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  1. "You Got It All" is a song recorded by American band #theJets. It was released in 1986 as the fourth single from their debut studio album The Jets (1985). It was written by #RupertHolmes, most famous for the 1979 hit "#EscapeThePiñaColadaSong", and produced by Don Powell (not to be confused with #Slade's #drummer) and #DavidRivkin. Holmes wrote it for his 10-year-old daughter Wendy but she never got to hear it become a hit.
    youtube.com/watch?v=dOWtNx16yYY

  2. "You Got It All" is a song recorded by American band #theJets. It was released in 1986 as the fourth single from their debut studio album The Jets (1985). It was written by #RupertHolmes, most famous for the 1979 hit "#EscapeThePiñaColadaSong", and produced by Don Powell (not to be confused with #Slade's #drummer) and #DavidRivkin. Holmes wrote it for his 10-year-old daughter Wendy but she never got to hear it become a hit.
    youtube.com/watch?v=EG-KPlYYSwc

  3. Wieder mal aus der Reihe der Lieder, die mir genauso ewig gefielen, wie ich nicht wusste, von wem sie sind. Bekannter ist der Autor und Interpret für sein gut ausgehendes Beziehungsdrama, in dem häufiger eine Piña Colada besungen wird. Aber auch hier läuft das Liebesglück nicht ganz problemfrei: Rupert Holmes - Him

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    #Musik #music #MusikZurNacht #RupertHolmes

  4. "You Got It All" is a song recorded by American band #theJets. It was released in 1986 as the fourth single from their debut studio album The Jets (1985). It was written by #RupertHolmes, most famous for the 1979 hit "#EscapeThePiñaColadaSong", and produced by Don Powell (not to be confused with #Slade's #drummer) and #DavidRivkin. Holmes wrote it for his 10-year-old daughter Wendy but she never got to hear it become a hit.
    youtube.com/watch?v=3wW0ijLsdeA

  5. On 24 Feb 1947: #RupertHolmes [David Goldstein], British pop songwriter ("Escape (The Piña Colada Song)"; "Him"), and Tony Award-winning composer (The Mystery of Edwin Drood), born in Northwich, England.
    #HappyBirthday #79 ⋆✴︎˚。⋆ 🎂 ༘⋆

  6. "Babe" is a song by the American rock band #Styx. It was the lead single from the band's 1979 double-platinum album #Cornerstone. The song was Styx's first, and only, US number-one single, spending two weeks at No. 1 in December 1979, serving as the penultimate number-one single of the 1970s (the ultimate number-one single of the '70s was #EscapeThePiñaColadaSong, by #RupertHolmes). "Babe" also went to No. 9 on the #AdultContemporary chart.
    youtube.com/watch?v=yaVyQS1T7TY

  7. "You Got It All" is a song recorded by American band #theJets. It was released in 1986 as the fourth single from their debut studio album The Jets (1985). It was written by #RupertHolmes, most famous for the 1979 hit "#EscapeThePiñaColadaSong", and produced by Don Powell (not to be confused with #Slade's #drummer) and #DavidRivkin. Holmes wrote it for his 10-year-old daughter Wendy but she never got to hear it become a hit.
    youtube.com/watch?v=69gbQOW8s4U

  8. "Him" is a song written and recorded by American singer and songwriter #RupertHolmes. It was released in January 1980 as the second single from the album, #PartnersInCrime. The song peaked at number six on the US #Billboard Hot 100 on March 29, 1980 and remained at that position for two weeks. It was Holmes' biggest Adult Contemporary hit, peaking at number four in both the United States and Canada.
    youtube.com/watch?v=9WbQ5GCo6m0

  9. "Babe" is a song by the American rock band #Styx. It was the lead single from the band's 1979 double-platinum album #Cornerstone. The song was Styx's first, and only, US number-one single, spending two weeks at No. 1 in December 1979, serving as the penultimate number-one single of the 1970s (the ultimate number-one single of the '70s was #EscapeThePiñaColadaSong, by #RupertHolmes). "Babe" also went to No. 9 on the #AdultContemporary chart.
    youtube.com/watch?v=yaVyQS1T7TY

  10. "When Julie Comes Around" is a song written by #LeePockriss and #PaulVance. It was first released as "When Joey Comes Around" by #TashaThomas in July 1969, and produced by Pockriss and Vance in a slightly soul-ish arrangement. This version failed to chart. The song is best known for the version by #theCuffLinks, also produced by Pockriss and Vance in a different pop-oriented arrangement (with strings arranged by #RupertHolmes). Released in November 1969.
    youtube.com/watch?v=QrP_5GbFuzY

  11. "Him" is a song written and recorded by American singer and songwriter #RupertHolmes. It was released in January 1980 as the second single from the album, #PartnersInCrime. The song peaked at number six on the US Billboard Hot 100 on March 29, 1980 and remained at that position for two weeks. It was Holmes' biggest Adult Contemporary hit, peaking at number four in both the United States and Canada.
    youtube.com/watch?v=KKfZ_OO0oYw

  12. "Babe" is a song by the American rock band #Styx. It was the lead single from the band's 1979 double-platinum album #Cornerstone. The song was Styx's first, and only, US number-one single, spending two weeks at No. 1 in December 1979, serving as the penultimate number-one single of the 1970s (the ultimate number-one single of the '70s was #EscapeThePiñaColadaSong, by #RupertHolmes). "Babe" also went to No. 9 on the #AdultContemporary chart.
    youtube.com/watch?v=I9mmbrLmV2A

  13. @jessamyn @BramMeehan

    Forever a great song; I'll always keep the 45.

    Well executed concept indeed!

    Him is also an excellent song.

    #rupertholmes

  14. #NowPlaying #NowPlaying #Music #SaturdayNightPlaylist

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    Margaritaville - Jimmy Buffett

    Super Freak - Rick James

    Escape (The Pina Colada Song) - Rupert Holmes

    Don’t Go Breaking My Heart - Elton John & Kiki Dee

    Roam - The B52s

    Shake It Up - The Cars

    I Will - Matchbox 20

    November Rain - Guns & Roses

    Call and Answer - Barenaked Ladies

    #JimmyBuffett #RickJames #RupertHolmes #EltonJohn #KikiDee #B52s #TheCars #Matchbox20 #MatchboxTwenty #GunsNRoses #BareNakedLadies #BNL