David Soul

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David Soul (2008)

David Soul (actually David Richard Solberg ; born August 28, 1943 in Chicago , Illinois ) is an American actor and singer who has been a British citizen since 2004 . He gained fame especially in the 1970s through the role of Ken Hutchinson in the crime series Starsky & Hutch .

biography

Movie and TV

Soul began his career in the 1960s with minor appearances on television series such as Flipper , The Charming Jeannie, and Smoking Colts . His first leading role was that of Joshua Bolt in the series Here Comes the Brides , which aired from 1968 to 1970. In 1973 he had his first notable supporting role as a fascistic cop in the Clint Eastwood film Dirty Harry II - Calahan . He played Ted Warrick in the series Owen Marshall - Defense Attorney .

From 1975 to 1979, Soul played alongside Paul Michael Glaser in the role of blond detective sergeant Ken Hutchinson in the American crime series Starsky & Hutch , which became his most popular role. In 2004 he appeared as a guest star in the movie of the same name . Other well-known films were Rendezvous with a Corpse with Peter Ustinov in 1988 and Pentathlon with Dolph Lundgren from 1994. He also had a small guest role in the British comedy series Little Britain , in which he appeared as a musician himself. He also had guest roles in the television series Murder is Her Hobby with Angela Lansbury and the British crime series Lewis (episode 24, The Inextinguishable Blemish). In the series Cannon he had a guest appearance in the episode A Seahorse Made of Stone .

David Soul has lived in England since the 1990s, where he appears primarily in theater and television productions.

music

At the end of November 1976, the first album called David Soul rose to the English charts and reached number 2 in February 1977. The single Don't Give Up on Us , which was released in December 1976, climbed to the top of the UK charts and was there in mid-January 1977 for four weeks and became the UK's best-selling single of the year. The song also became the number one hit on the American Billboard Hot 100 .

The follow-up single Going in with My Eyes Open hit the UK charts at the end of March, climbed to 2nd place in the second week and stayed there for a total of three weeks. In the United States, Soul's success waned and the song did not get past 54th place. The single Silver Lady was only able to climb to number 52 in the US charts, but became David Souls' second number one hit in England. The title hit the UK charts at the end of August and topped the list for three weeks in October. The accompanying album, Playing to an Audience of One , reached # 8 in the UK in September 1977.

With Let's Have a Quiet Night In from the album Moods , released in December 1977 , Soul had another top 10 hit. The song rose to number 8 in England in January 1978. It Sure Brings Out the Love in Your Eyes was the singer's last chart success in the UK in May of that year.

Filmography (selection)

David Soul (2018)

Discography

Albums

year title Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements
(Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes) 		Remarks
UK UK US US
1976 David Soul UK2
gold
gold

(28 weeks)UK 		US40 (22 weeks)
US
Producer: Elliot Mazer
1977 Playing to an Audience of One UK8th
gold
gold

(23 weeks)UK 		US86 (7 weeks)
US
Producer: Tony Macaulay

More albums

  • 1979: Moods
  • 1980: Band of Friends
  • 1981: The Best Days of My Life
  • 1997: Leave a Light On (15 mp3 files)

Compilations

year title Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements
(Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes) 		Remarks
UK UK US US
2020 gold UK28 (2 weeks)
UK 		-

More compilations

  • 1991: Silver Lady - All His Hits
  • 1993: The Magic Collection
  • 1994: The Best Of
  • 1995: Surrender to Me
  • 1996: Le meilleur de David Soul
  • 2004: The Best of David Soul
  • 2008: Looking Back - The Very Best Of
  • 2010: Don't Give Up on Us - The Very Best of David Soul (2 CDs)
  • 2013: Collector's Series

Singles

year Title
album 		Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements
(Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes) 		Remarks
UK UK US US
1976 Don't Give Up on Us
David Soul ( Reissue ) 		UK1
platinum
platinum

(16 weeks)UK 		US1
gold
gold

(19 weeks)US
Author: Tony Macaulay
1977 Going in with My Eyes Open
Playing to an Audience of One 		UK2
silver
silver

(8 weeks)UK 		US54 (7 weeks)
US
Author: Tony Macaulay
Silver Lady
Playing to an Audience of One 		UK1
gold
gold

(14 weeks)UK 		US52 (12 weeks)
US
Authors: Geoff Stephens , Tony Macaulay
Let's Have a Quiet Night In
Moods 		UK8 (9 weeks)
UK 		-
Author: Tony Macaulay
1978 It Sure Brings Out the Love in Your Eyes
Moods 		UK12 (9 weeks)
UK 		-
Authors: Geoff Stephens, Tony Macaulay

More singles

  • 1966: The Covered Man
  • 1966: Before
  • 1970: Surrender to Me
  • 1981: Fool for Love
  • 1981: Dreamers
  • 1981: I Can't Afford That Feeling Anymore
  • 1982: How Can You Tell You Got It (If You Don't Ever Give It Away)

swell

  1. ↑ David Soul: My home is where my art is The Independent , online, (English), accessed September 16, 2014
  2. ↑ David Soul Biography (1943-) Filmreference.com, online, (English)
  3. ↑ a b c Chart sources: UK US
  4. ↑ a b Gold / Platinum databases: UK US

Web links

Commons : David Soul  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files
personal data
SURNAME Soul, David
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Solberg, David Richard (real name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American actor and singer
DATE OF BIRTH August 28, 1943
PLACE OF BIRTH Chicago , Illinois , USA