Joey Pearson
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Joey Pearson (born Joseph A. Pearson on September 19, 1991) is an American pop and R&B singer and actor from Hinesville, Georgia, currently lives in San Diego, California. Joey began performing at the age of nine.
Pearson was a semi-finalist on the renewed United States nationally-syndicated talent show, Star Search, starring Arsenio Hall but has also appeared on a Christmas episode of Jenny Jones' talk show, performed at Universal Studios in Hollywood, The Del Mar Fair located in San Diego, and performed twice at the famed House of Blues in Hollywood, CA, among other venues.
He earned awards from Ed McMahon's Next Big Star internet contest, a KidsTalk Young Achievers Award and a Billy Gilman Billyheads Rising Star Award. Joey is an animal lover, animal right's activist and vegetarian.
Joey is represented by Josquin Des Pres, producer, songwriter, best-selling author and former Warner Chappell songwriter and co-writer with Bernie Taupin and is also represented by Scott Carlson, manager of the rock band Veruca Salt as well as Corey Haim and Corey Feldman, among others.
Joey categorizes himself as a pop/r&b/soul singer and musician and cites as his biggest influences, Stevie Wonder, Donny Hathaway, Otis Redding, Curtis Mayfield, Ray Charles, Aretha Franklin, and more currently, John Legend, and Elton John.
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[edit] Albums
Pearson's first album, Something To Say, was released in July of 2002. On the album, he shares a duet with Logan O'Brien, star of General Hospital and That Was Then on the song, "Younger Generation". Since then, he has had three subsequent albums, including a Christmas album, "Christmas For You", the title song co-written by Joey and his father. After "Something To Say" he released "Novel", "Mirror Image" and "Authentic", all but the first completely produced by Josquin Des Pres of Trackstar Entertainment. On the album "Novel", Joey wrote 4 of the tracks himself, including the 9/11 Tribute song, "Once Again".
[edit] Discography
- Something To Say (2002)
- Novel (2003)
- Mirror Image (2004)
- Authentic (2005)
- Don't Give Up (CD single; 2002)
- Christmas For You (6 song CD and single; 2002)
- The Best of Talented Kids (Complation; 2002)
[edit] Television
- The Jenny Jones Show (2000)
- Star Search (2002)
[edit] External links
- Official website
- Track Star Studios
- Joey Pearson Paradise - Fansite
- Joey Pearson Online - Fansite
- Joey Pearson Interview
- Pearson's Kidkountry.com page
- Boy Soloist.com artist page
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