Murray Head

Murray Head (born the March 5th 1946 with London), is a singer and British actor . His/her parents are Seafield Head, realizer the documentary ones, and Helen Shingler, actress. His/her younger brother, Anthony Stewart Head, is known to have played in the series Buffy against the vampires .

Career

Years 1960-1970

Murray Head begins its career as of childhood and signs its first contract with EMI in the middle of the the Sixties. Tim Rice and Andrew Lloyd Webber urges it in 1969 to interpret Judas Iscariote in the original version of the album Jesus Christ Superstar .

At the same time, it takes down one of the main roles of film of John Schlesinger “Sunday Bloody Sunday” ( One Sunday like the other ) at the sides of Peter Finch and Glenda Jackson.

Beginning of the year 70 marks the beginning of a long story of love between Murray and France, one sees the actor-singer in the role of English Tony-for film of Edouard Molinaro the Tangerine with dimensions of Annie Girardot and Philippe Noiret.

But the year 1975 marks the apogee of the musical career of the artist with the exit of the album Say it ain' T so , which is a true triumph in France and whose song éponyme recalls the history of Joe Jackson, a star déchue of the baseball of the Twenties and who fell with other players from the " Chicago White Sox" in a murky story of faked bets. The famous sentence was launched by a young disillusioned admiror who shouted with anguish “say it Ain' T so, Joe! ” (“Say to me that it is not true, Joe! ”).

Years 1980

Six albums solos later, in 1984, he plays in the musical comedy “Chess”, from which is extracted the song “One night in Bangkok” which will be a hit in Europe and in the United States in 1985. Murray Head turns over to the cinema, in particular with " White Mischief" (On the road of Nairobi) of Michael Radford and " A summer of orages" of Charlotte Brandstrom, of which it also signs the music. It composes inter alia the music of " Molotov" cocktail; of Diane Kurys and " On the left while leaving the elevator " , " For 100 bricks you ace plus nothing… " of Edouard Molinaro.

Years 1990

In 1994, it leaves its first French successes, with the Quebec, with Luc Plamondon, for the words. The titles " Like children who jouent" and " A Woman, Homme" (sung in duet with Marie Carmen), are quickly tubes. In 1995, it returns in France and records " India Song" of Marguerite Duras and Celtic titles of variations (album " Dreams" pipe;). Between 1995 and 1998, it carries out research on the history of love between George Sand and Alfred de Musset. Its research on the steps of the couple leads it to Venice, in the Gorges of the Tarn in the Berry and with Paris. Fruit of this work carried out to the writing of the " Children of the century " (1999), in collaboration with François-Olivier Rousseau and Diane Kurys. For this period, it also appears on the screens in " Beaumarchais, insolates it " (1996) of Edouard Molinaro to with dimensions of Fabrice Luchini, and in " The large snake of the monde" (1999), Québécois film of Yves Dion.

Years 2000

Its last album, " Head with Tête" , on March 5th, 2007 left.

Discography

  • 2007 - Head with Head
  • 2005 - Emotions, My Favorite Songs
  • 2002 - Passion
  • 2000 - Innocence (republication of Wave)
  • 1995 - Pipe Dreams
  • 1995 - When You' Re In Coils
  • 1993 - Innocence
  • 1992 - Wave
  • 1990 - Watching Ourselves Go By
  • 1987 - Sooner Or Later
  • 1984 - Restless
  • 1983 - Shade
  • 1981 - Find the Crowd
  • 1981 - Voices
  • 1979 - Between Us
  • 1975 - Say It Ain' T So
  • 1972 - Nigel Lived

Catalog of films

Cinema Television

Bonds

  • Murray Head on the IMDB
  • MurrayHead.net Official site, in French and English
  • www.murrayhead.com

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