Brian Evans
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Brian Evans is an American big band singer and actor. He is mostly known as a crooner. Born Haverhill, Massachusetts, U.S. Genres Big band, crooning Instruments Vocals Years active 1981 - current Early life Evans grew up in Haverhill, Massachusetts, born in 1970. His parents divorced when he was young and he was raised by his mother, Helen Bousquet, and grandmother, who introduced him to big band music. In 1986, he and his mother moved to Los Angeles to pursue a career for him in the entertainment industry. Acting career His first acting role was in a McDonald's commercial. He was later cast in the pilot of Beverly Hills, 90210 and Full House. He also appeared in New Line Cinema's Book of Love. Writing career His autobiography, Dreamer, was published in 1994. Evans, Helen Bousquet, and Mark Andrew Biltz are the creators of the comic book series Horrorscope. Kirkus Reviews described Horrorscope as "offbeat but clumsy", noting the "often formulaic" prose. Singing career Evans on Fenway pitcher's mound In 1996, Evans moved to Vancouver where he performed at the Babalu Lounge and released his first album, Quite Frankly. It became the #1 best selling independently released CD in Canadian history. For the next two years he performed throughout Canada. His second Canadian release, Maybe This Time, outsold the first, and Evans was booked for a 377-show run at the Desert Inn in Las Vegas. He is the only artist ever to record a live CD at the Desert Inn. After the hotel was demolished, Evans opened for Jay Leno at The Mirage and then returned to Los Angeles where he made music for television and film. Evans returned to perform in Las Vegas in 2005 as the opening act for Leno at The Mirage Resort and for Joan Rivers, but later moved back to Hawaii in 2010, where he produced and served as an opening act for the Maui Celebrity Series. In 2011, Evans returned to Los Angeles and began work on his album My Turn with producer Narada Michael Walden. In 2012 he released "At Fenway" at the age of 42. It became the first song to be licensed by Major League Baseball about the park in its history, and the National Baseball Hall of Fame added it to its library. In 2015, Evans filmed a music video for his song "Creature at The Bates Motel." It is the first time any music artist has been allowed to shoot a music video at The Bates Motel, the filming location of the Alfred Hitchcock film "Psycho." It features comedian Carrot Top.[13] By 2016 Evans had returned to Maui and to hosting the Maui Celebrity Series. In January 2017, Evans said he would finish a record album he had been working on.