Al Steele was born in Australia, and moved to the UK in 1971. As a teenager he worked with some of the American rock ‘n roll stars,such as Johnny and The Hurricanes, and the now sadly departed Del Shannon.
In the 80’s, Al was a staff-writer at Southern Music, and he also began composing music for television.
He has written many T.V. themes, including BBC Series, Independent TV scores, sports themes for HTV, and promotional music.
During the nineties, he was a featured guitarist on a whole range of T.V. shows, including. “A Night Out With Money”, “Just Up Your Street”, “Money In The Bank”, “Peter Karrie Unmasked”, “Sian Cothi”, and “Voice Of A Nation”.
In the early 90’s, he was touring with The Korgis (“Everybody’s Gotta Learn Sometime”), and he also became Musical Director of the legendary R&B outfit, The Diva’s.
Also since ’93, Al has been the Arranger/Musical Director for The Sounds Of The Supremes, in ’98 taking them to Banff, Canada. He has worked alongside Vince Falcone (Frank Sinatra’s M.D.), where Al conducted the ‘All Stars Big Band’.
In 1997 Al composed a full orchestral score for the Dave Daggers movie, “Dance On A Volcano”, and was Vocal Arranger/Vocalist on the Oscar nominated animation,“Famous Fred”.
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