Tim Curry
Timothy James Curry (born April 19, 1946 in Grappenhall, a district of Warr… Read Full Bio ↴Timothy James Curry (born April 19, 1946 in Grappenhall, a district of Warrington, England) is an English actor, vocalist and composer perhaps best known for his role as mad scientist Dr. Frank N. Furter in The Rocky Horror Picture Show (1975). He also had a later career as a rock musician. He studied Drama and English at Birmingham and then at Cambridge. His list of roles is extremely extensive, in both TV and movies, live-action and voice-acting for animated features, and it is notable that he almost always plays a villain of one kind or another. He currently resides in Los Angeles, though for the past year or so has been in Chicago and New York with the current Broadway hit Monty Python's Spamalot.
In 1978, A&M Records released Tim Curry's debut solo album. Entitled Read My Lips, the album featured an eclectic range of songs (mostly covers) performed in diverse genre. Highlights of the album are a reggae version of the Beatles song "I Will", a rendition of "Wake Nicodemus" with full bagpipe backing, and an original bar-room ballad, "Alan".
The following year, Curry's second and most successful album was released. Titled Fearless, the LP was more rock-oriented than Read My Lips and mostly featured original songs rather than cover versions. The record included Tim Curry's only US charting songs: "I Do the Rock" and "Paradise Garage".
Curry's third and final album, Simplicity, was released in 1981, again by A&M Records. This record did not sell as well as the previous offerings, due in part to a less appealing, more maudlin sound. This record combined both original songs and cover versions, and is commonly held to be the weakest of the three albums.
In 1989, A&M released The Best of Tim Curry on CD and cassette, featuring songs from his albums (including a live version of "Alan") and a previously-unreleased song, a live cover version of "Simple Twist of Fate".
Curry toured America with his band through the late 1970s and the first half of the 1980s.
Curry's first full-time role was as part of the original London cast of the musical Hair in 1968. Here he first met Richard O'Brien, who went on to create his next full-time and perhaps still most famous role, that of Frank N. Furter in the Rocky Horror Show.
Originally Curry rehearsed the character with a German accent and peroxide blonde hair, but the character evolved into the sly, very upper-class English (He says 'dine' instead of down, 'brine' instead of brown etc) drag-wearing mad scientist incarnation that carried over to the movie version and made Curry both a star and a cult figure. He continued to play the character in London, Los Angeles and New York until 1975.
For many years, Curry was reluctant to talk about Rocky Horror, feeling that it was a trend that had gone too far and had distracted attention away from his later roles. However, in recent years he has been much more open about discussing the show and now recognises it as a "rite of passage" for many young people.
In 1978, A&M Records released Tim Curry's debut solo album. Entitled Read My Lips, the album featured an eclectic range of songs (mostly covers) performed in diverse genre. Highlights of the album are a reggae version of the Beatles song "I Will", a rendition of "Wake Nicodemus" with full bagpipe backing, and an original bar-room ballad, "Alan".
The following year, Curry's second and most successful album was released. Titled Fearless, the LP was more rock-oriented than Read My Lips and mostly featured original songs rather than cover versions. The record included Tim Curry's only US charting songs: "I Do the Rock" and "Paradise Garage".
Curry's third and final album, Simplicity, was released in 1981, again by A&M Records. This record did not sell as well as the previous offerings, due in part to a less appealing, more maudlin sound. This record combined both original songs and cover versions, and is commonly held to be the weakest of the three albums.
In 1989, A&M released The Best of Tim Curry on CD and cassette, featuring songs from his albums (including a live version of "Alan") and a previously-unreleased song, a live cover version of "Simple Twist of Fate".
Curry toured America with his band through the late 1970s and the first half of the 1980s.
Curry's first full-time role was as part of the original London cast of the musical Hair in 1968. Here he first met Richard O'Brien, who went on to create his next full-time and perhaps still most famous role, that of Frank N. Furter in the Rocky Horror Show.
Originally Curry rehearsed the character with a German accent and peroxide blonde hair, but the character evolved into the sly, very upper-class English (He says 'dine' instead of down, 'brine' instead of brown etc) drag-wearing mad scientist incarnation that carried over to the movie version and made Curry both a star and a cult figure. He continued to play the character in London, Los Angeles and New York until 1975.
