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Bobby Helmz
United States, Michigan, Detroiit
Bobby Helmz
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Bobby Helmz

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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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