Peabo Bryson

Born Robert L. Bryson, world-renowned balladeer Peabo Bryson released his debut Peabo in 1976, having composed nearly all the songs. (Among the background vocalists? A young Luther Vandross.) Bryson had back-toback gold albums with 1977’s Reaching for the Sky and 1978’s Crosswinds before collaborating with Natalie Cole for 1979’s We’re the Best of Friends and Roberta Flack for the double-LP Live & More. He later re-teamed with Flack for the gold Born to Love album featuring the smash “Tonight I Celebrate My Love.” A few albums later, All My Love earned Peabo his first R&B No. 1 single with a remake of the late Al Wilson’s “Show & Tell.” He then hit the top of the R&B charts a second time with “Can You Stop The Rain.” Disney films produced Bryson’s two Grammys and two Oscars: 1991’s “Beauty and the Beast” duet with Celine Dion, and 1992’s “A Whole New World” duet with Regina Belle from Aladdin Bryson’s 1992 “We Kiss in A Shadow” duet with Lea Salonga hit No. 1 on the Classical Crossover chart from a new recording of The King and I score, and Bryson also sang on the smash 1993 Kenny G hit “By The Time This Night is Over.” Leading an initiative called The Choice, Bryson wants fans and advocates of classic R&B to actively support the genre. Collaborating with powerhouse producers Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis, Bryson’s latest album, 2018’s Stand For Love an anticipated and epic return to popular music by one of the indus try’s most gifted and cherished voices. More at peabo bryson2.com