Steve Tyrell Performs Standards at The Grammy Museum

Singer, producer, and composer Steve Tyrell was born in Texas and grew up in Houston’s 5th Ward. As a teenager, he performed in local R & B bands and at 19 he landed a job as a staff producer in New York at indie label Scepter Records. Tyrell was soon promoted to head of A & R and promotions and began to work with some of America’s greatest songwriters; Burt Bacharach, Hal David, Gerry Goffin, Barry Mann and Carole King. After recruiting fellow Texan BJ Thomas, Tyrell produced his hits, “Hooked on a Feeling,” and Raindrops Keep Falling on My Head.”

In Los Angeles, he co-founded Tyrell –Mann, a music supervision company, and continued to produce Grammy-Award winning songs for movies and also music for television. He returned to singing in 1991, with a cameo performance of “The Way You Look Tonight,” for the movie Father of the Bride. That eventually led to a ten albums, most featuring standards.

Tyrell recently performed several shows at Catalina Jazz Club to promote his latest album, That Lovin’ Feeling. His new release covers a variety of standards written by friends and songwriters Carol King, Barry Mann, Cynthia Weil, Jerry Leiber, and Burt Bacharach including “Jazzman, “ “Up On the Roof,” “You’ve Lost That Lovin’ Feelin,” and “There Goes My Baby,” among others. There are also significant guest appearances from Dave Koz, Neil Sedaka, B.J. Thomas, and Bill Medley.

On Wednesday, March 4, Tyrell joined Songwriters Hall of Fame legends Mike Stoller, Barry Mann, Cynthia Weil and Jeff Barry in a performance at The Grammy Museum at L.A. Live. Tyrell will be back in California on April 4 at the Coachhouse in Juan Capistrano and April 9 to 12 at Feinsteins in San Francisco.