<Table> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> This section of a biography of a living person does not include any references or sources . Please help by adding reliable sources . Contentious material about living people that is unsourced or poorly sourced must be removed immediately . Find sources: "Tim Curry"--news newspapers books scholar JSTOR (November 2014) (Learn how and when to remove this template message) </Td> </Tr> </Table> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> This section of a biography of a living person does not include any references or sources . Please help by adding reliable sources . Contentious material about living people that is unsourced or poorly sourced must be removed immediately . Find sources: "Tim Curry"--news newspapers books scholar JSTOR (November 2014) (Learn how and when to remove this template message) </Td> </Tr> <P> 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 idolised the Beatles and the Rolling Stones as a teenager . In 1978, A&M Records released Curry's debut solo album Read My Lips . The album featured an eclectic range of songs (mostly 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 . </P> <P> The following year, Curry released his second and most successful album Fearless . The LP was more rock - oriented than Read My Lips and mostly featured original songs rather than cover versions . The record included Curry's only US charting songs: "I Do the Rock" and "Paradise Garage". </P>

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