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Valence St in Uptown, New Orleans LA, United States (1941 – present)

Aaron Neville (born January 24, 1941 in New Orleans, Louisiana ) is an American soul and R&B singer whose beautiful, emotive and vibrato laden voice has enthralled audiences around the world. Aaron is the third of the four famous and funky Neville Brothers (Aaron, Charles, Cyril and Art Neville) who all grew up on Valence St in Uptown, New Orleans LA, United States and went their seperate ways for years before forming a unique musical group of their own in the late 1970’s.

Aaron’s full musical promise was nearly sidetracked in his youth with several false starts, compounded by run-ins with the law, bad business decisions and problems with substance abuse. By the late 1980’s, he eventually overcame numerous challenges and found stability and worldwide acclaim, becoming a widely appreciated and award winning solo singer.

Amongst his first recorded efforts in the early 1960’s for the Parlo label was the song

Tell it like it is which became a big hit, not only locally, but nationally as well. Aaron was unfortunately denied proper royalties, and ended up broke and working as a day laborer on the Mississippi River loading docks hearing his first hit song climbing the charts on the radio while working. Thus began a long journey into the unseemly side of show business which left him with not much to show for his efforts other than a growing drug problem.

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soul, new orleans, funk, blues, rnb
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1	Tell it like it is full track	1,041
2	Hercules full track	439
3	Everybody plays the fool full track	96
4	Ave Maria full track	79
5	Ain't No Sunshine full track	65
6	Please Come Home For Christmas full track	57
7	White Christmas full track	52
8	Let It Snow, Let It Snow, Let It Snow full track	45
9	Don't Take Away my Heaven full track	43
10	Louisiana 1927 full track	42
11	Summertime full track	36
12	Stand By Me full track	34
13	(Sittin' On) The Dock Of The Bay full track	33
14	When A Man Loves A Woman full track	30
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torbengee wrote:
20 days ago

... always a pleasure ...

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lossless777 wrote:
last month

a unique voice and a beautiful soul for sure.

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emilymariee wrote:
September 2009

His Christmas album is just .. spectacular!

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MJandTjrr wrote:
August 2009

'Tell It Like It Is' is the one of his bests..so great!

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StardustMontage wrote:
August 2009

he's one of my favorite male artists.

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profrjross wrote:
July 2009

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FarahKhalid wrote:
July 2009

The Essential Kenny G Even If My Heart Would Break (Featuring Aaron Neville)is lovely ; )

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badboyzdad wrote:
April 2009

My sentimental fav's; "Arianne", "Vieux Carre Rouge" (I know thats Cyril Singing but- thats a sweet song).

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badboyzdad wrote:
February 2009

Angola Bound; He's not talkin bout Africa- but rather Louisian's famous State Prison,

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somma168 wrote:
February 2009

i like

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ritesofspring wrote:
January 2009

must be Hercules!

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dopemoves wrote:
January 2009

Aaron has a unique soul, bless him! Aaron really knows how to lay it down.

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LondonLouis wrote:
December 2008

Tell it like it is: seriously haunting (though I think I have heard better versions from him or the Brothers)

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2ndLifeEnt wrote:
August 2008

A great singer! His cover of Elvis's Young and Beautiful is beautiful indeed.

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chillionaire wrote:
July 2008

love his voice.. i wonder if he ever did steroids though :P

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balzadelia wrote:
May 2008

pure class , Hercules is a TOP TUNE .one sharp cat

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80sfever wrote:
April 2008

This guy could beat 50's a** in a fight anytime, and he has that creamy sensitive voice. You know what, that's one of the reasons I love this guy.

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qwertyboy5000 wrote:
December 2007

I lo-ho-hove Aaron Ne-he-heville. Cobbem Cobbem Bubber.

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hank_kingsley wrote:
October 2007

Lovely voice, that song with Linda Ronstadt is the soundtrack to hell though.

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MrStyle wrote:
August 2007

Let's Stay Together with Chaka Khan is truly amazing!

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