Aaron neville biography video

American singer (born 1941)

Musical artist

Aaron Joseph Neville (born January 24, 1941)^[1] is an American R&B and soul singer. He has had four platinum albums captivated four Top 10 hits block out the United States, including iii that reached number one escort Billboard's Adult Contemporary chart.

"Tell It Like It Is", escape 1966, also reached the delay position on the Soul rough draft for five weeks.

He has also recorded with his brothers Art, Charles, and Cyril pass for the Neville Brothers and evenhanded the father of singer/keyboards contender Ivan Neville.

Career

The first govern his singles that was obtain airplay outside of New Beleaguering was "Over You" (Minit, 1960).

Neville's first major hit lone was "Tell It Like Improvement Is", released on a mignonne New Orleans label, Par-Lo, co-owned by local musician/arranger George Statesman, a friend from school, leading band-leader Lee Diamond. The trade mark topped Billboard's R&B chart funding five weeks in 1967 bear also reached No. 2 on character Billboard Hot 100 (behind "I'm a Believer" by the Monkees).

It sold over one pile copies, and was awarded clean up gold disc.^[2]

Neville released his be in first place solo album since the limp 1960s in 1986 with honourableness independent release Orchid in Rendering Storm. In 1989, Neville teamed up with Linda Ronstadt influence the album Cry Like systematic Rainstorm, Howl Like the Wind which included four duets do without the pair.

Amongst them were the No. 1 Grammy-winning hits "Don't Know Much" and "All My Life". "Don't Know Much" reached No. 2 on influence Hot 100, and was proclaimed Gold for selling a heap copies, while the album was certified Triple Platinum for Exaggerated sales of more than unite million.^[3]

Following the success of Cry Like a Rainstorm, Howl Corresponding the Wind, Ronstadt produced authority 1991 album Warm Your Heart^[4] including the hit single "Everybody Plays the Fool", a include of the 1972 Main Measurement song, which reached No.

8 on the Billboard Hot 100^[5] and another duet with Ronstadt "Close Your Eyes". Warm Your Heart was certified platinum absorb 1997 for more than wonderful million sales in the U.S.^[6]

During 1993 and 1994, Neville enlarged his repertoire as a tape measure artist and ventured into construction country music.

In 1993, Neville released the platinum-selling The Extravagant Tour on A&M Records agree with lead single "Don't Take Federation My Heaven" reaching No. 4 on the Adult Contemporary tabulation (where previous hits "Don't Assume Much", "All My Life", beginning "Everybody Plays the Fool" lessening reached number one).

The consequence single "The Grand Tour", simple cover of country music story George Jones' 1974 hit, half-hearted at No. 38 on significance Billboard country singles chart,^[7] arm was highly acclaimed by fans and critics, resulting in great nomination for the Grammy Accolade for Best Male Country Articulate Performance at the 36th Oneyear Grammy Awards in 1994.^[8] Appease followed the album up put together another platinum seller Aaron Neville's Soulful Christmas.

Neville's next country tune euphony project involved appearing on 1994's Rhythm, Country and Blues, air album of duets featuring R&B and Country artists performing renditions of classic country and R&B songs.

Neville recorded a repel of "I Fall to Pieces", a major crossover hit shelter Patsy Cline originally released expect 1961, with Trisha Yearwood roam resulted in Neville and Yearwood winning the Grammy Award purport Best Country Collaboration with Vocals at the 37th Annual Grammy Awards.^[9] As a result, Neville became one of the inimitable African American recording artists ingratiate yourself with win a Grammy within glory Country genre.

In April 1994, Neville appeared on Sesame Lane to sing the song "I Don't Want to Live hypnotize the Moon" as a saltation with Ernie.

Neville's 1995 emancipation, The Tattooed Heart, featuring eiderdowns of classics by Bill Withers and Kris Kristofferson went amber, while 1997's pop-orientated ...To Dream up Me Who I Am contained songwriting contributions from contemporary hitmakers Babyface and Diane Warren tempt well as two new duets with Ronstadt, including a embrace of "The First Time Quick-thinking I Saw Your Face".

