Biography
USA. Raised in Houston, Texas, Tyrell’s professional life began when he was a teenager and he sang with R&B bands at numerous venues in the state. He moved on to work in the music industry for many years, first joining Scepter Records when he was aged 19. Among sessions on which he was active in production capacities are those resulting in Dionne Warwick’s hits ‘Message To Michael’, ‘The Look Of Love’ and ‘Alfie’. He also worked with the Shirelles among many other singers and songwriters, including a role in B.J. Thomas’ 1969 hit, ‘Raindrops Keep Fallin’ On My Head’, and he co-produced Linda Ronstadt’s Grammy Award winners ‘Don’t Know Much’ (in duet with Aaron Neville) and ‘Somewhere Out There’ (in duet with James Ingram), used on the soundtrack to 1986’s An American Tail. Tyrell was for a while a producer of R&B for Atlantic Records. In Los Angeles, he moved into...
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