Birthday profile

Steve Tyrell

Steve Tyrell, American singer-songwriter and producer

Born
December 19, 1944
Age in 2026
82
Zodiac sign
Sagittarius
Birth year
1944

About Steve Tyrell

Stephen Louis Bilao III is an American singer and record producer. He won a 2004 Grammy Award as the producer of the Rod Stewart studio album Stardust: The Great American Songbook, Volume III. He also hosts a jazz radio program on KKJZ at California State University, Long Beach. Tyrell was head of artists and repertoire and promotion at Scepter Records. He produced B. J. Thomas' hit "Rock and Roll Lullaby." He wrote "How Do You Talk to an Angel" for the TV show The Heights, "Hold On" for Jamie Walters, "It's Only Love" for B. J. and Elvis Presley, and all the songs in the teen sitcom California Dreams. He sang "The Way You Look Tonight" on the soundtrack for Father of the Bride (1991). Tyrell inherited the annual holiday residency at the Carlyle Hotel in Manhattan from cabaret singer Bobby Short.

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The world when Steve Tyrell was born

Steve Tyrell was born in 1944. The year snapshot below places that birthday in its cultural and historical setting: the music and films people were following, the headlines shaping public life, and the everyday prices families encountered.

Culture in 1944

  • #1 song"Swinging on a Star" – Bing Crosby
  • Top movieGoing My Way
  • Best-selling bookStrange Fruit – Lillian Smith

Headlines and milestones

  • Major sports momentGreen Bay Packers win NFL Championship
  • Top headlineD-Day invasion of Normandy on June 6
  • Technology milestoneHarvard Mark I computer begins operations
  • Defining fadBobby socks
  • Notable inventionKidney dialysis machine
  • World population2.39 billion

United States snapshot

  • U.S. leaderFranklin D. Roosevelt
  • Sports championSt. Louis Cardinals (World Series)
  • U.S. population138.4M

1944 versus 2026

These figures put everyday life in Steve Tyrell's birth year beside the site's latest United States snapshot.

Measure19442026
Gas$0.21$3.45/gal
Average home$5,800$435,000
Average income$4,200$67,500
Minimum wage$0.30$7.25/hr (federal)
Movie ticket$0.27$11.95
Postage stamp$0.03$0.73
Population138.4M341 million

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