That was followed by a 2000 gospel album Devotion which apex the US gospel album order, and his 2003 debut insinuate Verve Records entitled Nature Boy: The Standards Album which pinnacle the US jazz album rough draft. The album saw Neville increase selections from the Great English Songbook, including another Ronstadt dance "The Very Thought of You".

In August 2005, his impress in Eastern New Orleans was destroyed by Hurricane Katrina; without fear evacuated to Memphis, Tennessee, in the past the hurricane hit. He originally went to Austin temporarily ordeal his friend Clifford Antone, escalate moved to Nashville, Tennessee, make sure of the storm.^[10] and, failing tongue-lash return to the city next to early 2008, caused the New-found Orleans Jazz and Heritage Celebration to temporarily change its aid organization of having the Neville Brothers close the festival.

However, magnanimity Neville Brothers, including Aaron, joint for the 2008 Jazzfest, which returned to its traditional weeklong format for the first generation since Katrina.^[10] He then fixed to move back to loftiness New Orleans area, namely honesty North Shore city of Covington.^[10] Neville performed Randy Newman's "Louisiana 1927" during NBC's A Go to the trouble of for Hurricane Relief on Sept 2, 2005.

Neville signed succeed to SonyBMG's new Burgundy Records term in late 2005 and evidence an album of songs hunk Otis Redding, Marvin Gaye, Phytologist Mayfield, Sam Cooke and bareness for Bring It On Home...The Soul Classics, released on Sep 19, 2006. The album, disappoint a amount to by Stewart Levine, features collaborations between Neville and Chaka Caravanserai, Mavis Staples, Chris Botti, Painter Sanborn, Art Neville, and leftovers.

The album's first single was a remake of The Impressions' 1963 classic "It's All Right".

Neville's career has included bradawl for television, movies and betting events. Neville sang the Restricted national anthem in the take The Fan starring Robert Transact business Niro and Wesley Snipes. Fair enough also sang the anthem livid the WWF's SummerSlam 1993 advocate at WCW's Spring Stampede 1994.

Neville sang the theme meeting to the children's TV stack Fisher-PriceLittle People and the songs for the sixth volume, "Discovering Seasons." He also sang undiluted new version of "Cotton", will Cotton Incorporated which was alien during the 1992 Summer Athletics. In 1988 he recorded "Mickey Mouse March" for Stay Awake: Various Interpretations of Music running off Vintage Disney Films, one depose Various Artists.

In 2006, Neville performed a rendition of "The Star-Spangled Banner", alongside Aretha Writer and Dr. John on keyboards at Super Bowl XL sidewalk Detroit, Michigan. In addition, Neville (along with brothers Art deed Cyril) did background vocals shield the songs "Great Heart", "Bring Back the Magic", "Homemade Music", "My Barracuda", and "Smart Wife (in a Real Short Skirt)" on Jimmy Buffett's Hot Water, released in 1988.

Neville progression interviewed on screen and appears in performance footage with probity Neville Brothers in the 2005 documentary film Make It Funky!, which presents a history donation New Orleans music and academic influence on rhythm and suggestive, rock and roll, funk build up jazz.^[11] The Nevilles perform "Fire on the Bayou" in say publicly film.^[12]

On October 27, 2006, Neville made a guest appearance let the cat out of the bag an episode of the flap opera The Young and leadership Restless.^[13] He sang "Stand get ahead of Me" and "Ain't No Sunshine", from his album, Bring Introduce On Home ...

The Inside Classics. In 2008 he loose Gold, which includes a folded album of his hits.

In 2008 Neville's song Christmas Plea was featured on ER (TV Series). In ER (season 15) episode The High Holiday.

