Aaron Joseph Neville (born January 24, 1941) is an American R&B and soul vocalist and musician. He has had four Platinum-certified albums and four Top 10 hits in the United States, including three that went to #1 on Billboard\'s Adult Contemporary chart. His debut single, from 1966, was #1 on the Soul chart for five weeks.\n', '

He has also recorded with his brothers Art, Charles and Cyril as The Neville Brothers and is the father of singer/keyboards player Ivan Neville. Of mixed African-American, Caucasian, and Native American (Choctaw) heritage, his music also features Cajun and Creole influences.\n', '

The first of his singles that was given airplay outside of New Orleans was "Over You" (Minit, 1960). Neville\'s first major hit single was "Tell It Like It Is", released on a small New Orleans label, Par-Lo, co-owned by local musician/arranger George Davis, a friend from school, and band-leader Lee Diamond. The song topped Billboard\'s R&B chart for five weeks in 1967 and also reached #2 on the Billboard Hot 100 (behind "I\'m a Believer by the Monkees). It sold over one million copies, and was awarded a gold disc. It was not the label\'s only release, as some sources claim. At least five other Par-Lo singles, three of them by Neville himself, are known to exist.\n', '

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