Steve Tyrell

Steve Tyrell
Birth name	Stephen Louis Bilao III
Born	(1944-12-19) December 19, 1944 Palo Pinto County, Texas, U.S.
Genres	Jazz pop rock
Occupations	Singer record producer
Years active	1970–present
Labels	Concord
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. He also hosts a jazz radio program on KKJZ at California State University, Long Beach.

Tyrell was head of artists and repertoire and promotion at Scepter Records. He produced B. J. Thomas' hit "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 in Manhattan from cabaret singer Bobby Short.

Discography

• A New Standard (Atlantic, 1999)
• Standard Time (Columbia, 2001)
• This Time of the Year (Columbia, 2002)
• This Guy's in Love (Columbia, 2003)
• Songs of Sinatra (Hollywood, 2005)
• The Disney Standards (Walt Disney, 2006)
• Back to Bacharach (Koch, 2008)
• It's Magic: The Songs of Sammy Cahn (Concord, 2013)
• That Lovin' Feeling (Concord, 2015)
• A Song for You (EastWest, 2018)
• Shades of Ray: The Songs of Ray Charles (Arts Music/Warner, 2019)

External links

• Official site
• Steve Tyrell at AllMusic
• Steve Tyrell discography at Discogs
• Steve Tyrell at IMDb