Brian Evans (singer)

Brian Evans is an American big band singer and actor. He is mostly known as a crooner.

Early life

Evans grew up in Haverhill, Massachusetts. His parents divorced when he was young and he was raised by his mother, Helen Bousquet, and grandmother, who introduced him to big band music.

In 1986, he and his mother moved to Los Angeles to pursue a career for him in the entertainment industry.

Acting career

His first acting role was in a McDonald's commercial. He was later cast in the pilot of Beverly Hills, 90210 and Full House. He also appeared in New Line Cinema's Book of Love.

While in Hollywood, Evans briefly dated actress Angelina Jolie.

Legal trouble

In June 1991, he was convicted of felony theft and sentenced to six months probation after he called a Los Angeles travel agency impersonating Casey Kasem and charged $2,900 in expenses that the agency attempted to collect from the radio host. While on probation, Evans was invited to sing the national anthem at a Baltimore Orioles game. His probation officer told him he could not leave California, but Evans went to the game and was sentenced to a year in prison for violating the terms of his probation.

Writing career

His autobiography, Dreamer, was published in 1994.

Evans, Helen Bousquet, and Mark Andrew Biltz are the creators of the comic book series Horrorscope, which was purchased by Zenescope Entertainment, who also has optioned rights to develop feature films, toys and videogames based on the series.

Singing career

In 1996, Evans moved to Vancouver where he performed at the Babalu Lounge and released his first album, Quite Frankly. It became the #1 best selling independently released CD in Canadian history. For the next two years he performed throughout Canada. His second Canadian release, Maybe This Time, outsold the first, and Evans was booked for a 377-show run at the Desert Inn in Las Vegas. He is the only artist ever to record a live CD at the Desert Inn. After the hotel was demolished, Evans opened for Jay Leno at The Mirage and then returned to Los Angeles where he made music for television and film.

In 2004, he moved to Maui and was a candidate for the United States Senate in Hawaii. He lost in the Democratic primary to incumbent Daniel Inouye 95% to 5%. Evans says he ran to bring attention to the lack of dental coverage in health care plans.

Evans returned to perform in Las Vegas in 2005 as the opening act for Leno at The Mirage Resort and for Joan Rivers, but later moved back to Hawaii in 2010, where he produced and served as an opening act for the Maui Celebrity Series, which included William Shatner, Mick Fleetwood, Roseanne Barr, Charlie Sheen, David Spade, and Mos Def.

In 2011, Evans returned to Los Angeles and began work on his album My Turn with producer Narada Michael Walden.

In 2012 he released "At Fenway". It became the first song to be licensed by Major League Baseball AbOUT the park in its history, and the National Baseball Hall of Fame added it to its library.