At the age of thirteen, Stephen Bishop found himself at a crossroads. A clarinetist with hopes of becoming a History teacher, he was forever changed after watching the Beatles one night on The Ed Sullivan Show. He convinced his brother to buy him an electric guitar. He bought a Mel Bay chordbook and began to learn to play guitar and make up chords as well, writing his first song,Surfs Turf.. a tacky intrumental. He formed a band called, The Weeds and began to play at local faternity parties incorporating his own original songs with various songs from top 40...
The Weeds won 2nd place at the Claremont Battle of the Bands, prompting one of the judges to explaim that Stephen Bishop is going to be a big songwriter someday! Determined to fullfill that prophesy, Stephen made the trip to Los Angeles. He walked the streets with his $12 acoustic guitar, playing songs for various publishers in Hollywood... eventually landing a publishing deal at $50 a week for E.H.Morris Publishing. Years went by. At one point, Stephen considered leaving L.A. to return home and work for his Dads Insurance company. Through a good friend, Art Garfunkel heard some of his new songs and recorded two of them on his Gold recording, Breakaway.
He started playing around town singing his songs in person for artists like, Barbra Streisand...Bette Midler..Diana Ross." Shortly thereafter, he was signed to ABC Records who released his first album, Careless. His two hits from that album were,Save It For a Rainy Day, and On and On.. Soon the album went gold, as well as his next album, "Bish."
He sang the hit theme, It Might Be You, from the movie, Tootsie, as well as writing and/or singing 13 other films including, Animal House, and Separate Lives.. from White Nights. His songs have been sung by artists such as: Phil Collins, Eric Clapton, Barbra Streisand, Art Garfunkel, Steve Perry, Stephanie Mills, Kenny Loggins, Johnny Mathis, Phoebe Snow, David Crosby, The Four Tops, Aswad and Pavarotti.
He appeared as the "Charming Guitar Player" in "Animal House," wherein John Belushi slammed his guitar to smithereens in the Toga Party scene. He appeared as, "Blue London," in Henry Jaglom's, "Someone To Love." Bishop also appeared in "The Blues Brothers," as a State Trooper, where he uttered his self penned line, "They broke my watch!"
Stephen was nominated for two Grammys and awarded an Oscar nomination for his song, Separate Lives, which also appeared on his album, Blue Guitars. His newest album is an acoustic guitar and vocal solo album entitled, "YARDWORK." He recently sang on Neil Young's new album to be released..MCA also recently released a hit compilation in the Millenium series that is currently out in stores...His Website is stephenbishop.com.
He has toured Japan and the Phillipines 5 times. Played to Argentinian audiences 3 times. He recently performed shows in England and Ireland. Stephen continues to tour throughout
the U.S.
I like the Eighties. I love the Eighties. I wear satin jackets in my sleep and I wanted to wear a gold Members Only jacket. My polo shirts all have alligators on the right hand side. Like the eighties? Then check out the link on my page for great Eighties music.
Hi Stephen! Last night I came across my old vinils and was hooked again to your Bish album. Still great, man! Thanks for such beautiful music. Best wishes, Xavier
Thank you so much for adding me. I really appreciate you joining me on my author page. I will have a few songs from the soundtrack on the player soon, but will link my music page on myspace for more songs. My fiction novel with a CD soundtrack is due out in a few weeks. It will be at CD Baby, Amazon, Barnes & Nobels etc.
Your music is sufficiently unique there's an occasional craving--not just for the writing and production--but the voice. That's a rare thing--and inspiring. Looking forward to more--thanks!
I don't need you to check out my music or tell me if you like me or not...lol...I just wanted to say hello and wish you a happy day! Hugs from Vegas! Bets'
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