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Clint Holmes
Named Atlantic City's Entertainer of the Year three times, the multi-talented, charismatic Clint Holmes is an American Treasure. Audiences continue to recognize Clint as 'The Entertainer' they come to see and hear. He is currently under a multi-year contract to headline at Harrah's Las Vegas Casino & Hotel and recently was voted 'Best Singer in Las Vegas.'
Clint's first break came when Joan Rivers invited him to be her sidekick and announcer on the now defunct 'The Late Show.' This was followed by a two-year stint on 'Entertainment Tonight,' for which he served as their musical feature and event correspondent.
Although his visibility was greatly enhanced by those roles, it wasn't until he landed his own Emmy-winning talk/variety show on WWOR-TV that it all came together for Clint. New York at Night featured celebrity guests from the worlds of film, TV, theatre and music. Clint, in his dual role as host and singer, had the opportunity to showcase the full range of his talents as he performed, interviewed guests, and interacted with his audience.
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Artist Biography - Clint Holmes
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 Born in England, Clint is the son of an African-American jazz musician and a British opera singer. When he was eight, his musical indoctrination began with his mother teaching him classic vocal techniques at home, while his dad showed him how to scat-sing in the jazz clubs. Clint admits it was the best of two musical worlds. Today he says, 'My mom taught me how to sing correctly and my dad taught me how to enjoy it.'
After high school, Clint was a voice major in the highly regarded music program at New York's Fredonia State College. He did well in music and began his career performing in Buffalo nightclubs.
However, in November of that year, a radio station in Wichita, KS, began playing the song in conjunction with the holidays (apparently feeling that the sing-song nature of the track gave it a seasonal feel) and it drew a massive response, leading to more stations picking up on it. Before the year was out, Epic Records, which has originally released the single, had Holmes in the studio to record a full-length album in hopes of capitalizing on the song's increasing momentum. In June 1973, 'Playground in My Mind' had climbed to number two, lodged behind Paul McCartney's 'My Love' and sold over a million copies. Pegged as a novelty act, Holmes was unable to come close to matching the song's success with subsequent releases. Although he continued to sing and perform, he also branched out, acting as Joan Rivers' sidekick on her short-lived television program, The Late Show. More successful was a two-year stint on the popular Entertainment Tonight, where he served as a music and events correspondent. By the end of the '90s, Holmes was performing clubs again, appearing in Atlantic City and Las Vegas.
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For more information , enjoy the official homepage of Clint Holmes
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