969, before the album was completed. Sung by Murray Head with the Trinidad Singers, it reached number 78 on first release. Murray Head reached...
" and "One Night in Bangkok
One Night in Bangkok
"One Night in Bangkok" is the title of a song originally sung by the British actor and Pop-dance singer Murray Head on the 1984 concept album for the musical Chess...
" and his album Say It Ain't So
Say It Ain't So (album)
Say It Ain't So is a studio album by Murray Head. It was released in 1975. The sleeve photography was by Gered Mankowitz.-Track listing:All songs composed by Murray Head, unless noted.#"Say It Ain't So, Joe" - 4:36#"Boy on the Bridge" - 3:48...
. He has been involved in several projects since the 1960s and continues to record music, perform concerts and make appearances on television either as himself or as a character actor
Character actor
A character actor is one who predominantly plays unusual or eccentric characters. The Oxford English Dictionary defines a character actor as "an actor who specializes in character parts", defining character part in turn as "an acting role displaying pronounced or unusual characteristics or...
.
Life and career
Murray Head was born in LondonLondon
London is the capital city of :England and the :United Kingdom, the largest metropolitan area in the United Kingdom, and the largest urban zone in the European Union by most measures. Located on the River Thames, London has been a major settlement for two millennia, its history going back to its...
to Seafield Laurence Stewart Murray Head (1919– March 22, 2009), a documentary filmmaker and the founder of Verity Films, and Helen Shingler, an actress. (Helen played Mme. Maigret alongside Rupert Davies
Rupert Davies
Rupert Davies was a British actor. He remains best known for playing the title role in the BBC's 1960s television adaptation of Maigret, based on the Maigret novels written by Georges Simenon....
in the BBC's 1960s television adaptation of the Maigret novels written by Georges Simenon
Georges Simenon
Georges Joseph Christian Simenon was a Belgian writer. A prolific author who published nearly 200 novels and numerous short works, Simenon is best known for the creation of the fictional detective Maigret.-Early life and education:...
). His younger brother is Buffy the Vampire Slayer star Anthony Head
Anthony Head
Anthony Stewart Head , usually credited as Anthony Head, is an English actor and musician. He rose to fame in the UK following his role in television advertisements for Nescafé Gold Blend , and is known for his roles as Rupert Giles in Buffy the Vampire Slayer and as Uther Pendragon in...
. Head was educated at the Lycée Français Charles de Gaulle
Lycée Français Charles de Gaulle
The Lycée Français Charles de Gaulle is a large French primary and secondary school situated in South Kensington, Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea, London...
in South Kensington
South Kensington
South Kensington is a district in the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea in London. It is a built-up area located 2.4 miles west south-west of Charing Cross....
, London and Hampton School
Hampton School
Hampton School is an independent boys' day school in Hampton, London, England.-History:In 1556, Robert Hammond, a wealthy brewer who had acquired property in Hampton, left in his will provision for the maintenance of a 'free scole' and to build a small schoolhouse 'with seates in yt' in the...
in Hampton, London
Hampton, London
Hampton is a suburban area, centred on an old village on the north bank of the River Thames, in the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames in England. Formerly it was in the county of Middlesex, which was formerly also its postal county. The population is about 9,500...
.
Head began writing songs as a child, and by the mid-1960s he had a London-based recording contract
Recording contract
A recording contract is a legal agreement between a record label and a recording artist , where the artist makes a record for the label to sell and promote...
