The Tony Rich Project


GRAMMY-AWARD WINNING ARTIST & PRODUCER TONY RICH SIGNS WITH HIDDEN BEACH RECORDINGS

* Best R&B Album Artist & Producer To Release Album in September 2008 *

Santa Monica, CA – Hidden Beach Recordings announces the signing of eclectic and electric soul singer & songwriter, Tony Rich. "This project should certainly answer the question: Where is Tony Rich?" The Detroit-born crooner made his debut in early 1996 with his album, WORDS. The hit single spawned from that album, "Nobody Knows" peaked at number two on the Billboard Hot 100 chart and climbed to number one in the UK. This propelled the single and album to go platinum and in 1997, Rich won a Grammy Award for the Best R&B Album. He is also an accomplished songwriter who has penned hits for Boys II Men, Johnny Gill, Elton John, CeCe Winans, TLC and Toni Braxton.

Tony has been a longstanding resident of Atlanta and has released two independent albums that spawned critically praise but failed to match the commercial success of his debut. He has experience the trials and tribulations of an artist wanting to get his music out to the world.

Tony Rich's fifth album, EXIST is due out on September 16th. The first single "Part the Waves" is a yearning ballad of man's search for the message in love and desire. In support of the forthcoming album, he will be doing a 12-city promotional tour from Monday, July 21st to Friday, August 1st; dates and cities are below:

DATE CITY

July 21st (am) Baton Rouge, LA

July 21st (pm) Lafayette, LA

July 22nd Houston, TX

July 23rd Shreveport, LA

July 24th Jackson, MS

July 25th Birmingham, AL

July 26th Chattanooga, TN

July 27th Nashville, TN

July 28th Greenville, SC

July 29th Charlotte, NC

July 30th Charleston, SC

July 31st Augusta, GA

August 1st Atlanta, GA

Media resources:

www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wtll4rRdOBM

http://www.myspace.com/thetonyrichprojectofficial

http://www.myspace.com/tonyrich

About Hidden Beach Recordings
Founded by music veteran Steve McKeever , Hidden Beach Recordings is an independent record label based in Santa Monica , CA . Along with introducing music sensation Jill Scott and saxophonist Mike Phillips, Hidden Beach is also home to trombonist Jeff Bradshaw, husband and wife-led group Kindred the Family Soul, singer/songwriter/guitarist Peter Black, and vocalist/musician Keite Young, among many others.