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Rupert Holmes

Northwich, United Kingdom • b. 1947-02-24

Rupert Holmes is credited on 1,639 releases across 349 albums tracked on Gatefold, active 1968–2025 — the collector-built map of who actually made the music.

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1,639

Pressings credited

349

Albums

7

Decades active

293

In collections

Biography

Rupert Holmes (born David Goldstein; February 24, 1947) is a British-born American dramatist and author, and formerly a composer, singer-songwriter and music producer. He is widely known for the hit singles "Escape (The Piña Colada Song)" (1979) and "Him" (1980). He is also known for his musicals The Mystery of Edwin Drood, which earned him two Tony Awards, and Curtains, his television series Remember WENN, and his novel Murder Your Employer: The McMasters Guide to Homicide.

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Credited work

1,639 releases · 349 albums · active 1968–2025

  • Performance · 2,027
  • Production · 742
  • Other credits · 210
  • Engineering · 4

Studios: Mediasound · Sun Devil Stadium · Grady Gammage Auditorium · Wally Heider Recording Studio, Los Angeles

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