Steve Tyrell

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Steve Tyrell
Birth nameStephen Louis Bilao III
Born (1944-12-19) December 19, 1944 (age 78)
Palo Pinto County, Texas, U.S.
Genres
Occupation(s)
  • Singer
  • record producer
Years active1970–present
LabelsConcord
Website stevetyrell.com

Steve Tyrell (born Stephen Louis Bilao III, December 19, 1944) is an American singer and record producer. He won a 2004 Grammy Award as the producer of the Rod Stewart studio album Stardust: The Great American Songbook, Volume III . [1] [2] He also hosts a jazz radio program on KKJZ at Cal State, Long Beach (California).

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Tyrell was head of A&R and promotion at Scepter Records. He produced B. J. Thomas' hits "Hooked on a Feeling," "Raindrops Keep Fallin' on My Head," and "Rock and Roll Lullaby." He wrote "How Do You Talk to an Angel" for the TV show The Heights , "Hold On" for Jamie Walters, "It's Only Love" for B. J. and Elvis Presley, and all the songs in the teen sitcom California Dreams .

He sang "The Way You Look Tonight" on the soundtrack for Father of the Bride (1991). Tyrell inherited the annual holiday residency at the Carlyle Hotel from cabaret singer Bobby Short. [3]

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References

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  2. "2004 Grammy Winners". grammy.com. 28 November 2017. Retrieved March 7, 2020.
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