. He had limited success until asked by Tim Rice
Tim Rice
Sir Timothy Miles Bindon "Tim" Rice is an British lyricist and author.An Academy Award, Golden Globe Award, Tony Award and Grammy Award-winning lyricist, Rice is best known for his collaborations with Andrew Lloyd Webber, with whom he wrote Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, Jesus...
and Andrew Lloyd Webber
Andrew Lloyd Webber
Andrew Lloyd Webber, Baron Lloyd-Webber is an English composer of musical theatre.Lloyd Webber has achieved great popular success in musical theatre. Several of his musicals have run for more than a decade both in the West End and on Broadway. He has composed 13 musicals, a song cycle, a set of...
to play Judas Iscariot
Judas Iscariot
Judas Iscariot was, according to the New Testament, one of the twelve disciples of Jesus. He is best known for his betrayal of Jesus to the hands of the chief priests for 30 pieces of silver.-Etymology:...
on the original concept album version of Jesus Christ Superstar
Jesus Christ Superstar
Jesus Christ Superstar is a rock opera by Andrew Lloyd Webber, with lyrics by Tim Rice. The musical started off as a rock opera concept recording before its first staging on Broadway in 1971...
, which, with the Trinidad Singers, yielded the song "Superstar
Superstar (Jesus Christ Superstar song)
"Superstar" is the title song from the 1970 rock opera Jesus Christ Superstar written by Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice. It was released as a single in 1969, before the album was completed. Sung by Murray Head with the Trinidad Singers, it reached number 78 on first release. Murray Head reached...
" which peaked at #14 on the Billboard Hot 100
Billboard Hot 100
The Billboard Hot 100 is the United States music industry standard singles popularity chart issued weekly by Billboard magazine. Chart rankings are based on radio play and sales; the tracking-week for sales begins on Monday and ends on Sunday, while the radio play tracking-week runs from Wednesday...
chart in 1971.
He made his film debut in The Family Way
The Family Way
The Family Way is a 1966 British comedy-drama film based on Bill Naughton's play All in Good Time . It began life in 1961 as a television play entitled Honeymoon Postponed....
(1966), which featured Hayley Mills
Hayley Mills
Hayley Mills is an English actress. The daughter of John Mills and Mary Hayley Bell, and sister of actress Juliet Mills, Mills began her acting career as a child and was hailed as a promising newcomer, winning the BAFTA Award for Most Promising Newcomer for Tiger Bay , the Academy Juvenile Award...
, Hywel Bennett
Hywel Bennett
Hywel Thomas Bennett is a Welsh film and television actor. Bennett is best known for his recurring title role as James Shelley in the television sitcom Shelley from 1979 to 1984 and its sequel The Return of Shelley from 1988 to 1992....
and John Mills
John Mills
Sir John Mills CBE , born Lewis Ernest Watts Mills, was an English actor who made more than 120 films in a career spanning seven decades.-Life and career:...
in the leading roles. Head won a leading role in the Oscar-nominated film Sunday Bloody Sunday
Sunday Bloody Sunday (film)
Sunday Bloody Sunday is a 1971 British drama film directed by John Schlesinger and starring Murray Head, Glenda Jackson and Peter Finch. It tells the story of a free-spirited young bisexual artist and his simultaneous relationships with a female recruitment consultant and a male Jewish doctor...
(1971), alongside Peter Finch
Peter Finch
Peter Finch was a British-born Australian actor. He is best remembered for his role as "crazed" television anchorman Howard Beale in the film Network, which earned him a posthumous Academy Award for Best Actor, his fifth Best Actor award from the British Academy of Film and Television Arts, and a...
and Glenda Jackson
Glenda Jackson
Glenda May Jackson, CBE is a British Labour Party politician and former actress. She has been a Member of Parliament since 1992, and currently represents Hampstead and Kilburn. She previously served as MP for Hampstead and Highgate...
. Despite these successes, he received little public attention in the next ten years (except for his single
Single (music)
In music, a single or record single is a type of release, typically a recording of fewer tracks than an LP or a CD. This can be released for sale to the public in a variety of different formats. In most cases, the single is a song that is released separately from an album, but it can still appear...
release, "Say It Ain't So Joe" in 1975).
In 1973, he appeared in a radio drama
Radio drama
Radio drama is a dramatized, purely acoustic performance, broadcast on radio or published on audio media, such as tape or CD. With no visual component, radio drama depends on dialogue, music and sound effects to help the listener imagine the characters and story...
