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Best remembered for his 1984 smash "One Night in Bangkok," actor/singer Murray Head was born March 5, 1946 in London and began his performing career at age 12 with appearances in a series of radio plays. He began writing songs a year later, cutting his earliest singles while still a teenager under the supervision of famed producer <a href="spotify:artist:4pATfYod94GOyT4Ct8pbwY">Norrie Paramor</a>. In 1966 Head made his film debut in The Family Way; the picture also featured his third single "Some Day Soon," produced by <a href="spotify:artist:3KDpcZPHxvsaVk5PReoGqh">Tim Rice</a>. Still, Head's career failed to take off and he was eventually dropped from his recording contract, spending a few years selling insurance before <a href="spotify:artist:0oJ1V3N4lNXP2TNVS4klmz">Rice</a> and composer <a href="spotify:artist:4aP1lp10BRYZO658B2NwkG">Andrew Lloyd Webber</a> contacted him to sing the role of Judas on the soundtrack to their musical Jesus Christ Superstar; concurrently, he also appeared in the film Sunday Bloody Sunday. The success of both projects launched Head to mainstream attention, and in 1972 he recorded his debut solo album Nigel Lived; three years later he resurfaced with Say It Ain't So, scoring an enduring cult hit with the single "Say It Ain't So, Joe." Apart from a starring role in 1977's Madame Claude, he spent the remainder of the decade out of the spotlight, finally returning in 1980 with Between Us; two more albums, Voices and How Many Ways, followed a year later. In 1984 Head was tapped to star in the musical Chess; his soundtrack performance of "One Night in Bangkok" was released as a single and became a major pop hit on both sides of the Atlantic, although his subsequent recordings were largely unheard outside of his core audience. ~ Jason Ankeny, Rovi
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