Paul Allen:
CLASS OF 1971
San Gorgonio High SchoolClass of 1971
San bernardino, CA
Paul's Story
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Monday, March 31, 2008
BIOGRAPHY OF PAUL B. ALLEN, III
Category: Music
Nearly everyone agrees. When you hear him sing, the phrase that comes to mind is "Smooth as silk." His voice and style are the reasons why friends have nicknamed him "T.J. Smooth."
Paul B Allen, III was born in Omaha, Nebraska, but raised in San Bernardino, California. He has been involved in music virtually all of his life. Paul became the lead singer of the band,"Raw Sugar" a group established by his younger brothers, Corey and Milo. In a very short time, the band developed a tremendous following in the Southern California area.
Some time after the "Raw Sugar" days, ex-James Brown saxophonist, Dr. Larry "T-Byrd" Gordon, heard Paul singing and was "knocked out" by his smooth vocal phrasing. T-Byrd immediately asked Paul to join his band. As the lead singer of "T-Byrd's" band, Paul performed for the rich and famous in Texas, including former Presidential candidate, Ross Perot, multi-millionaire Paul Bass, and The Dallas cowboy Cheerleaders. However, it was a great thrill to be invited to Monte-Carlo to perform for Prince Albert and Princess Caroline in 1995, and after returning from Monte-Carlo, to be invited to perform at The White House for President Bill Clinton.
In November of 2001 Paul performed for the Royal Family in England.
In March of 1998, Paul was asked by the original management company of THE PLATTERS to become the newest member of the group that they helped establish, and have continued to manage, since 1953. Since that time, Paul has led the group in performances on nearly every continent of the globe. He loves to perform, and has enjoyed entertaining everyone from "small town America" to Princes, Presidents and Kings.
Paul has performed at many prestigious venues, including the world famous Kennedy Center, accompanied by The National Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Marvin Hamlisch. Paul is also a veteran of TV and Radio performances and interviews, both here and abroad.
In addition, Paul is also an internationally published songwriter. He began writing songs professionally at age 23. He has had over 30 artists record his music, including Jazz artists like Wayne Henderson (The Crusaders), drum legend ...Expand for more
Billy Cobham, Latin great Willie Bobo, and English Jazz Fusion group, Incognito.
In the R&B genre, artists who have recorded Paul's songs include Side Effect, song stylist Miki Howard, Arthur Adams, Johnny Reasons and The McRarys. Paul's songs have also been recorded by three top Divas of Dance Music, Martha Walsh, Jocelyn Brown and Grace Jones. His song "Such A Good Feeling," recorded by "Brothers In Rhythm," reached #1 on Billboard's Dance Chart, and his song "Always There" recorded by "Incognito" featuring Jocelyn Brown, reached #6 on Billboard's Top Ten Charts in England, number 20 in Germany and number 1 in The Netherlands.
Paul has recorded an album of new original songs. In the Jazz / R&B genre, the title of the CD is "Kiss You and Make It Better" and it was recorded in Australia. Some of the most talented musicians in Australia participated in the project. It is an album of duets with the great Australian singer, Mary-Anne Sterling. This CD is now distributed exclusively on iTunes.
In 2006, Paul was recruited by the Billy Richard's Coasters and now does double duty as lead singer of The Platters and vocalist with The Coasters, a unique situation in the world of music.
In 2007, Paul formed a new group named FUDAMU PRIME and they recorded the novelty song, "Mojito". This song is approaching 1,000,000 plays on the FUDAMU PRIME MySpace website, and is also distributed internationally on iTunes.
A true renaissance man, Paul also enjoys the world of Acting. He has worked on the movies LETHAL WEAPON 4 starring Mel Gibson and Danny Glover; RUSH HOUR 2 starring Jackie Chan and Chris Tucker; UNDISPUTED, starring Wesley Snipes, Ving Rhames and Peter Falk; MISS CONGENIALTY 2, starring Sandra Bullock;and the TV pilot movie, LAS VEGAS, starring James Caan.
Paul has also done commercials for THE HISTORY CHANNEL, UPS, and THE STATION CASINOS in Las Vegas, NV, but the most recent project is now playing all over the state of Nevada. Paul is the spokesperson for Nevada Federal Credit Union in their current TV ad campaign. This commercial is airing several times a day on shows like OPRAH, and THE PRICE IS RIGHT, and on various programs on CNN, and on three of the major networks broadcast in Las Vegas, NV.
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