, The Fourth Tower of Inverness
The Fourth Tower of Inverness
The Fourth Tower of Inverness is a 1972 radio drama, produced by the ZBS Foundation. It is the first of the Jack Flanders adventure series, and combines elements of Americana and Old-time radio with metaphysical concepts such as past life regression, Sufi wisdom, Tibetan Buddhism and shamanistic...
. In 1979, Head appeared in the final episode of the ITV
ITV
ITV is the major commercial public service TV network in the United Kingdom. Launched in 1955 under the auspices of the Independent Television Authority to provide competition to the BBC, it is also the oldest commercial network in the UK...
programme Return of the Saint
Return of the Saint
Return of the Saint was a British action-adventure television series that aired for one season in 1978 and 1979 in Britain on ITV, and was also broadcast on CBS in the United States...
.
Head reappeared in the spotlight in 1984 as the American on the concept album
Concept album
In music, a concept album is an album that is "unified by a theme, which can be instrumental, compositional, narrative, or lyrical." Commonly, concept albums tend to incorporate preconceived musical or lyrical ideas rather than being improvised or composed in the studio, with all songs contributing...
for the musical
Musical theatre
Musical theatre is a form of theatre combining songs, spoken dialogue, acting, and dance. The emotional content of the piece – humor, pathos, love, anger – as well as the story itself, is communicated through the words, music, movement and technical aspects of the entertainment as an...
Chess
Chess (musical)
Chess is a musical with music by Benny Andersson and Björn Ulvaeus, formerly of ABBA, and with lyrics by Tim Rice. The story involves a romantic triangle between two top players, an American and a Russian, in a world chess championship, and a woman who manages one and falls in love with the other;...
. The song "One Night in Bangkok
One Night in Bangkok
"One Night in Bangkok" is the title of a song originally sung by the British actor and Pop-dance singer Murray Head on the 1984 concept album for the musical Chess...
" featured Head on lead vocal. It became the last significant Broadway
Broadway theatre
Broadway theatre, commonly called simply Broadway, refers to theatrical performances presented in one of the 40 professional theatres with 500 or more seats located in the Theatre District centered along Broadway, and in Lincoln Center, in Manhattan in New York City...
/West End
West End theatre
West End theatre is a popular term for mainstream professional theatre staged in the large theatres of London's 'Theatreland', the West End. Along with New York's Broadway theatre, West End theatre is usually considered to represent the highest level of commercial theatre in the English speaking...
number to be a hit
Hit single
A hit single is a recorded song or instrumental released as a single that has become very popular. Although it is sometimes used to describe any widely-played or big-selling song, the term "hit" is usually reserved for a single that has appeared in an official music chart through repeated radio...
on American
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
and German
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
radio up until "No Matter What
No Matter What (Boyzone song)
"No Matter What" is a song from the 1996 musical Whistle Down the Wind, written by Andrew Lloyd Webber and Jim Steinman and popularized by the group Boyzone. The song reached #1 on the UK Singles Chart, and was the only Boyzone hit to become popular in the U.S. Jewels & Stone did a remix for the...
" by Boyzone
Boyzone
Boyzone are an Irish boy band comprising Keith Duffy, Mikey Graham, Ronan Keating,Shane Lynch, and formerly Stephen Gately. Boyzone have 19 singles in the top 40 UK charts and 21 singles in the Ire charts. The group currently have 6 UK number one singles and 9 number one singles in Ireland with 12...
in 1996. "One Night in Bangkok" was a major pop
Pop music
Pop music is usually understood to be commercially recorded music, often oriented toward a youth market, usually consisting of relatively short, simple songs utilizing technological innovations to produce new variations on existing themes.- Definitions :David Hatch and Stephen Millward define pop...
hit on both sides of the Atlantic
Atlantic Ocean
The Atlantic Ocean is the second-largest of the world's oceanic divisions. With a total area of about , it covers approximately 20% of the Earth's surface and about 26% of its water surface area...
