Steve Tyrell
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Steve Tyrell is an American jazz musician. Born in Texas, he moved to New York City at the age of 18, where he was made head of A&R and promotion at Scepter Records. His contributions to the film industry include Mystic Pizza, Pound Puppies and the Legend of Big Paw, Father of the Bride and The Brady Bunch Movie. Since the end of the 1990s, he has made several albums based on jazz, holiday and Disney standards. He was married to the late Stephanie Tyrell, a long-time partner.
Steve Tyrell’s music career was mostly behind-the-scenes while he produced hits for popular recording artists and award-winning movie soundtracks. Tyrell’s rich, sultry voice singing The Way You Look Tonight in Father of the Bride, starring Steve Martin, that propelled him center-stage as a vocalist, with live performances and a recording career of his own.
Delivering the standards (such as I've Got A Crush On You, Georgia On My Mind and You'd Be So Nice To Come Home To) in his uniquely soulful manner, Tyrell brings an invigorating freshness to his interpretations of American classics. “We don't think it's right if we can't bring something fresh to these wonderful songs that some of the greatest artists of all time have already done definitive versions of,” Tyrell says, explaining his approach to the music.
Steve also sang the theme from Garbage Pail Kids with Ashley Hall who also wrote the lyrics with his wife.
Yet even with three major albums in four years, extensive touring, and nationally-televised appearances including an NBC July 4th Special and "Christmas In Washington," Tyrell remains a mystery vocalist to many. His success and growing popularity is almost entirely due to word-of-mouth from enthusiastic fans who share the wonderful discovery of his music & songs with their friends. Tyrell's latest albums, Songs of Sinatra and This Guy's in Love, broaden his exposure in contemporary pop, with an appeal that crosses the generations. "People have told me over and over that they can put my albums on and play the whole thing from start to finish,” says Tyrell. “But of course, I'm singing the greatest songs ever written!"
Steve Tyrell spent four decades as a songwriter, producer and performer. He was only 19 years old when he first began producing with music greats Burt Bacharach and Hal David. He worked on several Dionne Warwick hits such as The Look of Love, and Alfie. Together with B.J. Thomas, they made the Bacharach-David song, Raindrops Keep Falling On My Head into a 1969 Oscar winner for Best Song From A Movie (Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid). He has lent his musical expertise to over 40 films and countless television projects.
His latest album, Back to Bacharach, is due for release in July 2009. This is the album which was delayed for decades as the project was previously delayed by his wife's passing. One of his latest live concerts was in Singapore on 7 June 2009 at the Suntec Convention Centre, where he sang old hits as well as new ones from his upcoming album, mesmerising a sold-out crowd with his voice and his smile.
