The only Prince-influenced song on the release is the soul-mix edit of "Round and Round," which may explain why the album captures less of the much-anticipated funk attitude Campbell displayed in Graffiti Bridge. Sure! and Kyle West Marilyn and Alan Bergman Narada Michael Walden and several tracks cowritten by Campbell. As Jones told Hunt, "Tevin needed to work with some different producers, to explore several directions and maximize his potential." His debut album, T.E.V.I.N., features songs written by Al B. "Round and Round" was considered by many critics to be the best single from the soundtrack it earned Campbell a Grammy nomination for best male R&B vocalist.Ĭampbell had hopes that Prince (who is now referred to by an unpronounceable symbol) would take the helm of his first solo outing, but co-executive producers Jones and Medina had other ideas.
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Within a year, Campbell was whisked away to Paisley Park Studios in Minneapolis to record "Round and Round" for Prince's movie Graffiti Bridge, in which he also snagged a role. Later in 1990, Campbell was featured in the musical biopic Listen Up: The Lives of Quincy Jones and performed on "Listen Up," a song paying tribute to Jones. One of those songs, "Tomorrow (Better You, Better Me)," made it to Number One on the Hot R&B Singles chart. By the ripe old age of 12, Campbell was assigned to Jones's label, Qwest, and spotlighted on two tracks of the 1990 platinum-selling, Grammy-winning album. Humphrey also arranged for Campbell to tryout for the short-lived NBC-TV children's television program "Wally and the Valentines."Ĭampbell's first big break came when Quincy Jones was in the process assembling an all-star cast for his Back on the Block album. Humphrey took an immediate interest in Campbell and submitted an audio and videotape to Warner Bros., which led to a meeting with Benny Medina, the label's senior vice president and general sales manager of black music. In 1988 a friend of Campbell's mother arranged for the budding young singer to audition for jazz flutist Bobbie Humphrey by singing over the phone to her in New York. When I was younger I wasn't sure what I wanted, but she knew what was best for me, and I went along with it." Rhonda went on to become Tevin's co-manager. She didn't want to see me waste my talent too.
She has a good singing voice that she never fully developed. To some extent, that's what happened to her. Without her pushing, I'd still be in the background. Then a postal worker, she was known to the Texas congregation as "little Aretha."Īs Campbell told Dennis Hunt of the Los Angeles Times, " pushed me and made me see trying to be a big solo singer was something I should do. Apart from his favorite singer, Aretha Franklin, his greatest influence as a child was probably his mother, Rhonda Byrd. Likened to such greats as Stevie Wonder and Michael Jackson, Campbell began by singing gospel, first as a choir member, and then as a soloist at Jacob's Chapel in a small town just south of Dallas, Texas. 503, Los Angeles, CA 90068.īy the age of four, Tevin Campbell had a passion for singing. Addresses: Record company-Warner Bros., 3300 Warner Blvd., Burbank, CA 91505-4694 or Qwest Records, 3800 Barham Blvd., Ste. Education: Attended Buckley School (a private school in Sherman Oaks, CA). Born November 19, 1978, in Texas moved to Los Angeles area as a child son of Rhonda Byrd (a former postal worker now his manager).
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