Person · Open Library
- Works
- 27
Top works
- How i cured my doudenal ulcer
- Say Uncle
- Introduction to Guidelines
- Guidelines May - August 2001
- Guidelines January - April 2001
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Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- United Kingdom
- Active from
- 1952-11-18
adult contemporaryclassicalcontemporary pop/rocknoveltypoprock
Discography
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 277,519
- Total plays
- 1,933,662
Tags
rock80sclassic rockbritishpop
John Parr (born November 18, 1954, Worksop, Nottinghamshire) is a British rock musician who had considerable success in the 80s, having two chart topping hits in the United States. His 'signature song', "St. Elmo's Fire (Man in Motion)", reached the top 40 in over six different nations and continues to be played worldwide, particularly in support of disabled athletes (the song being written on behalf of Canadian wheelchair athlete Rick Hansen, the 'man in motion'). <a href="https://www.last.fm/m
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- John
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom
- Place of birth
- Worksop
- Occupation
- guitarist
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Native language
- English language
- Genre
- rock music
- Instrument
- voice
- Record label
- Atlantic Records
- Official website
- www.johnparr.net
- Image
- John Parr 2011 Acoustic Festival of Great Britain.jpg
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- date of birth
- 1952-11-18
- name in native language
- John Parr
- different from
- John Parr
- start of work period
- 1964-00-00
- Commons category
- John Parr (musician)
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