Chris Rea

Quick Facts

Full Name	Chris Rea
Occupation	Pop Singer
Date Of Birth	Mar 4, 1951(1951-03-04)
Age	73
Birthplace	Middlesbrough
Country	United Kingdom
Birth City	England
Horoscope	Pisces

Chris Rea Biography

Chris Rea is one of the most popular and richest Pop Singer who was born on March 4, 1951 in Middlesbrough, England, United Kingdom. The 1980s of the late the 1980s United Kingdom singer-songwriter who sang “The Road to Hell (Part 2)” and “Fool (If You Think It’s Over.”

His debut album was recorded with the help of His debut album was produced by Elton John‘s music producer.’s music producer.

Rea is a fan of historic motor racing and races a Ferrari Dino, a Ferrari 328, and a 1955 Lotus 6. In 1993, he participated in the 1993 BTCC ToCa shootout as a guest driver. He got to drive a Ferrari in a race at the Monza circuit in

1997. He owned and raced the 1964 Lotus Elan 26R, and the well known Caterham 7 from the Auberge album cover, until it was sold in 2005 with all proceeds (£11,762) going to the charity NSPCC. He also owned Ferrari 330 which was used as a donor car for the replica of Ferrari 250 Le Mans used in the 1996 movie La Passione. In 2014, he was completing a 22-year restoration of an original replica of a Ferrari 156 Sharknose Formula One racing car. He also joined Historic Racing Drivers Club, where he drives a 1957 Morris Minor 1000 police car.

Rea bought his first guitar when he was 21 – 22, a 1961 Hofner V3 and 25-watt Laney amplifier, after he left school. He played primarily “bottleneck” guitar, also known as slide guitar. Rea’s playing style was inspired by Charlie Patton whom he had heard on the radio. He had initially thought Patton’s playing sounded like a violin. Rea was also influenced by Blind Willie Johnson and Sister Rosetta Tharpe as well as by the playing of Ry Cooder and Joe Walsh. He was also listening to Delta blues musicians like Sonny Boy Williamson II and Muddy Waters, gospel blues, and opera to light orchestral classics to develop his style. He recalls that “for many people from working-class backgrounds, rock wasn’t a chosen thing, it was the only thing, the only avenue of creativity available for them”, and that “when I was young I wanted most of all to be a writer of films and film music. But Middlesbrough in 1968 wasn’t the place to be if you wanted to do movie scores”. Due to his late introduction to music and guitar playing, Rea commented that when compared to Mark Knopfler and Eric Clapton, “I definitely missed the boat, I think”. He was self-taught, and soon tried to join a friend’s group, The Elastic Band, as the first choice for guitar or bass. Heeding his father’s advice he did not join as his potential earnings would not be enough to cover the costs of being in the group. As a result, he found himself working casual labouring jobs, including working in his father’s ice cream business. Rea commented that, at that time, he was “meant to be developing my father’s ice-cream cafe into a global concern, but I spent all my time in the stockroom playing slide guitar”.

He got married Joan Rea, with whom there were two children: Josephine Julia Christina and Josephine Julia Christina.

Chris Rea Net Worth

Chris Rea is one of the richest Pop Singer from United Kingdom. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Chris Rea 's net worth $8 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

He started playing guitar at 22. Although he was left-handed, the guitarist was right-handed.

In the beginning in his professional career, the artist sold more thirty million albums around the world.

Christopher Anton Rea (/ˈ r iː ə / REE -ə; born 4 March 1951) is an English rock and blues singer-songwriter and guitarist. Born and raised in Middlesbrough, he is of Italian and Irish descent. He is known for his distinctive, husky-gravel voice and slide guitar playing, and the Guinness Rockopedia described him as a “gravel-voiced guitar stalwart”.

Height, Weight & Body Measurements

Chris Rea height 5 ft 8 in Chris weight Not Known & body measurements will update soon.

Who is Chris Rea Dating?

According to our records, Chris Rea married to Joan Rea. As of December 1, 2023, Chris Rea’s is not dating anyone.

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Rea’s first guitar was Höfner Verithin 3, which he bought in a second-hand shop because, at the time, there were not that many shops in Middlesbrough where one could purchase a guitar. He played the V3 until 1979, although, by Rea’s reckoning, it was a “dreadful guitar with an appalling action, but playing slide it didn’t matter”. During his career the guitar most associated with him was a 1962 Fender Stratocaster which he called “Pinky”. Rea bought the instrument after seeing a Ry Cooder concert at the City Hall in Newcastle. The guitar once was submerged in water for three months and was more mellow in sound compared to the classic hard Stratocaster sound. Since 2002 Dancing Down the Stony Road, his main guitar was an Italia Maranello he named “Bluey”.

Facts & Trivia

Chris Ranked on the list of most popular Pop Singer. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United Kingdom. Chris Rea celebrates birthday on March 4 of every year.

British Hit Singles & Albums stated that Rea was “one of the most popular UK singer-songwriters of the late 1980s” and “already a major European star by the time he finally cracked the UK Top 10 with the release of the single “The Road to Hell (Part 2)”, which was his 18th chart entry. Two of his studio albums, The Road to Hell and Auberge, topped the UK Albums Chart. Rea was nominated three times for the Brit Award for Best British Male Artist: in 1988, 1989 and 1990. His other hit songs include “I Can Hear Your Heartbeat”, “Stainsby Girls”, “Josephine”, “On the Beach”, “Let’s Dance”, “Driving Home for Christmas”, “Working on It”, “Tell Me There’s a Heaven”, “Auberge”, “Looking for the Summer”, “Winter Song”, “Nothing to Fear”, “Julia”, and “If You Were Me”, a duet with Elton John.

Is Chris Rea Still Alive 2021?

Chris Rea
Occupation(s)| Singer-songwriter guitarist record producer
Instruments| Vocals guitar piano
Years active| 1973–present

What is Chris Rea most famous song?

No.TitleLength
1.| “ The Road to Hell (Part 2) “| 4:32
2.| “Josephine”| 4:34
3.| “Let’s Dance”| 4:17
4.| “Fool (If You Think It’s Over)”| 4:07

Is Cat Rea related to Chris Rea?

Originally from Middlesbrough, Cat is no stranger to music as her father is a musician, one of her uncles is an opera singer, and another uncle is Chris Rea , writer of hit Christmas song “Driving Home for Christmas”.

Is Chris Rea still working?

Unfortunately there are no concert dates for Chris Rea scheduled in 2022.

How old is Rema Nigerian artist?

22 years (May 1, 2000)