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Refimprove|date=December 2007Infobox musical artist | name = Aaron Neville| image = Neville, Aaron (2007).jpg| caption = Aaron Neville in concert, 2007| image_size = 185px| background = solo_singer| birth_name =| alias =| birth_date = birth date and age|1941|1|24| origin = New Orleans , Louisiana , United States | instrument = Singing|Vocals | genre = Soul music|Soul , Rhythm and blues|R& B | occupation = Singing|Singer , musician | years_active = 1966present| label = Par-Lo, A& M Records|A& M , Burgundy| associated_acts = Neville Brothers , Linda Ronstadt | website = URL| http://www.aaronneville.com/ Aaron Neville (born January 24, 1941, New Orleans, Louisiana ) is an United States|American soul music|soul and Rhythm and blues|R& B singer and musician. He has had four top-20 hits in the United States (including three that went to number one on Billboard's adult contemporary chart and one that went to number one on the R& B chart) along with four platinum-certified albums. He has also recorded with his brothers Art, Charles and Cyril as The Neville Brothers and is the father of singer/bassist Ivan Neville . Of mixed African American and Native Americans in the United States|Native American heritage,cn|date=December 2011 his music also features Cajun and Louisiana Creole people|Creole influences.
Career
Neville's first major hit single was " Tell It Like It Is ", which topped Billboard magazine| Billboard 's R& B chart for five weeks in 1967 and also reached #2 on the Hot 100 . It sold over one million copies, and was awarded a music recording sales certification|gold disc .cite book | first= Joseph | last= Murrells | year= 1978 | title= The Book of Golden Discs | edition= 2nd | publisher= Barrie and Jenkins Ltd | location= London | page= 209 | isbn= 0-214-20512-6 A remake of the song was a Top 10 Pop hit for the Rock group Heart (band)|Heart featuring Ann Wilson|Ann and Nancy Wilson (rock musician)|Nancy Wilson in 1981.
In 1989 Neville teamed up with Linda Ronstadt on the album Cry Like a Rainstorm, Howl Like the Wind . Among the duets recorded for the disc were the #1 Grammy -winning hits " Don't Know Much " and " All My Life (Linda Ronstadt song)|All My Life ". "Don't Know Much" earned a million-selling Gold record|Gold single, while the album was certified Triple Platinum for US sales of more than 3 million.
His other hits have included " Everybody Plays the Fool ", his 1991 cover of the 1972 The Main Ingredient (band)|Main Ingredient song, that reached #8 on the Hot 100; "Don't Take Away My Heaven", "Hercules" and "Can't Stop My Heart From Loving You (The Rain Song)." Neville's biggest solo successes have been on the Adult Contemporary chart, where "Don't Know Much," "All My Life," and "Everybody Plays the Fool" all reached Number One in 8 European countries.
In August 2005, his home in Eastern New Orleans was destroyed by Hurricane Katrina ; he evacuated to Memphis, Tennessee before the hurricane hit. He moved to Nashville, Tennessee|Nashville after the storm.cite news|url= http://www.usatoday.com/life/music/news/2008-04-22-jazz-fest-side_N.htm? csp=34? se=yahoorefer |title=Jazz Fest is yet another survivor of Katrina |first=Edna |last=Gundersen |publisher= USA Today |date=2008-04-23 |accessdate=2008-04-23 and had yet to return to the city as of early 2008, causing the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival to temporarily change its tradition of having the Neville Brothers close the festival. However, the Neville Brothers, including Aaron, returned for the 2008 Jazzfest, which returned to its traditional seven-day format for the first time since Katrina. Neville is in the process of moving back to the New Orleans area, namely the North Shore city of Covington, Louisiana|Covington . Neville performed Randy Newman 's " Louisiana 1927 " during NBC 's A Concert for Hurricane Relief on September 2, 2005.
Neville signed to SonyBMG 's new Burgundy Records label in late 2005 and recorded an album of songs by Otis Redding , Marvin Gaye , Curtis Mayfield , Sam Cooke and others for Bring It on Home The Soul Classics , released on September 19, 2006. The album, produced by Stewart Levine , features collaborations between Neville and Chaka Khan , Mavis Staples , Chris Botti , David Sanborn , Art Neville , and others. The album's first single was a remake of The Impressions ' 1963 classic "It's All Right."
Neville's career has included work for television, movies and sporting events. Neville sang the National Anthem in the movie The Fan starring Robert De Niro and Wesley Snipes . He also sang the anthem at the World Wrestling Entertainment|WWF 's SummerSlam (1993)| SummerSlam 1993 and at World Championship Wrestling|WCW Spring Stampede in 1994. Neville sang the theme music to the children's TV series Fisher-Price Little People . He also sang a new version of "Cotton," for Cotton, Inc. which was introduced during the 1992 Summer Olympics . In 1988 he recorded "Mickey Mouse March" for Stay Awake (album)|Stay Awake: Various Interpretations of Music from Vintage Disney Films , one of Various Artists. In 2006, Neville performed " The Star-Spangled Banner ", alongside Queen Of Soul Aretha Franklin and Dr. John on Keyboard instrument|keyboard at Super Bowl XL in Detroit, Michigan . The performance was widely panned, however. In addition, Neville (along with brothers Art Neville|Art and Cyril Neville|Cyril ) did background vocals for the songs "Great Heart", "Bring Back the Magic", "Homemade Music", "My Barracuda", and "Smart Woman (in a Real Short Skirt)" on Jimmy Buffett 's Hot Water, released in 1988.
