Booking Aaron Neville

Aaron Neville Biography

Aaron Neville is an American songwriter and entertainer born in 1941. The New Orleans native grew up in a musically involved family, and he would begin his music career professional at the age of nineteen. Neville would first see success with the release of his 1966 breakout single "Tell It Like It Is," which garnered success in terms of sales and in terms of the chart.

Aaron Neville would release his first album that same year, but he would go on an over two decade hiatus from new music after 1967. When he returned in 1986, he quickly got to work and earned multiple Grammy nominations for his work with musician Linda Ronstadt by the end of the decade. Neville’s breakout project, 1991’s Warm Your Heart, would cement his name as one of soul music’s most notable, and he continued to have a career for three decades after the fact.

Aaron Neville had 8 albums chart on the Billboard 200, one of which earned a Gold certification from the RIAA and three more received a Platinum certification from the RIAA. His breakout single "Tell It Like It Is" peaked at #2 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, and he had 10 other songs crack the chart over his career. Neville has been featured in several major publications including Rolling Stone, CMT, Billboard, and The Los Angeles Times, among others.

Aaron Neville announced his retirement in 2021, but said he is still open to recording new material and performing on special occasions for the right crowd and performance.