. Head performed the role of world chess champion Frederick "Freddie" Trumper in the London West End stage production of Chess that premiered on 14 May 1986. The show ran in London until 8 April 1989.
After that, Head had little recording
Sound recording and reproduction
Sound recording and reproduction is an electrical or mechanical inscription and re-creation of sound waves, such as spoken voice, singing, instrumental music, or sound effects. The two main classes of sound recording technology are analog recording and digital recording...
success in the UK
United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...
or the United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
. This fact would later be underscored in a radio segment featured on The Kevin and Bean
Kevin and Bean
Kevin and Bean is the morning show on KROQ-FM, an alternative rock-format radio station in Los Angeles, California. It is hosted by Kevin Ryder and Gene "Bean" Baxter. The show has been on the air since 1990 and intersperses music and news with comedy bits, celebrity interviews, listener call-ins,...
Show on Los Angeles's KROQ FM, in which the hosts would phone Head in the morning to find out "What's Up with Murray Head?" Fluent in French
French language
French is a Romance language spoken as a first language in France, the Romandy region in Switzerland, Wallonia and Brussels in Belgium, Monaco, the regions of Quebec and Acadia in Canada, and by various communities elsewhere. Second-language speakers of French are distributed throughout many parts...
, he has released a number of albums in that language. The song "Une femme un homme", a duet with Marie Carmen
Marie Carmen
Marie Carmen is the stage name of Marie-Carmen Aubut , a Canadian pop singer and musical theatre actor....
, released in 1993 became a radio hit in French-speaking Canada
Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
.
In 1999, Head co-wrote the screenplay to Les Enfants du Siècle.
He has appeared on television in the UK on The Bill
The Bill
The Bill is a police procedural television series that ran from October 1984 to August 2010. It focused on the lives and work of one shift of police officers, rather than on any particular aspect of police work...
, Casualty
Casualty (TV series)
Casualty, stylised as Casual+y, is a British weekly television show broadcast on BBC One, and the longest-running emergency medical drama television series in the world. Created by Jeremy Brock and Paul Unwin, it was first broadcast on 6 September 1986, and transmitted in the UK on BBC One. The...
and Judge John Deed
Judge John Deed
Judge John Deed is a British legal drama television series produced by the BBC in association with One-Eyed Dog for BBC One. It was created by G.F. Newman and stars Martin Shaw as Sir John Deed, a High Court judge who tries to seek real justice in the cases before him. It also stars Jenny Seagrove...
. He also played an artist called Jack Hollins on ITV
ITV
ITV is the major commercial public service TV network in the United Kingdom. Launched in 1955 under the auspices of the Independent Television Authority to provide competition to the BBC, it is also the oldest commercial network in the UK...
's Heartbeat from 2005-2006.
On the 15th March 2010 he appeared in the B.B.C. drama "Doctors" playing a washed up pop singer, Pete Perry, trying to make a comeback, in which Murray sang the Robert Johnson's "Love In Vain". In Canada, he was part of the cast of the 2002 television mini-series Music-Hall, which played on the Radio-Canada network.
Head appeared on the album cover
Album cover
An album cover is the front of the packaging of a commercially released audio recording product, or album. The term can refer to either the printed cardboard covers typically used to package sets of 10" and 12" 78 rpm records, single and sets of 12" LPs, sets of 45 rpm records , or the front-facing...
of The Smiths
The Smiths
The Smiths were an English alternative rock band, formed in Manchester in 1982. Based on the song writing partnership of Morrissey and Johnny Marr , the band also included Andy Rourke and Mike Joyce...
' compilation album Stop Me
Stop Me
Stop Me is a compilation album by English band The Smiths. It compiles the band's then-latest three singles and their B-sides in reverse-chronological order...
, taken from a still of the film The Family Way.
Personal life
Head married Susan Ellis Jones in 1972; they divorced in 1992. He has two daughters: Katherine and Sophie.Studio albums
- 1972 - Nigel LivedNigel LivedNigel Lived is the debut album by British singer and actor Murray Head. It was released in 1973 on CBS Records.-Track listing:#"Pacing On the Station" - 4:55#"Big City" - 3:29#"Bed & Breakfast" - 2:28#"The Party" - 3:13#"Ruthie" - 3:19...
