Trivia

Mentor is Burt Bacharach.

Met his wife, Stephanie Tyrell, in their hometown of Houston, Texas in 1975.

He is a singer and record producer. He was awarded the Grammy Award as producer of Rod Stewart's "Great American Songbook, Volume III".

Brother of fashion consultant Roz Factor.

Inducted into the alumni hall of fame of his high school, St. Thomas High School, in Houston, Texas on April 26, 2008.

Idol was Ray Charles.

When he was 18, moved from Houston to New York City to work at Scepter Records.

He performs regularly at the Cafe Carlyle at the Carlyle Hotel in New York City.

While he was at Scepter Records, he was a record producer and signed B.J. Thomas (was also B.J.'s manager for a few years) and Francis Zambon (aka Mark James) to record contracts.

Father of Tina Tyrell (born in 1979) and father-in-law of Ethan Pomerance (aka Ethan Ira Pomerance) (born in 1980) of New York City.

Los Angeles, California: Singer and music producer. (April 2012)