Rupert Holmes - Escape (The Piña Colada Song) [1979] 🎼 Did you know? 🤔 David Goldstein (born February 24, 1947), better known as Rupert Holmes, is a British-American composer, singer-songwriter, dramatist, and author. He is widely known for the hit singles "Escape (The Piña Colada Song)" (1979) and "Him" (1980). Holmes was born David Goldstein in Northwich, Cheshire, England. His father, Leonard Eliot Goldstein, was a United States Army warrant officer and bandleader. His mother, Gwendolen Mar