Rupert Holmes
2 songs or works across all MusicAtlas lists. Distinct recording versions remain separate.
About Rupert Holmes
Rupert Holmes combines a pop songwriting and recording career with arranging, musical theater and fiction. After studying music in New York, he released Widescreen in 1974 and worked on recordings for Barbra Streisand. Partners in Crime later included Escape (The Pina Colada Song) and Him. His interest in narrative also extended to writing and composing The Mystery of Edwin Drood for the stage and creating the television series Remember WENN.
Artist background sources
Rupert Holmes - official biography
Music study, 1974 solo debut, Streisand arranging/writing, Partners in Crime repertoire and theater/television authorship. Promotional firsts, awards and rankings are omitted; fictional/composite studio-act credits mentioned in the source are not mapped. | Retrieved 2026-10-18
Profile reviewed: 2026-10-18. Artist background does not establish a song's creative origin or release date.
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- (year unknown) Escape (The Pina Colada Song)
- (year unknown) Him
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