Tyler Hilton

Infobox musical artist
Name = Tyler Hilton


Img_capt = Tyler Hilton in December 2005.
Background = solo_singer
Birth_name = Tyler James Hilton
Alias = TJ
Born = Birth date and age|1983|11|22|mf=y
Died =
Origin = flagicon|USA Palm Springs, California, United States
Instrument = Vocals Acoustic Guitar
Genre = Indie rock Folk
Occupation(s) = singer, actress
Years_active = 2000–present
Label = Warner Bros. Records
URL = [http://www.tylerhilton.com www.tylerhilton.com]

Tyler James Hilton (born November 22, 1983) is an American singer-songwriter and actor. Hilton began his professional career in music in 2000. "Rolling Stone Magazine" compared him to his contemporary, Howie Day, while others have compared Hilton to Elton John, both vocally and instrumentally. Since the release of his debut album, Hilton has ventured into acting, guest starring on The CW's television show "One Tree Hill" as the talented but somewhat pompous Chris Keller, and playing the role of Elvis Presley in the Johnny Cash biopic "Walk the Line". He has also appeared in a music video by Taylor Swift, a friend of his.

Early years

Hilton was born in Palm Springs, California, the son of Kristy and Robert Hilton. Raised in Bermuda Dunes, California, Hilton grew up around music and began teaching himself Elvis Presley songs at an early age. After a brief stint in Northern California, his family moved back to the Palm Springs area, where he wrote his first song about a girl with whom he attended school. Hilton's family made another move back to Coachella Valley for high school, where, at La Quinta High School, he started a band with some of his classmates. The band didn't go anywhere, so Hilton began to enter open mic nights and went to local coffee shops to play his own music. He is not related to socialite Paris Hilton.

Establishment

Hilton heard a local radio station was giving away Jonny Lang concert tickets and called into the Mark & Brian radio show on KLOS in Los Angeles at the age of 16. While on the phone, he sang an a cappella version of Jonny Lang’s song "Breakin' Me." Mark & Brian were so impressed with Hilton's performance that they gave him a spot at the station's Christmas concert. Word of Hilton caught the ear of Maverick Records, who signed him up with a record deal shortly after. Work started on Hilton's debut major label record, "The Tracks of Tyler Hilton", and the songs were recorded quickly. The album was released on September 28, 2004. After the release of his album, Hilton joined the likes of Avril Lavigne, Jet, 50 Cent, and Josh Groban as an artist chosen by AOL Breaker for his star potential. Over the past several years

Acting

After his stint as Chris Keller on "One Tree Hill", Hilton went on to appear in the Academy Award-winning film "Walk the Line" as a young version of Elvis Presley. For the part, Hilton was given the opportunity to cover two Elvis songs for the film, "Milk Cow Blues" and "That's All Right." Both songs are featured on the film's award-winning soundtrack.

Hilton appeared in the 2008 film "Charlie Bartlett" and can currently be seen playing the love interest in country music artist Taylor Swift's music video for her song "Teardrops on My Guitar".

Additional Television Appearances

Hilton also performed in a Season 4 episode of "My Super Sweet Sixteen" ( [http://www.mtv.com/ontv/dyn/sweet_16/episode/episode.jhtml?episodeId=111947 Amberly] ) during a young girls sweet 16 party. His appearance was met with confusion, as the crowd of teenagers did not know who he was.

Music

In addition to these solo albums, Hilton has also appeared on each of the three different One Tree Hill soundtrack albums, some with formerly unreleased material that cannot be found anywhere else. Most notably, the cover of the Ryan Adams song "When the Stars Go Blue," which was arranged into a duet with One Tree Hill star Bethany Joy Galeotti for the show; also, a cover of "Missing You" by John Waite and the original track "You'll Ask For Me."

Hilton released a self-titled EP on April 6, 2004. All four songs were included on his first album The Tracks of Tyler Hilton released on September 28, 2004.

Discography

Albums

*2001: "Tyler Hilton"Album Tracks (13)
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*2004: "The Tracks of Tyler Hilton"

External links

* [http://www.archive.org/search.php?query=collection%3A%22TylerHilton%22%20AND%20%28Tyler%20Hilton%20AND%20mediatype%3Aetree%20AND%20collection%3Aetree%29 Tyler Hilton Live Shows]
* [http://www.tylerhilton.com Tyler Hilton's Official Site]
* [http://www.mtv.com/music/#/music/artist/hilton_tyler/ MTV Profile]
* [http://www.myspace.com/tylerhilton MySpace Music Page]
* [http://tylerhilton.c.la French Street Team]
* [http://www.trashthestage.net/tylerhiltoninterview.html Trash the Stage interview with Tyler]
* [http://billboard.com/bbcom/discography/index.jsp?pid=441574&aid=631150 Billboard Magazine]
* [http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/tylerhilton Rolling Stone Profile]
* [http://www.archive.org/details/TylerHilton Tyler Hilton collection] at the Internet Archive's live music archive
* [http://www.myspace.com/thcasteam California Street Team]
* [http://www.tylerhiltonuk.com Tyler Hilton UK]