Peabo Bryson has established a career as one of the premiere soul crooners of the last three decades. Possessing a beautifully rich, almost operatic voice, he has survived and prospered despite the passage of time, changes in popular musical trends, and occasional periods of mediocre material. 三十年来Peabo Bryson 已伫立了自己作为最优秀灵魂乐歌手之一的事业。尽管历经岁月蹉跎，流行乐的变化多端以及偶尔表现中庸的时期，他那优美饱满，甚至歌剧版的嗓音，始终让他屹立不倒，并越走越成功。Peabo was born in South Carolina and began performing at a young age. While in his early 20s he worked with producer Michael Zager's band ("Let's All Chant") and recorded as a solo artist while writing with other artists at Bang/Bullet Records such as Paul Davis. His Bullet Records debut, Peabo, was a moderate success and contained one notable song, "Just Another Day" (a dead ringer for the Spinners' "How Could I Let You Get Away"). Peabo出生于南卡罗莱纳州，年纪很小就已开始登台演出。二十岁出头与制作人Michael Zager的"Let's All Chant"乐队合作，并在Bang/Bullet唱片公司独唱录制歌曲，同时也与其他诸如Paul Davis等艺人一起进行歌曲创作。他在Bullet公司的首张专辑，业绩平平，其中有一首值得关注的曲子"Just Another Day" （这诚然是Spinners的"How Could I Let You Get Away"的复制品）。It was his next album, Reaching for the Sky (and its oft-covered hit, "Feel The Fire"), that took Peabo to the top of the male R&B vocalist class. His follow up, 1978's Crosswinds, solidified that position and gave him his biggest hit to date, "I'm So Into You." In both albums he demonstrated himself as a smooth soul balladeer and a solid writer, with his rich baritone wrapping itself around mostly "quiet storm" material. 真正将Peabo提升至首席蓝调男歌手级别的是他另一张专辑 ”Reaching for the Sky”（及其中一首畅销曲"Feel The Fire"）。接着1978年的 ”Crosswinds”巩固了他的地位，而其中一首"I'm So Into You"成为他迄今最畅销的歌曲。在这两张专辑里，他以饱满的男中音围绕着他大多数“宁静风暴”式的作品，将自己作为灵魂乐风格的流畅民谣歌手，以及深厚的创作实力展现无遗。 1979 brought a very good duet album with Natalie Cole, the first of several duet partners with whom he would work, and a moderate crossover hit, "Gimme Some Time." After the less successful Paradise album in 1980, Peabo made a surprising move, issuing an album of previously unreleased material from his Bang days, Turn the Hands of Time. While it included a few good songs, it became his second disappointing solo sales effort in a row.他在1979年与Natalie Cole推出一张很好的合唱专辑；以及一首略带越界风格的畅销曲"Gimme Some Time"；Natalie是他多位合唱歌手的第一人。成绩稍逊的”Paradise”于1980年发行之后，Peabo 出人意料地推出专辑 ”Turn the Hands of Time”, 内容都是他以前在Bang唱片公司时期尚未发行过的作品。尽管有几首好歌，这是连续第二张他独唱销路欠佳的专辑。
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