- 1975 - Say It Ain't SoSay It Ain't So (album)Say It Ain't So is a studio album by Murray Head. It was released in 1975. The sleeve photography was by Gered Mankowitz.-Track listing:All songs composed by Murray Head, unless noted.#"Say It Ain't So, Joe" - 4:36#"Boy on the Bridge" - 3:48...
- 1979 - Between Us
- 1981 - VoicesVoices (Murray Head album)-Track listing:#"Last Daze of an Empire" - 4:17#"Affair Across a Crowded Room" - 4:37#"Hey Lady" - 3:05#"On your Own Again" - 3:45#"She's Doing Time on the Line" - 4:00#"Chance Encounter" - 3:37#"Children Only Play " - 4:46#"Old Soho" - 4:05...
- 1981 - Find the CrowdFind the CrowdFind the Crowd is a live album by Murray Head recorded at three concerts in France. It was released in 1981.-Track listing:All tracks composed by Murray Head; except where indicated#"Los Angeles"#"Losing You" #"How Many Ways"#"Old Soho"...
- 1983 - ShadeShade (Murray Head album)Shade is a studio album by Murray Head. It was released in 1983.In 1996 it was reissued by Sony Records and contained 3 bonus tracks.-Track listing:All songs composed by Murry Head unless noted.#"Peace of Mind" - 3:22#"Corporation Corridors" - 3:46...
- 1984 - RestlessRestless (Murray Head album)-Track listing:All songs composed by Murray Head unless noted.#"When You're in Love" - 3:34#"Catching Eddie at It" - 3:16#"Modern Boy" - 4:37#"Peril in Venice" - 5:40#"Salvation " - 4:05...
- 1987 - Sooner or LaterSooner or Later (Murray Head album)Sooner or Later is a studio album by Murray Head. It was released in 1987.In 2001 it was reissued by Headcase and includes two bonus tracks, "Picking up the Pieces" and "Some People".-Track listing:All songs composed by Murray Head unless noted....
- 1990 - Watching Ourselves Go ByWatching Ourselves Go By-Track listing:#"Move Closer"#"Corporation Corridors"#"Joey's on Fire"#"Maman"#"Rubbernecker"#"Bangkok"#"Los Angeles"#"Say It Ain't So, Joe"#"How Many Ways"#"Last Daze of an Empire"#"Never Even Thought"#"Mademoiselle"#"Los Angeles" -References:...
- 1992 - WaveWave (Murray Head album)Wave is a studio album by Murray Head. It was released in 1992.In 2000 Wave was reissued under the title Innocence, which is also the title of a previous album by Murray Head...
- 1993 - InnocenceInnocence (album)-Track listing:#"Nothing To Lose"#"Move Closer"#"Comme des Enfants Qui Jouent"#"All Eyes Are on the West"#"Le Temps Passe"#"When You're In Love"#"Ocean"#"Innocence"#"Little Bit of Loving"#"Un Homme, Une Femme"#"Make It Easy"-References:...
- 1995 - When You're in Love
- 1995 - Pipe Dreams
- 2000 - Innocence (revised edition of Wave)
- 2002 - PassionPassion (Murray Head album)-Track listing:All songs composed by Murray Head unless noted.#"Say It Ain't So, Joe" - 4:29#"Never Even Thought" - 4:38#"Mademoiselle" - 4:07#"Dearest Anne" - 2:00#"Hesitation Blues" -Track listing:All songs composed by Murray Head unless noted.#"Say It Ain't So, Joe" - 4:29#"Never Even Thought"...
- 2005 - Emotions, My Favourite SongsEmotions, My Favourite SongsEmotions, My Favourite Songs is a studio album by Murray Head. It was released in 2005.-Track listing:All songs composed by Murray Head unless noted.#"Never Even Thought" - 4:50#"Say It Ain't So, Joe" - 4:29...
