More albums from Chris Rea
![Listen to Auberge (Deluxe Edition) [2019 Remaster] by Chris Rea](https://is1-ssl.mzstatic.com/image/thumb/Music113/v4/8f/3b/07/8f3b07ad-ac13-c7b8-7111-61280c8d3213/190295492175.jpg/1380x1380bb.webp "Listen to Auberge (Deluxe Edition) [2019 Remaster] by Chris Rea")
![Listen to The Road to Hell (Deluxe Edition) [2019 Remaster] by Chris Rea](https://is1-ssl.mzstatic.com/image/thumb/Music113/v4/12/dc/41/12dc4101-e37d-a3e4-f218-b43aaab05ebd/190295492199.jpg/1380x1380bb.webp "Listen to The Road to Hell (Deluxe Edition) [2019 Remaster] by Chris Rea")
![Listen to Dancing with Strangers (Deluxe Edition) [2019 Remaster] by Chris Rea](https://is1-ssl.mzstatic.com/image/thumb/Music124/v4/63/53/d0/6353d018-d3b0-e741-8b98-dd2621679432/190295492212.jpg/1380x1380bb.webp "Listen to Dancing with Strangers (Deluxe Edition) [2019 Remaster] by Chris Rea")
![Listen to On the Beach (Deluxe Edition) [2019 Remaster] by Chris Rea](https://is1-ssl.mzstatic.com/image/thumb/Music123/v4/9b/fd/b0/9bfdb070-820c-e9a1-84f9-6699985bd5fa/190295492236.jpg/1380x1380bb.webp "Listen to On the Beach (Deluxe Edition) [2019 Remaster] by Chris Rea")
![Listen to Shamrock Diaries (Deluxe Edition) [2019 Remaster] by Chris Rea](https://is1-ssl.mzstatic.com/image/thumb/Music113/v4/36/dd/9e/36dd9eca-8642-157c-b8b6-0338454d81d4/190295492250.jpg/1380x1380bb.webp "Listen to Shamrock Diaries (Deluxe Edition) [2019 Remaster] by Chris Rea")
![Watch Fool (If You Think It's Over) [HD Upgrade] music video by Chris Rea](/mkimage/image/thumb/Video221/v4/0c/be/98/0cbe9861-60c2-66a3-fbaa-9f232c2b7681/GB1302500147.sca1.jpg/575x575mv.webp "Watch Fool (If You Think It's Over) [HD Upgrade] music video by Chris Rea")
About Chris Rea
Hometown
Middlesbrough, North Yorkshire, England
Born
March 4, 1951
Genre
Rock
Singer-songwriter Chris Rea, inspired by blues legend Charley Patton, taught himself to play slide guitar while working at his father’s ice cream shop in Middlesbrough, England.
∙ After stints with the bands Magdalene and Beautiful Losers, he landed a solo deal with Magnet Records, which paired him with Elton John producer Gus Dudgeon for his first two albums.
∙ Rea’s 1978 debut, Whatever Happened to Benny Santini?, produced the Top 20 hit “Fool (If You Think It’s Over)” and earned him a Grammy Award nomination for Best New Artist.
∙ He originally intended to give his 1988 song “Driving Home for Christmas” to Van Morrison, but he wound up recording it himself and scoring a massive UK holiday hit.
∙ In 1989, The Road to Hell topped the charts in the UK and Germany, while also reaching the Top 10 in Austria, the Netherlands, Norway, Sweden, and Switzerland.
∙ An avid auto racing fan and collector of sports cars, Rea featured a painting of his prized Caterham 7 on the cover of his multiplatinum 1991 album, Auberge.
∙ He has sold more than 40 million albums worldwide.
Chris Rea has also released music as a member of Willie & The Poor Boys.
Influenced by Chris ReaChris Rea has influenced the music of The Jeff Healey Band, Nathan Cavaleri, John Campbell and more.
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