Bobby Helmz
United States, Michigan, Detroiit
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About Bobby Helmz
About Bobby Helmz
Born in, Detroit, Michigan (expired link), he played piano at the age of 9,
and drums at the age of 11. Inspired by his mother, he joined the
church choir where he sang gospel music (this is still one of
Bobby’s favorite musical genres). Other early influences which
have helped form his style: include his cousin Jimmy Helms (Singer,
song writer and soloist for the group LONDON BEAT)
Today he has incorporated the sounds of Marvin Gaye, Sam Cooke
and Stevie Wonder into his repertoire. He studied music and took
voice lessons in Detroit. His vocal coach, the singer Ned Wright,
encouraged him to join a group of 12 young Detroit singers known
as the “PHOENIX SINGERS”. One year at the University on a music
scholarship and it soon became apparent that New York was the
real proving ground for the professional singer, upon arriving in
New York (aged 22), several auditions quickly resulted in a singing,
dancing and acting career on Broadway. Bobby Helms has played in
various musical comedies such as “PORGY AND BESS”, under the
direction of Ella Gerber,“YOUR ARMS ARE TOO SHORT TO BOX WITH GOD”,
under the direction of Vinette Caroll, and Leonard Bernstein’s
“MASS”, under the deriction of Ella Gerber. In 1968, he toured with Harry Belafonte in Japan and sang with Josephine Baker on her last US
tour in 1974 and 1975. He went to Paris in 1979 for a three week contract
at the “Theatre Moderne de Paris” with the theatre group "CELEBRATION" of New York. Bobby falls in love with Paris and decides to live there. His
Europeen career includes night clubs performances (Hotel de Paris and
the Sporting-Club in Monte Carlo), studio sessions, movie soundtracks,
television commercials, spots and various tours where he has been the
featured solo singer with stars like Jennifer Holiday, Steve Lacy, Bobby
Few and Clyde Wright, soloist for the group 'GOLDEN GATE QUARTET".
He sang also with Roch Voisine, Enrico Macias, Nana Mouskouri,
Florent Pagny, Pauline Ester, Michel Jonaz and for the film
“BLAC MIC MAC II” with Manu Katche who is now the drummer of Peter
Gabriel and Sting. Living in the Geneva area for the last decade, Bobby
has played the Montreux Jazz Festival, various hotels and clubs in
Switzerland, and Paris, France as well as a gig on a cruise ship in
Europe, At the moment Bobby is recording his album in his home town, of
Detroit, Michigan.
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