- 2007 - Tête à TêteTête à Tête (Murray Head album)-Track listing:#"Seras-tu là?"#"Crystal Heart"#"Tornado"#"Love Yourself"#"Little One"#"Loin Demain"#"Who Do You Think You Are?"#"I Believe In Stories"#"That's Rich"#"So Strong"#"Lost My Baby Tonight"#"This Face"-References:* at The Official Site...
- 2008 - Rien n'est écrit
Singles
| Year | Single | Peak chart positions | Album | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UK UK Singles Chart The UK Singles Chart is compiled by The Official Charts Company on behalf of the British record-industry. The full chart contains the top selling 200 singles in the United Kingdom based upon combined record sales and download numbers, though some media outlets only list the Top 40 or the Top 75 ... |
AUT | CAN RPM (magazine) RPM was a Canadian music industry publication that featured song and album charts for Canada. The publication was founded by Walt Grealis in February 1964, supported through its existence by record label owner Stan Klees. RPM ceased publication in November 2000.RPM stood for "Records, Promotion,... |
GER | NLD | NZ | NOR | SWE | SWI | US Billboard Hot 100 The Billboard Hot 100 is the United States music industry standard singles popularity chart issued weekly by Billboard magazine. Chart rankings are based on radio play and sales; the tracking-week for sales begins on Monday and ends on Sunday, while the radio play tracking-week runs from Wednesday... |
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| 1967 | "She Was Perfection" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Singles only |
| 1969 | "Superstar Superstar (Jesus Christ Superstar song) "Superstar" is the title song from the 1970 rock opera Jesus Christ Superstar written by Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice. It was released as a single in 1969, before the album was completed. Sung by Murray Head with the Trinidad Singers, it reached number 78 on first release. Murray Head reached... " |
— | — | 6 | — | 9 | — | — | — | — | 14 | |
| 1975 | "Say It Ain't So, Joe" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Say It Ain't So |
| 1976 | "Someone's Rocking My Dreamboat" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| 1977 | "Never Even Thought" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| 1978 | "Mademoiselle" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Between Us |
| 1979 | "Los Angeles" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| "Sorry, I Love You" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1980 | "Cocktail Molotov" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Cocktail Molotov (soundtrack) |
| 1982 | "Corporation Corridors" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Shade |
| "Maman" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1984 | "One Night in Bangkok One Night in Bangkok "One Night in Bangkok" is the title of a song originally sung by the British actor and Pop-dance singer Murray Head on the 1984 concept album for the musical Chess... " |
12 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 3 | Chess OST Chess (musical) Chess is a musical with music by Benny Andersson and Björn Ulvaeus, formerly of ABBA, and with lyrics by Tim Rice. The story involves a romantic triangle between two top players, an American and a Russian, in a world chess championship, and a woman who manages one and falls in love with the other;... |
| "When You're in Love" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Restless | |
| 1985 | "Picking Up the Pieces" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Sooner or Later |
| 1986 | "Some People" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart | ||||||||||||
Selected filmography
- The Family WayThe Family WayThe Family Way is a 1966 British comedy-drama film based on Bill Naughton's play All in Good Time . It began life in 1961 as a television play entitled Honeymoon Postponed....
(1966) - Sunday Bloody SundaySunday Bloody Sunday (film)Sunday Bloody Sunday is a 1971 British drama film directed by John Schlesinger and starring Murray Head, Glenda Jackson and Peter Finch. It tells the story of a free-spirited young bisexual artist and his simultaneous relationships with a female recruitment consultant and a male Jewish doctor...
(1971) - BeaumarchaisBeaumarchais (film)Beaumarchais is a 1996 French biopic film directed by Édouard Molinaro and starring Fabrice Luchini, Manuel Blanc and Sandrine Kiberlain...
(1996)
See also
- List of artists who reached number one on the Australian singles chart
- List of New Wave bands and artists
- List of sibling pairs
- List of show business families