Kyle Vincent
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Kyle Vincent (February 12, 1968) is an American singer-songwriter, record producer, and environmentalist. He is currently the lead singer of the Bay City Rollers.
Vincent was born and raised in Berkeley, California, U.S.A.. He received musical training in the Berkeley Public Schools. Vincent currently lives in Amherst, Massachusetts, U.S.A. He is a vegan.
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[edit] Musical Career
Kyle Vincent was lead singer and rhythm guitarist in the Los Angeles teen pop band, Candy. The band featured Gilby Clarke who would subsequently join Guns N' Roses, Heart, MC5, and Rock Star Supernova with Tommy Lee of Mötley Crüe. The group produced one album, Whatever Happened to Fun.
Vincent subsequently signed with MCA as a solo artist and recorded the album, Trust (unreleased), then toured as the opening act for Barry Manilow on his "Greatest Hits" tour.
He then signed with Disney's Hollywood Records which released his album, Kyle Vincent, which spawned the U.S. Billboard/Radio & Records Adult Top 20 single, "Wake Me Up (When The World's Worth Waking Up For)", co-written by Electric Light Orchestra (The Orchestra), vocalist/guitarist Parthenon Huxley. ('Wake Me Up' was featured in the Garry Marshall directed motion picture, The Other Sister, starring Juliette Lewis, Diane Keaton, and Tom Skerritt.) In 1999, Vincent released Wow & Flutter on SongTree Records, (repackaged version with 2 bonus tracks released on SongTree/Varese Sarabande in 2001). "Sweet 16" (2000), Solitary Road (2003), Don't You Know (2005), Gathering Dust (2007), released on SongTree Records. In 2006 Vincent was signed to Universal which released Invisible Man, a compilation CD on their UMe Digital label. In 2007 the DVD Live & Unlive Too was released.
Also in 2007, Vincent was chosen by Ian Mitchell to be the lead singer of the Bay City Rollers.[1]
Kyle Vincent's song "Sierra" was adopted by the Sierra Club and John Denver's Windstar Foundation. It was included on the Dear Earth double CD released Earth Day, 2007. Other artists on the CD include Gladys Knight, The Kingston Trio, Olivia Newton-John, John Denver, Melanie, and readings from the Dalai Lama and Desmond Tutu.
[edit] Other
In 1995, Vincent was a participant in the California AIDSRide 2, bicycling 540 miles in 7 days from San Francisco to Los Angeles, raising money for AIDS care facilities.
His song, "5000 Heroes" raised money for the Families of Freedom Scholarship Fund, and received commendations from former U.S. President Bill Clinton and former U.S. Senator Bob Dole.
In 2003, he was the featured performer at the inauguration of then Nebraska governor (and former U.S. Secretary of Agriculture) Mike Johanns.
In 2007, Vincent was one of a select group of people personally trained by former Vice President Al Gore in Nashville, Tennessee to be an official presenter of Gore's slide show, as seen in An Inconvenient Truth. Vincent's version includes the impact which diet has on the environment.
Some of the artists Kyle Vincent has appeared or recorded with include:
- 10,000 Maniacs
- Bryan Adams
- Eden Ahbez
- Gerry Beckley
- Donald Byrd
- Blessid Union of Souls
- Wally Bryson
- Fortunes David Carr
- Tony Childs
- Gilby Clarke
- The Cowsills
- Ron Dante
- Bo Donaldson and The Heywoods
- Julia Fordham
- Kim Fowley
- Leif Garrett
- Kevin Gilbert
- Amy Grant
- The Guess Who
- Corey Hart
- Sophie B. Hawkins
- Jimmy Ienner
- Yuko Ishikawa
- Elliot Kendall
- Kill For Thrills
- Steve Kipner
- Tuesday Knight
- Robert Lamm
- Steve Levine
- Hank Linderman
- Michael Lloyd
- The Loveless
- Clif Magness
- Barry Manilow
- Ziggy Marley
- Richard Marx
- Jonathan Moffett
- Night Ranger
- O.M.C.
- John JR Robinson
- The Rubinoos
- Run DMC
- Sister Hazel
- Martin Sexton
- Duncan Sheik
- Rick Springfield
- Hal Stein
- Matthew Sweet
- The Ventures
- The Wondermints
- Rufus Wainright
- Freddie Washington
- Paul Williams
