Alan Paul

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

10

Gender

Male

Birthday

1949-11-23 (75 years old)

Place of Birth

Newark, New Jersey, USA

Alan Paul

Biography

Alan Paul Wichinsky (born November 23, 1949, Newark, New Jersey) is a Grammy Award-winning singer and composer, best known as one of the founding members of the current incarnation of the vocal group The Manhattan Transfer. Raised in Newark and Hillside, New Jersey Paul graduated from Hillside High School and attended Newark State College (now Kean University) where he earned a BA in Music Education. He received two Honorary Doctorate degrees, one in The Humanities from Kean University and another in Music from Berklee School of Music. He began his professional career on Broadway at the age of 12 in the original cast of Oliver! After college, he returned to Broadway as Teen Angel and Johnny Casino in the original cast of Grease, where he introduced the songs "Beauty School Dropout" and "Born to Hand Jive". In 2004, he released a solo CD called Another Place in Time. He also provided Dino Spumoni's singing voice on the animated television series Hey Arnold! As a writer and arranger for The Manhattan Transfer, he earned four Grammy nominations for his compositions "Twilight Zone/Twilight Tone" and "Code Of Ethics" and for his vocal arrangements for "Ray’s Rockhouse". He received a Grammy nomination for Best Jazz Vocalist, Male. Paul has been married to writer/model Angela Paul for 30 years; they have one daughter, Arielle. Source: Article "Alan Paul" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.

Known For

  • Champs-Elysées

    Champs-Elysées

  • Home Improvement

    Home Improvement

  • Hey Arnold!

    Hey Arnold!

  • Les Rendez-vous du dimanche

    Les Rendez-vous du dimanche

  • Mary's Incredible Dream

    Mary's Incredible Dream

  • Manhattan Transfer

    Manhattan Transfer

  • The Manhattan Transfer & Take 6 - The Summit

    The Manhattan Transfer & Take 6 - The Summit

  • The Manhattan Transfer: Vocalese Live

    The Manhattan Transfer: Vocalese Live

  • The Manhattan Transfer & Orchestra

    The Manhattan Transfer & Orchestra

  • The Manhattan Transfer · Velòdrom d'Horta (Barcelona, 1989)

    The Manhattan Transfer · Velòdrom d'Horta (Barcelona, 1989)