Murray Head
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Murray Head in concert at Quimper, France, (2013).
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| Background information | |
| Birth name | Murray Seafield Saint-George Head |
| Born |
5 March 1946 London, England |
| Genres | Rock, new wave |
| Occupation(s) | Actor, singer |
| Instruments | Vocals, guitar |
| Years active | 1966–present |
| Labels | Island, A&M, Virgin, Mercury, Voiceprint |
Murray Seafield Saint-George Head (born 5 March 1946) is an English actor and singer, most recognised for his international hit songs "Superstar" (from the 1970 rock opera Jesus Christ Superstar) and "One Night in Bangkok" (the 1984 single from the musical Chess, which topped the charts in various countries), and for his 1975 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.
Murray Head was born in London to Seafield Laurence Stewart Murray Head (1919 – 22 March 2009) and Helen Shingler. Head's father was a documentary filmmaker and a founder of Verity Films. Head's mother played Mme Maigret alongside Rupert Davies in the BBC 1960s television adaptation of the Maigret novels written by Georges Simenon). Head's younger brother Anthony Head is also an actor; he starred in the TV series Buffy the Vampire Slayer.
Murray Head was educated at the Lycée Français Charles de Gaulle in South Kensington, London and Hampton School in Hampton, London. He attended Chiswick Polytechnic (A level college) in the early 1960s.
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 Andrew Lloyd Webber to play Judas Iscariot on the original concept album version of Jesus Christ Superstar; at the time, he had been appearing in the West End production of the musical 'Hair'. With the Trinidad Singers, the song "Superstar" peaked at No. 14 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart in 1971.
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