Events for January 2023 › R&B

Terry Steele is a Two-Time Grammy Awards Nominee / a
Two-Time ASCAP Award Winning Songwriter and has
toured internationally as a professional recording artist …
with concert performances in Russia, Japan, China,
Germany, Brazil, Jamaica, Israel, England as well as the
USA … touching the hearts and souls of millions of people
around the world!

As a professional songwriter, Terry has written for -or- has collaborated with such megastar
artists as Whitney Houston, Dionne Warwick, Starship, Hiroshima, Patti Labelle, Stevie Wonder,
Diana Ross, The Spinners, Barry White, The Pointer Sisters, Arif Mardin, Natalie Cole, George
Duke, and saxophonist Richard Elliott. As the principal writer of the blockbuster hit, Here And
Now, (recorded by the late Luther Vandross) – Steele garnered a Grammy nomination for
“Best Rhythm and Blues Song” in 1990. Terry Steele has held staff songwriting positions at

EMI Music/SBK Records, Warner Chappell Music (USA), and most recently, the Germany-
based music publishing house, CBM Entertainment (Europe) and Sony Music (South Africa).

Terry Steele has recorded three (3) internationally released solo albums/CDs and has recorded
six (6) albums/CDs as lead singer for the renowned world-music band Hiroshima. Terry has
also commanded the worldwide stage with leading roles in theatrical dance-plays and musical
productions such as: Joey’s Decision (UCLA Theater Touring Company), Things Ain’t What
They Used To Be (Russia), Mama, I Want To Sing (New York Cast),The Names Quilt (USA
Cast), The Living Legends Concert Series (European Cast), and in 2007 he took his first leap
into the starring role of the hugely successful off-Broadway Production, Here And Now: The

Legacy of Luther Vandross. Additionally, Terry Steele is currently authoring his first non-
fiction book entitled, The Chronicles Of A Songwriter and is recording his fourth solo CD.