Rupert Holmes on WATNb

[ Where Are They Now? ]

Rupert Holmes, the creator/writer of Remember WENN was featured on VH-1's "One Hit Wonders" episode of Where Are They Now? In 1979, he burst upon the scene with his massive hit, "Escape (The Piña Colada Song)." The segment featured an interview with Rupert, clips of him performing "Escape," as well as his other top ten hit, "Him," (No, Virginia, he really wasn't a one hit wonder), as well as a scene from Remember WENN ("And If I Die Before I Sleep") where the cast's yawning is punctuated by Rupert's comments that he made "coffee for the cast."

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1979, Performing "Escape (The Piña Colada Song)"

(The Tonight Show?)

1981, Performing "Escape (The Piña Colada Song)"

(Solid Gold)

1981, Performing "Him"

(Solid Gold?)

1970s With Barbra Streisand

Playbill Mock-ups and Scary Writer

Goosebumps on Stage

1999, Rupert Walks the Streets of Broadway

(where there's always "Magic" in the air)

The Many Smiles of Rupert

"Hey, Waitress..."

Rupert's Hit Singles

Entry Date	Hot 100+	Other	Title	YouTube
2 Sep, 1978	72		Let's Get Crazy Tonight
20 Oct, 1979	1 (3wks)	8 AC	Escape (The Piña Colada Song)	You Tube
[UK] 12 Jan, 1980		23 [UK]	Escape (The Piña Colada Song)	You Tube
19 Jan, 1980	6	4 AC	Him	You Tube
[UK] 22 Mar, 1980		31 [UK]	Him	You Tube
3 Mar, 1980	32	12 AC	Answering Machine	You Tube
8 Nov, 1980	68	21 AC	Morning Man	You Tube
14 Apr, 1981	103		Blackjack
4 Apr, 1981	56	21 AC	I Don't Need You	You Tube
7 Nov, 1981	103	35 AC	Loved by the One You Love	You Tube
20 Feb, 1982		31 AC	The End	You Tube
Additionally, Rupert was in the 2-man, 2-woman studio group Street People* who hit with:
3 Jan, 1970	36		Jennifer Tomkins	You Tube
25 Apr, 1970	96		Thank You Girl

*A later disco group led by Ray Dahrouge took the name Street People and hit the R&B and Bubbling Under charts.

Additionally, Rupert has been involved with writing, and often arranging, other hit singles such as

"Timothy" by the Buoys (#17) [ You Tube ]
The follow-up "Give Up Your Guns" (#87) [ You Tube ]
And "You Got It All" by The Jets (#3) [ You Tube ]

He's also known for

"Echo Valley 2-6809" (The Partridge Family) [ You Tube ]
And "Studio Musician" (Barry Manilow)

which I first heard on the Barry Manilow episode of Soundstage. For more information see the Discography, Other Voices, and Barbra Streisand sections at the Rupert Holmes web site.

The American chart information is a product of Billboard Magazine which is nicely collected in themed volumes by Joel Whitburn's Record Research.

The British chart information was collected by various sources such as Record Retailer over the years. The UK chart books were put out by Guiness but are moving to Virgin Books in November, 2008. The mainstay, British Hit Singles, can be purchased from Amazon UK.