Editing Tim Curry (section)

===Music===
Aside from his performances on various soundtrack records, Curry has had some success as a solo musical artist. Curry received classical vocal training as a boy. He has mentioned that his musical influences included jazz vocalists such as [[Billie Holiday]] and [[Louis Armstrong]] and he idolised [[the Beatles]] and [[the Rolling Stones]] as a teenager. In 1978, [[A&M Records]] released Curry's debut solo album ''[[Read My Lips (Tim Curry album)|Read My Lips]]''.<ref name="Larkin80"/> The album featured an eclectic range of songs (mostly [[cover version|covers]]) performed in diverse genres. Highlights of the album are a [[reggae]] version of the Beatles' song "[[I Will]]", a rendition of "Wake Nicodemus" featuring the Pipes and Drums of the [[48th Highlanders of Canada]], and a bar-room ballad, "Alan", composed by [[Canadian]] singer-songwriter Tony Kosinec. In 1979 he scored a minor hit single with "I Do the Rock". The following year, Curry released his second and most successful album ''[[Fearless (Tim Curry album)|Fearless]]''.<ref name="Larkin80"/> The [[Gramophone record|LP]] was more rock-oriented than ''Read My Lips'' and mostly featured original songs rather than cover versions. The album included Curry's only US [[Billboard Hot 100]] charting song: "I Do the Rock".

Curry's third and final album, ''[[Simplicity (Tim Curry album)|Simplicity]]'', was released in 1981, again by A&M Records.<ref name="Larkin80">{{cite book|title=[[Encyclopedia of Popular Music|The Virgin Encyclopedia of Eighties Music]]|editor=Colin Larkin|editor-link=Colin Larkin (writer)|publisher=[[Virgin Books]]|date=2003|edition=Third|isbn=1-85227-969-9|page=140}}</ref> This record, which did not sell as well as the previous offerings, combined both original songs and cover versions. Still, it was the only Curry recording to hit the charts in Canada, reaching No. 45 on the album chart.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/obj/028020/f2/nlc008388.0387.pdf| title=RPM Top 50 Albums – September 26, 1981}}</ref> The writing, production, and musician roster for Curry's solo albums included an impressive list of collaborators, including [[Bob Ezrin]], [[Dick Wagner]], and [[David Sanborn]].

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 [[Bob Dylan]]'s "[[Simple Twist of Fate]]". Curry toured [[North America]] and some European countries with his band between 1978 and 1980. In 1990, Curry performed as the Prosecutor in [[Roger Waters]]' production of ''[[The Wall – Live in Berlin]]''.<ref>{{cite web|author=Smith, Rob|url=http://www.looper.com/118540/tim-curry-left-spotlight/|work=[[Looper (website)|Looper]]|title=Why Tim Curry left the spotlight|date=18 April 2018}}</ref> Although Curry's first album was released in 1978, he had previously recorded a nine-track album for [[Lou Adler]]'s [[Ode Records]] in 1976. However, the album remained unreleased in its entirety until February 2010, when it was made available as a legal download entitled ''...From the Vaults'' (though four tracks from these sessions had been released on a 1990 ''[[The Rocky Horror Picture Show|Rocky Horror]]'' box set). The album, produced by Adler, included Curry's rendition of [[The Supremes]]' hit "[[Baby Love]]".