On October 27, 2006, Neville made a guest appearance on an episode of the soap opera The Young and the Restless .cite web | title = Aaron Neville To Perform on 'The Young & The Restless | url = http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2006/10/02/aaron_neville_to_perform_on_the_young_aa | accessdate = 2006-10-27 He sang " Stand By Me (song)|Stand By Me " and " Ain't No Sunshine ", from his album, Bring It on Home The Soul Classics . In 2008 he released Gold , which includes a double album of his hits.
In 2009, Neville, along with the Mt. Zion Mass Choir, released a version of the song " A Change Is Gonna Come (song)|A Change Is Gonna Come " on the compilation album , Oh Happy Day: An All-Star Music Celebration|Oh Happy Day .cite web|url= http://www.reuters.com/article/musicNews/idUSTRE52Q6WQ20090327|title=Jon Bon Jovi, Queen Latifah go gospel for "Day"|date=March 27, 2009|publisher=Reuters
On December 12, 2010, while performing at Baton Rouge's Manship Theater in the Shaw Center, Neville was inducted into The Louisiana Music Hall Of Fame.
Neville is an inductee of the Delta Music Museum Hall of Fame in Ferriday, Louisiana .
Personal
Neville met his wife, Joel, in 1957. They were married on January 10, 1959 when both were 18 years old. Joel was diagnosed with lung cancer in late 2004 and died on January 5, 2007. She was 66. Neville would eventually remarry.
Neville's oldest son Ivan Neville|Ivan is also a musician and released an album, If My Ancestors Could See Me Now, in 1988, which yielded a Top 40 hit with "Not Just Another Girl." Ivan has also performed with The Rolling Stones and Bonnie Raitt , and played bass for Keith Richards on his first solo tour. Ivan then assembled his own band (Ivan Neville's Dumpstphunk) which tours and frequently appears in New Orleans.
Neville's third son, Jason, is a vocalist and rap artist who has performed with his father and with the Neville Brothers, notably at the 2009 New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival .
Neville is a Catholic Church|Roman Catholic with a devotion to Jude the Apostle|St. Jude , to whom he has credited his success and survival. He wears a St. Jude Medal as a left earring.cite web|url= http://www.americancatholic.org/Messenger/Feb1999/feature2.asp |title=Aaron Neville and His Songs of Faith - February 1999 Issue of St. Anthony Messenger Magazine Online |publisher=Americancatholic.org |date= |accessdate=2012-01-24
Discography
Studio albums
Year
Album
Peak chart positions
Certifications
Label
US R& B
US Christ
US Gospel
US Jazz
US
CAN
US
CAN
1965
Tell It Like It Is
Par-Lo Records
1986
Orchid in the Storm
Rhino
1991
Warm Your Heart
62
44
25
Platinum
Gold
A& M
1993
The Grand Tour
37
Platinum
Gold
''Aaron Neville's Soulful Christmas
36
Platinum
Gold
1995
The Tattooed Heart
50
64
Gold
1997
To Make Me Who I Am
73
188
2000
Devotion
28
7
Chordant
2002
Humdinger
EMI
2003
Believe
14
2
191
Telit
Nature Boy: The Standards Album
85
1
Verve
2005
Gospel Roots
Chordant
2005
Christmas Prayer
74
14
3
EMI Gospel
2006
Mojo Soul
Music Avenue
Bring It On Home... The Soul Classics
20
37
Burgundy
Singles
Year
Single
Peak chart positions
Album
US
US AC
US R& B
US Country
CAN
CAN AC
CAN Country
1960
"Over You"
111
21
Non-album songs
1966
" Tell It Like It Is "
2
1
96
2
1967
"She Took You for a Ride"
92
1991
" Everybody Plays the Fool "
8
1
19
Warm Your Heart
"Somewhere Somebody"
6
43
15
1992
"Close Your Eyes" (with Linda Ronstadt )
32
90
1993
"Don't Take Away My Heaven"
56
4
17
12
The Grand Tour
" The Grand Tour (song)
90
38
58
"Don't Fall Apart on Me Tonight"
26
37
1994
"I Owe You One"
51
29
" I Fall to Pieces " (with Trisha Yearwood )
72
Rhythm, Country and Blues
"Even If My Heart Would Break" (with Kenny G. )
122
The Bodyguard: Original Soundtrack Album
"Betcha By Golly, Wow"
32
The Grand Tour
1995
"Can't Stop My Heart from Loving You (The Rain Song)"
99
23
The Tattooed Heart
"For the Good Times"
1996
"Use Me"
93
" Crazy Love (Van Morrison song)
25
Phenomenon (film)
1997
"Say What's in My Heart"
26
To Make Me Who I Am
2006
"It's All Right"A
28
Bring It on Home...
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A "It's All Right" peaked at #12 on Hot Contemporary Jazz Songs.
http://www.nevilles.com/ Official Neville Brothers website
http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/aaronneville Aaron Neville at RollingStone.com
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php? storyId=15397681 Aaron Neville at NPR Music
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