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Untold Story of Alan Paul | Richard Skipper Celebrates Alan Paul of The Manhattan Transfer

ALAN PAUL is one of the founding members of internationally acclaimed, 10 x GRAMMY AWARD winning vocal group, THE MANHATTAN TRANSFER. This year, 2022, the group is celebrating their 50th Anniversary with a worldwide tour and a new album FIFTY, being released by Craft/Concord in October. Alan was born and raised in Newark, New Jersey and began his professional career on Broadway at the age of 12 in the original Broadway cast of OLIVER. As a child actor, he worked extensively in stage, film and TV and then took a hiatus from his career to further his music studies. He entered Kean University (Newark State College), as a Voice Major and earned a BA in Music Education. In 1992 Alan received an Honorary Doctorate degree in Human Letters from his alma mater, Kean University and another in Music from Berklee College of Music along with his Transfer partners. After graduation, Alan and was cast in the original Broadway production of GREASE, where he created the roles of Teen Angel and Johnny Casino. In 1972, while still performing in Grease, Alan met Janis Siegel, Tim Hauser and Laurel Massé and together formed The Manhattan Transfer. In 1975 they released their first album on Atlantic Records which propelled the group from playing clubs in New York City to international fame. In 1979, Cheryl Bentyne joined the group after a car accident forced Laurel Massé to stop. They have recorded over thirty albums, have been inducted into the Vocal Group Hall of Fame, The East Coast Music Hall of Fame, received Lifetime Achievement Awards from The Society of Singers, Barbershop Harmony Society and the National Music Council. As a writer and arranger Alan is also well represented having penned such songs as: Twilight Zone/Twilight Tone, Code Of Ethics, Smile Again, Spies In The Night, Malaise en Malaisie, All Heart, The Quietude, What Goes Around Comes Around, Santa Man, Its Good Enough To Keep, Stompin’ At Mahogany Hall, Nothin’ Could Be Hotter Than That, Ragtime In Pixiland, Paradise Within and Swing Balboa (Down In Riverside). Alan has recorded two solo albums, Another Place in Time, a compilation of classic standards that features Paul’s crooning and swinging sensibilities beautifully juxtaposed against a tapestry of orchestral and big band arrangements. Shu Bop pays tribute to some of the singers, vocal groups and arrangers that influenced him like Dion DiMucchi (Dion and The Belmonts), The Platters, Jackie Wilson and Jimmy Beaumont and The Skyliners. Shu Bop also features two songs that were arranged and conducted by the legendary Ray Ellis who worked on the critically acclaimed Billy Holiday LP, A Lady In Satin. In 2006, When he’s not touring with The Manhattan Transfer, Alan enjoys coaching and mentoring a new generation of singers. He has taught at UCLA, Idyllwild Arts Academy and masterclasses at schools and universities around the globe. He lives in Los Angeles with his wife of 41 years; author, life coach and model Angela Paul whose books include, It’s Hard Being Human and The Beauty of Aging. They have a daughter, Arielle Paul, singer/songwriter, music producer, a graduated from UC Berkeley she a feature writer for The LA Times and the Senior Copy Editor for the fundraising organization, Omaze. Storied, ten-time Grammy-winning vocal group the Manhattan Transfer are marking their 50th anniversary with the new studio album Fifty, to be released on September 23 digitally, and October 21 on CD, via Craft Recordings. giant steps vocalese trist curless   / alanpaulofficiall   #richardskipper #broadway #awards