Steve Tyrell, a Grammy Award-winning singer, is truly a Renaissance man. He has enjoyed great success in his four decades of music business as a performer, producer, songwriter and music supervisor. Steve TyrellWith his groundbreaking performances in “Father of the Bride II” and “Father of the Bride III”, Steve Tyrell revolutionized pop music for a new generation. Steve Tyrell has sold thousands of albums worldwide and is known for his soulful performances that have produced hits for Grammy-winning Artists such as Rod Stewart, Diana Ross, Linda Ronstadt, and Aaron Neville. His songs “The Way You See Tonight”, “The Simple Life,” and “Crush On You,” have spawned thousands of marriages and millions of romances. He has held high-ranking positions in Standards, Swing and Big Band, as well as a loyal following at Adult Contemporary Radio. His following grows day by day, with sold-out shows all across America and raves from all over the globe. Steve is primarily a touring musician with his band. However, he enjoys playing with some the most well-respected orchestras in the country. He has performed with The Boston Pops and The New York Pops as well as The Nashville Symphony, Kansas City Cymphony and The Houston Symphony. He has recently performed with the New West Symphony, performing Joseph Sohms’ photo symphony, “Visions of America”, narrated and singing the songs of Roger Kellaway, Alan and Marylin Berman. Steve performed with the Hollywood Bowl Orchestra’s season opening concert, in which Frank Sinatra was elected into the Hollywood Bowl Hall of Fame. He also performed the same performance at Carnegie Hall, at the request of his family Sinatra. It is rare that the Sinatra family has reached into their vault to share original Sinatra arrangements with another artist. After the death of Bobby Short in 2005, Steve was invited by New York City’s Cafe Carlyle, to take over the cherished Holiday Season of November/December. Mr. Short hadn’t missed it for 36 years. The Tyrell contract was extended to his 11th season in 2013. This started a new Carlyle legacy, which now includes performances in May. Steve TyrellHis record production work has seen him collaborate with many legendary artists such as Rod Stewart and Diana Ross. Andy Griffith was his co-producer on an album that won the Grammy for Gospel Album of the year in 1995. All 9 of his American Standards albums reached the top 10 on Billboard’s Jazz charts. 7 of them have reached the top 5. His first album, “A New Standard”, was one of the most popular jazz albums in over five years. His voice has been heard on TV and in many movies. He was recently asked by Oscar-winning Songwriters Alan and Marilyn Bergman, and the late Marvin Hamlisch, to sing the ending title of Steven Soderbergh’s film “The Informant”. Tyrell is a music producer and supervisor for TV and film music. He has worked with many distinguished directors, including Tom Hanks and Steven Spielberg. Ray Charles, Diana Ross and Elvis Presley have recorded his songs. His song “How Do You talk To An Angel”, written and produced by Aaron Spelling for Fox’s television series “The Heights,” reached No. Billboards Top 100 Pop Charts ranked him No. 1. Tyrell is a Grammy Award recipient, has received 2 Emmy nominations and 3 Ace Nominations. He was also a 2004 American Society of Young Musician “All That Jazz Award”, The Wellness Community’s “Human Spirit Award”, The Society of Singers’ “Lifetime Achievement Award”, 2008 Los Angeles Jazz Society “Jazz Vocalist of The Year”. The Grammy Awards for which his productions were nominated total over 11,000. Emmy’s awarded him special recognition for his music for “Cartoon All Stars to Rescue”, a children’s program that aired simultaneously on all three networks. from http://www.stevetyrell.com
