Clint Holmes Wiki: Salary, Married, Wedding, Spouse, Family
Clint Holmes (born 9 May 1946), is a singer-songwriter and Las Vegas entertainer. He was born in Bournemouth, England, the son of an African-American jazz musician and a white English opera singer. He was raised in Farnham, New York, a small village southwest of Buffalo, as a child.Holmes is perhaps best known for his #2 hit on the Billboard Hot 100 chart "Playground In My Mind" in 1973. The nursery rhyme-styled song features Holmes duetting with producer Paul Vance's son Philip (d. 13 December 2009) on the chorus. "Playground In My Mind" was written by Paul Vance and Lee Pockriss, released in the U.S. in July 1972 but did not reach the Hot 100 until 24 March 1973, where it stayed for 23 weeks. It was granted gold disc status by the R.I.A.A. on 3 July 1973. The single went one better in Canada, topping the RPM 100 national singles charts there for three consecutive weeks in the same year (June 23 - July 7).This account is given in the autobiography, Johnny Holliday: From Rock to Jock:"I also helped break a record at WWDC. It was a tune called 'Playground of My Mind,' written by Paul Vance, whom I had known from my WINS days in the Big Apple. Clint Holmes, an excellent talent just waiting to be discovered, recorded it. Clint had found his local audience at Mr. Day's in Georgetown and various other D.C. nightspots. When Clint's record promoter dropped the single off at WWDC, we just jumped all over it. It became a hit overnight. Clint is the sort of fellow you just automatically like the first time you meet him. He and I played tennis at Candy Cane Park in Silver Spring and shot a ton of hoops together. He's a good athlete. I couldn't be prouder of what Clint has accomplished in his career. After 'Playground' hit, he became Joan Rivers' sideman on her short-lived late night show on Fox, and then he got his own TV gig on WOR-TV in NYC."Initially a vocal music student at Fredonia State College, Holmes left school for the U.S. Army during the Vietnam War. He spent his 3 year enlistment (1967–1969) with the elite United States Army Chorus, and then remained in the Washington, D.C. area to launch his civilian career, singing in nightclubs up and down the East Coast. Holmes was the announcer for The Late Show Starring Joan Rivers (1986–1988), the initial broadcast offering of the then-new Fox Broadcasting Company.Holmes has been a Las Vegas show attraction since the early 1970s. In 2006, he closed his headlining show at Harrah's Las Vegas Casino, which renamed its main showroom for him. From 1990 to 1995, he hosted Honda Campus All-Star Challenge on the BET network, and, after the event became non-broadcast, continued to host the final matches through 2008. Most of Holmes' Vegas band members also appear in a locally popular R&B/jazz group, Santa Fe and The Fat City Horns.Holmes has annually returned to Buffalo each March to co-host the annual Variety Kids telethon on WKBW-TV.With the opening of the Smith Center for the Performing Arts i
Full Name
Clint Holmes
Net Worth
$400,000
Date Of Birth
May 9, 1946
Place Of Birth
Bournemouth, Dorset, England, UK
Profession
Singer
Nationality
American
Spouse
Kelly Clinton
Siblings
Gail Steele
Nicknames
Clint Holmes, Holmes, Clint
Facebook
IMDB
TV Shows
Vegas Live! with Clint Holmes & Sheena Easton, Keynotes
Star Sign
Taurus
Soundtrack
Title
Year
Status
Character
Old School
2003
performer: "Playground in My Mind"
The Imagemaker
1986
performer: "It's a Dream"
Actor
Title
Year
Status
Character
Vegas Live! with Clint Holmes & Sheena Easton
2003
TV Series
Host
Thanks
Title
Year
Status
Character
Taxicab Confessions
2001
TV Series special thanks - 1 episode
Self
Title
Year
Status
Character
Last of the Showmen
2017
Documentary filming
Himself
66th & Broadway
2015
TV Series
Himself
2008 Camie Awards
2008
TV Special
Himself
Certifiably Jonathan
2007
Documentary
Himself
50 Hottest Vegas Moments
2005
TV Movie documentary
Himself
The Casino
2004
TV Series
Himself
The Cruise
1998
TV Series
Himself (uncredited)
New York at Night Starring Clint Holmes
1991
TV Series
Himself - Host
Yellow Ribbon Party
1991
TV Special
Himself
The 17th Annual People's Choice Awards
1991
TV Special
Himself - Performer
Children's Miracle Network Telethon
1990
TV Movie
70th Annual Miss America Pageant
1990
TV Special
Himself
Lou Rawls Parade of Stars
1988-1989
TV Series
Himself
The Arsenio Hall Show
1989
TV Series
Himself
The Late Show
1986-1987
TV Series
Himself - Announcer
American Film Institute Comedy Special
1987
TV Special
Pete (segment "Gwendolyn")
Hour Magazine
1987
TV Series
Himself
Ebony/Jet Showcase
1987
TV Series
Himself
On Stage America
1984
TV Series
Himself
The 33rd Annual Primetime Emmy Awards
1981
TV Special
Himself - Performer
The Merv Griffin Show
1979
TV Series
Himself
New American Bandstand 1965
1973
TV Series
Himself
Known for movies
The Late Show (1986-1987) as Himself - Announcer
Yellow Ribbon Party (1991) as Himself
70th Annual Miss America Pageant (1990) as Himself