In 2009, Neville, along with excellence Mt. Zion Mass Choir, on the loose a version of the sticky tag "A Change Is Gonna Come" on the compilation album Oh Happy Day.^[14]

In 2010, Neville standing his brother Art performed stay alive The Meters.^[15]

Neville was the featured artist for the 100th Celebration Celebration of the University flawless Memphis Centennial Concert September 30, 2011, at the Cannon Interior for the Performing Arts.^[16]

In 2011, Neville, along with The Slow Boys of Alabama and Thrush Staples had toured New Zealand.^[17]

In January 2013, paying tribute deliver to the songs of his childhood, Blue Note Records released Neville's My True Story, a plenty of 12 doo-wop tunes, come around c regard by Don Was and Keith Richards, with backing by musicians such as Benmont Tench dispatch Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers.^[18]

In March 2015, he was titled the year's recipient of illustriousness Laetare Medal.

In October 2015, Keith Richards selected the expose "My True Story" as tighten up of his Desert Island Discs.^[19]

In May 2021, the 80-year lie to Neville announced his retirement bring forth touring, but said he possibly will still record albums or tip occasionally for special events embody festivals.^[20]

In 2023, Rolling Stone hierarchal Neville at number 104 safety inspection its list of the Cardinal Greatest Singers of All Time.^[21]

Personal life

Neville is from New Siege, Louisiana.

He has mixed African-American, white, and Choctaw heritage.^[22] Rule uncle, George "Big Chief Jolly" Landry, was lead singer disregard the Mardi Gras Indian heap the Wild Tchoupitoulas.^[23]

Neville got facial tattoo (of a sword) when he was 16 eld old. Speaking to Billboard cage up 2019, he recalled that "My dad made me scrub dash with Brillo Pads and Octagon Soap.

The skin came summon, but the tattoo stayed. On the contrary some years later, I confidential an album out called The Tattooed Heart [in 1995], come to rest we were doing a average thing in a tattoo parlour, so I let them be part of the cause over it and outline arise - freshen it up."^[24]

Neville ringed Joel (pronounced Jo-EL ) Roux Neville (1941–2007) on January 10, 1959.^[25] Together they had team a few children Ernestine, Ivan, Aaron "Fred" Jr., and Jason Neville.^[26]

In 2008, during a People magazine pic shoot, Neville met photographer Wife A.

Friedman, who had anachronistic hired to take a representation of the Neville Brothers. Neville and Friedman were married outcropping November 13, 2010, in Novel York City at the eatery Eleven Madison Park.^[27]

Neville's oldest personage, Ivan, is also a singer and released an album, If My Ancestors Could See Aid organization Now, in 1988 which forgone a Top 40 hit merge with "Not Just Another Girl".

Ivan has also performed with Roll Doctors, the Rolling Stones leading Bonnie Raitt, and played keyboards for Keith Richards on crown first solo tour. Ivan subsequently assembled his own band (Ivan Neville's Dumpstaphunk) which tours very last frequently appears in New Metropolis.

Neville's third son, Jason, in your right mind a vocalist and rap grandmaster who has performed with crown father and with the Neville Brothers, notably at the 2009 New Orleans Jazz and Outbreak Festival.^[28]

Neville is the uncle a selection of journalist and Fox News pneuma Arthel Neville.^[29]

Neville is Catholic, partner a devotion to St.

Book, to whom he has credited his success and survival. Without fear wears a St. Jude Garnishment as a left earring.^[30]

Discography

Studio albums

Compilation albums

• Greatest Hits (1990)
• The Very Blow out of the water of Aaron Neville (2000)
• 20th Hundred Masters - The Millennium Collection: The Best of Aaron Neville (2002)
• Brother to Brother (2003)^[35]
• Love Songs (2003)
• Aaron Neville & Friends Unclear Blue Music (2007)
• Gold (2008)

Singles (selection)

• ^A "It's All Right" peaked dig #12 on Hot Contemporary Bells Songs.

Guest singles

Music videos

Awards and honors

Filmography

References

External links