Russ Irwin

Russ Irwin is an American singer-songwriter, producer, film composer and multi-instrumentalist. He has worked with multiple artists including Aerosmith, Sting, Bryan Adams, Meat Loaf, Foreigner, Cheap Trick, John Fogerty, Joe Bonamassa, Scorpions, and Curt Smith. Irwin studied music business and classical piano at New York University and also attended the New School for jazz piano and composition. In 1991, he was signed by Charles Koppelman to SBK Records and a self-titled album, produced by Phil Ramone followed later that year. The album debuted on the Billboard Heatseekers chart, and the single, "My Heart Belongs to You" hit No. 28 on the Billboard Hot 100. The song "I Need You Now" peaked at No.36 on the Radio & Records Rock chart. In the Spring of 1992, Irwin toured with his band, opening for Roxette. In the mid-1990s, Irwin went on to play with Mayfield, a band featuring Curt Smith of Tears for Fears, which led to a touring position as a keyboardist, vocalist and guitarist with Aerosmith, Sting, Bryan Adams, Cheap Trick, Joe Bonamassa and Stone Temple Pilots From Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russ_Irwin) under Creative Commons Attribution CC-BY-SA 3.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/b...)