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Infobox musical artist| name = Murray Head| image =| caption =| background = solo_singer| birth_name = Murray Seafield Saint-George Head| alias =| Born = Birth date and age|df=yes|1946|3|5, London , England | death_date =| origin =| instrument = Singing|Vocals , guitar | genre = Rock music|Rock , New Wave music|New Wave | occupation = Actor , Singing|singer | years_active = 1966present| label = Virgin Records|Virgin , Mercury Records|Mercury , Voiceprint Records|Voiceprint | associated_acts =| website = Murray Seafield Saint-George Head (born 5 March 1946)Allmusic|class=artist|id=p18172/biography|pure_url=yes Allmusic biography is a British people|British actor and singer, most recognised for his international hit songs " Superstar (Jesus Christ Superstar song)|Superstar " (from the 1970 rock opera Jesus Christ Superstar ) and " One Night in Bangkok " (the 1984 New Wave music|New Wave Hit single|hit that topped the Record chart|charts in various countries), and for his 1975 album '' Say It Ain't So (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 .
Life and career
Murray Head was born in London http://www.80smusiclyrics.com/artists/murrayhead.htm 80smusiclyrics.com biography - accessed February 2008 to Seafield Laurence Stewart Murray Head (1919 March 22, 2009), a documentary filmmaker and a founder of Verity Films , and Helen Shingler, an actress. http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0372158/bio IMDb mini-biography and database (Helen played Mme. Maigret alongside Rupert Davies in the BBC's 1960s television adaptation of the Jules Maigret|Maigret novels written by Georges Simenon ). His younger brother is Buffy the Vampire Slayer (TV series)|Buffy the Vampire Slayer star Anthony Head . Head was educated at the Lycιe Franηais 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 AndrewLloyd Webber to play Judas Iscariot on the original concept album version of Jesus Christ Superstar , which, with the Trinidad Singers, yielded the song " Superstar (Jesus Christ Superstar 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 Academy Award|Oscar -nominated film Sunday Bloody Sunday (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 (music)|single release, "Say It Ain't So Joe" in 1975). "Never Even Thought" from the "Say It Ain't So Joe" album has been covered by Cliff Richard (Green Light 1977) and Colin Blunstone (Never Even Thought 1978).
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 theatre|musical Chess (musical)|Chess . The song " One Night in Bangkok " featured Head on lead vocal. It became the last significant Broadway theatre|Broadway / West End theatre|West End number to be a hit single|hit on United States|American and Germany|German radio up until " No Matter What (Boyzone song)|No Matter What " by Boyzone in 1996. "One Night in Bangkok" was a major pop music|pop hit on both sides of the Atlantic Ocean|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 sound recording and reproduction|recording success in the United Kingdom|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 language|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 Siθcle .
He has appeared on television in the UK on The Bill , Casualty (TV series)|Casualty and Judge John Deed . He also played an artist called Jack Hollins on ITV 's Heartbeat (UK TV series)|Heartbeat from 2005-2006. On 15 March 2010 he appeared in the BBC drama Doctors (2000 TV series)|Doctors playing a pop singer, Pete Perry, trying to make a comeback, in which Murray sang 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 .
Personal life
Head married Susan Ellis Jones in 1972; they divorced in 1992. He has two daughters: Katherine and Sophie.
Discography
Studio albums
1972 - Nigel Lived
1975 - '' Say It Ain't So (album)|Say It Ain't So
1979 - Between Us (Murray Head album)|Between Us
1981 - Voices (Murray Head album)|Voices
1981 - Find the Crowd
1983 - Shade (Murray Head album)|Shade
1984 - Restless (Murray Head album)|Restless
1987 - Sooner or Later (Murray Head album)|Sooner or Later
http://www.murrayhead.org/Events.asp Official events
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