Copeland’s score for Rumble Fish secured him a Golden Globe nomination in 1983.
The film, directed and produced by Francis Ford Coppola from the S. E. Hinton novel, also had a song released to radio on A&M Records ” Don’t Box Me In ” (UK singles chart n. 91)—a collaboration between Copeland and singer-songwriter Stan Ridgway , leader of the band Wall of…
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Eventually, Way left the band, and after months of gradually losing steam, Curved Air broke up so quietly that, by singer Sonja Kristina ‘s recollections, most of the music press wrote off the band’s absence as a “sabbatical”. Copeland went on to form the Police, and Kristina and Way both…
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In 1982, Copeland was involved in the production of a WOMAD benefit album called Music and Rhythm .
an eponymous 10-inch album on green vinyl released in 1980
issued in October 1978
peaked at No. 48 UK in August 1978
released in early June 1978
releasing several UK singles in 1978
one (“Don’t Care”) entering the UK singles chart that year