Career

Early career Upon moving to New York City at the age of 18, he was made head of A&R and promotion at Scepter Records. There he was mostly behind-the-scenes, producing hits for popular recording artists and movie soundtracks. At 19 years old he first began producing with the likes of Burt Bacharach and Hal David.

Film contributions His contributions to the film industry include Mystic Pizza, That Thing You Do, Father of the Bride, The Brady Bunch Movie, and Out of Sync.

Steve also worked in television and did the music for California Dreams, The Heights, and Frank"s Place, among others Tyrell"s performance singing "The Way You Look Tonight" in Father of the Bride, starring Steve Martin, pushed him center-stage as a vocalist, with live performances and a recording career of his own.

Recent work.

Achievements

• He worked on several Dionne Warwick hits such as "The Look of Love" and "Alfie." Together with Bachelor of Journalism Thomas, he worked on the Bacharach-David song "Raindrops Keep Fallin" on My Head," which went on to win the 1969 Oscar for Best Original Song (Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid). He recently produced That"s Life, the debut album for Sony recording artist and winner of the 6th season of America"s Got Talent, Landau Eugene Murphy, Junior. The album"s vocal tracks were recorded at Wire Road Studios in Houston, Texas with the remainder of the album being recorded at Capitol Studios and Schnee Studios in Los Angeles and Deep Diner and Kilgore Sound in New New York As an artist, all 7 of his American Standards albums have achieved Top 5 status on Billboard"s Jazz charts. And his first album, A New Standard, was among the best-selling jazz albums for over 5 years.