For many years, Curry was reluctant to talk about Rocky Horror, feeling that it was a trend that had gone too far and had distracted attention away from his later roles. However, in recent years he has been much more open about discussing the show and now recognises it as a "rite of passage" for many young people.
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Tim Curry Lyrics
01 Right On The Money Freezing on this corner Waiting for a ride uptown Really g…
A Professional Pirate Long John: When I was just a lad looking for my…
Alan There's a man Hanging by his pants-seat While the moon Is…
All I Want I am on a lonely road and I am traveling Traveling,…
Anyone Who Had a Heart Anyone who had a heart Could look at me And know that…
Anything Can Happen on Halloween I wouldn't change places With anyone tonight We'll carve pum…
Baby Love Baby love, my baby love, I need you oh how…
Betty Jean Oh way, I'm in love with Betty Jean, oh yea Oh…
Birds of a Feather Birds of a feather flock together, yes they do, Yes! Birds…
Biting My Nails Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh Catch you later,…
Brontosaurus Well, a sister used to hide it, So I never thought…
Charge It Well you can Telex my accountant Call up Tele-Credit, too I …
Cold Blue Steel and Sweet Fire Cold blue steel out of money One eye for the…
Dancing in the Streets Wow! Ah yeah! Calling out around the world Are you ready…
Don't Dream It Be It It was great when it all began I was a regular…
Don't Fall In Love Listen to your old friend won′t you. Have I ever steered…
Fanfare / Don't Dream It It was great when it all began I was a regular…
Girls Girls They are so hard to touch Girls They really protect th…
Harlem on My Mind Em'ralds in my bracelets and diamonds in my rings A Riviera…
Hide This Face I'm a smash at cocktail parties I keep falling on my…
I Can Make You A Man A weakling weighing ninety-eight pounds Will get sand in his…
I Can Make You A Man: Reprise But a deltoid and a bicep, a hot groin and…
I Do the Rock Edith Sitwell giving readings 14 Moscow Road Osbert's giving…
I Put a Spell on You I put a spell on you because you're mine You better…
I Will Who knows how long I've loved you You know I always…
I'm All Alone ARTHUR I'm all alone All by myself. There is no on…
I'm Going Home On the day I went away, goodbye Was all I had…
Just Fourteen Shhh here she comes She's just 14 Little movie star queen Bu…
Laker Girls Cheer ARTHUR (Blows whistle) I am Arthur, King of the Bri…
Losing My Mind The sun comes up, I think about you. The coffee cup,…
No Love on the Street Baby woke up nervous She was sweating from the steam Kicke…
On a Roll Well this morning on the radio I heard the d.j.…
Out of Pawn I lost a lot of things to the wind I lost…
Paradise Garage I went down to Paradise Garage And took my place in…
People Make the World Go Round People ('Round and 'round and around) People make the world …
Right on the Money Freezing on this corner Waiting for a ride uptown Really g…
Round Midnight It begins to tell 'Round midnight, midnight I do pretty well…
S.O.S Look at me In waters so deep Much too far from shore To…
She's Not There Well no one told me about her, the way she…
Simple Twist of Fate They sat together in the park As the evening sky grew…
Simplicity I try every way I know to tell you I run…
Sloe Gin Sloe Gin, sloe Gin Tryin' to wash away the pain inside Well…
Something Short of Paradise I'm giving up this restless life My wayward friends The ba…
SOS Look at me In waters so deep Much too far from shore To…
Spaceship Races Baby, you're so frazzled Spinning around in a busby swirl Wi…
Summer in the City Hot town, summer in the city Back of my neck gettin'…
Surabaya Johnny Ich war jung, Gott, erst sechzehn Jahre Du kamest von Burma…
Sweet Transvestite How d'you do, I See you've met my Faithful handyman He's jus…
Take Me I'm Yours I've come across the desert To greet you with a smile My…
Toxic Love Mmm, sludge Mmm, filth Aah, fumes Oooh, cack Oil and grime,…
Wake Nicodemus A ballad by Henry Clay Work, originally published in 1864 Re…
We Went As Far As We Felt Like Going I dig you, you dig me, we went as far…
White Cadillac I′d be so ashamed, If I ever lost your llove. You would…
Wild and Untamed Thing Frank-N_Furter: My my my, my my my my my, my my…
Working on My Tan Nikki's at the campsite in the caravan On the Riviera Every …
Zucchini Song Now down the road there lives a man I'd like…