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Rick Bell

1/2 Art, 1/2 'Roy', not sure who the other 2 are!

About Me


Here are a few tunes I'm putting together for my CD.
'YOU'RE MY WORLD' (Carl Sigman/Gino Paoli/Umberto Bindi)
Recorded by many artists, from Cilla Black to Glen Campbell. A Top Ten hit.
'PRETEND'
(Lew Douglas, Frank LaVere, Cliff Parman, Dan Belloc) was recorded by Nat Cole, Gerry & the Pacemakers, and others.
'ALL IN THE GAME' (Carl Sigman/Charles Dawes) was a big hit for Tommy Edwards in 1958.
'LOSING YOU' (Carl Sigman, Pierre Havet, Jean Renard)
A hit for Brenda Lee in the early 60's.
'THE END OF THE WORLD' (Sylvia Dee/Arthur Kent)
A Top Ten song recorded by Skeeter Davis and others.
'PRETTY FLAMINGO' (Mark Barkin) is a song recorded by a few bands, most notably the great Everly Bros.
More to come as soon as I can.
Please check out my band 'It's Only Roy' and listen to "Gentle Soul', our tribute to the late Carl Wilson of The Beach Boys and to all of our talented friends, too!
Just for the record, here is some of my good fortune.
Some of my songs can be heard on recordings by -
The Brian Setzer Orchestra (From Here To Eternity)
The Stray Cats (Cry Baby)
Dave Edmunds (Everytime I See Her)
Art Garfunkel (Finally Found A Reason)
Kathy Sledge (Reason for This)
SaFire (I Wasn’t Born Yesterday)
Denise Lopez (Everlasting Love)
Michael Johnson (I Still Love You)
Sylvia Vartin (I’m Not You)
ROAR (Santana’s Band) (Hungry For Your Love)
& others.
And recordings/songs in the movies -
‘Cocktail’ (Tom Cruise)
‘Child’s Play’
‘Salsa’
‘Fast Food’ (Ed Varney)
and others,
and TV’s ‘Baywatch’
NBC’s ‘Dance ‘Til Dawn’ (Alyssa Milano)
HBO’s, “Dead Solid Perfect’ (Randy Quaid)
and more.
Thanks for being here!

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 3/26/2007
Band Website: ItsOnlyRoy.com
Band Members: Me and any friend who cares to join in!
Influences: Way numerous to mention outside of the obvious.
My lovely wife, Lisa, is just that, and more. She's been at my back through all of the ups & downs, and still let's me live!
Then there's all of the humbling writers & musicians of which I've had the pleasure to work throughout the years. They know who they are and it's all too much!

Oh, ok. F.C. Collins, Craig Bickhardt, Fred DiTomasso, Mike Lanning, Mike Sembello, Lenny Mac, Larry D., Denise L., Rich & Chas Ingui, Brian Setzer, Kyf, Robert H., Brian Wilson & The Beach Boys, The Beatles, Jimmy Webb, Burt Bacharach, and I'm stopping it right there!
Sounds Like: Me, only better!
Record Label: Bel-Lan Records
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

Custom Guitar Picks & other gear

Hey, everyone,   I'm now working with D'andrea, Inc., the premier company for Custon Picks, and many other guitar accessories. Great for promo give aways!   Check out http://www.myspace.com...
Posted by Rick Bell on Thu, 17 Apr 2008 07:26:00 PST

A COUPLE MORE COVERS

I’ve just put up 2 more cover tunes, with the help of Cliff Hillis & Scott McDonald at the mix desk. "You’re My World" & "The End Of The World". Now if can find 8 more songs ...
Posted by Rick Bell on Thu, 10 Apr 2008 07:36:00 PST

NEW SONG for St, Patricks Day!

Just in time for upcoming Irish celebrations, I've recently co-written a new tune, "Bleary-Eyed Beauty" with my good friend and ace piper, Kyf Brewer, on the new & 4th Barleyjuice CD "Bonnie Princ...
Posted by Rick Bell on Fri, 22 Feb 2008 10:40:00 PST

Sheet Music

Hi, Everyone,   This is a first!   If you follow this link: http://www.itsonlyroy.com/sheetmusic.html you can freely download and print a piano/vocal sheet of It's Only Roy's "Gentle So...
Posted by Rick Bell on Fri, 08 Feb 2008 10:25:00 PST