Peabo Bryson

Peabo Bryson is an American R&B and soul singer-songwriter. He is well known for singing soft-rock ballads (often as a duo with female singers) and his contribution to several Disney animated feature soundtracks..

Eddie Biscoesigned Bryson to a contract as a writer, producer, and arranger and encouraged Bryson to perform his own songs. In 1976, he released his first album, Peabo.

Bryson's greatest solo hits include 1977's "Feel the Fire" and "Reaching for the Sky", 1978's "I'm So Into You" and "Crosswinds", 1982's "Let the Feeling Flow", 1984's "If Ever You're in My Arms Again", 1989's "Show and Tell", and the 1991 hit "Can You Stop the Rain". He recorded an album of romantic love duets with Roberta Flack's Born to Love in 1983.

Bryson won a Grammy Award in 1992 for his performance of the song "Beauty and the Beast" with Céline Dion and another in 1993 for "A Whole New World" with Regina Belle.

In 2002, Bryson's "Beauty and the Beast" music video was included on the platinum and Blu-ray edition of Beauty and the Beast. His "A Whole New World" music video was included on the platinum edition DVD release of Aladdin. His CD, Missing You, was released on October 2, 2007.