PAT UPTON

The subject of love has captured the imaginations of poets, dreamers & songwriters for centuries.  The topic has been turned upside down, twisted inside out and pondered by literally thousand of romantic visionaries - perhaps in hopes that they will be able to crack the code of love.

Although many have tried, few have been able to so succinctly capture the mercurial essence or love as Pat Upton did when he wrote the song "More Today Than Yesterday"!

The single, which Upton recorded as lead singer of the pop group "Spiral Starecase", which has sold well over a million copies and has been melting the hearts of hopeless romantics everywhere since it's release, just as a great timeless classic should!  In fact "More Today" has been re-recorded by many other music luminaries such as Johnny Mathis and Andy Williams, which makes it a certified pop music cornerstone!

""More Today Than Yesterday" was a song that just came together like pieces of a puzzle", says Upton, "I've sung it hundreds of times, but it still gives me a wonderful sinking feeling in my heart every time".

Upton quit the Starecase in 1972 and for the next eight years shyed away from the spotlight, doing jingles, session and club work in Los Angeles.  That all changes when he met Rick Nelson in 1976!

After singing background vocals on Nelson's 1981 "Playing To Win" album, Upton was asked to tour with Rick's Stone Canyon Band!  What was to have been a three month arrangement turned into a three year engagement!

"Working with Rick was the most fun I ever had", he says, "I grew up watching him on television... so when I was up on stage performing it was like I was also sitting in the audience.  I'd look at the people's faces and know what they were thinking... how they felt about Rick... because he was one of my heroes too"!

After 750 days on the road, Upton left that life for the serenity of his native Alabama where, in 1985, he opened a nightclub.  It was a decision that would secure him yet another place in Rock n' Roll history!

After performing at Upton's club on New Years Eve in 1985, Rick Nelson boarded his private airplane bound for a show in Texas.  Shortly before reaching the destination, the aircraft crashed, killing Nelson and several other passengers.

"A few years after Rick died, I closed the nightclub and started traveling with the '30 Years of Rock n' Roll Tour", says Upton.  "People began to come up to me at the shows and ask me if they could buy tapes of my music.  That's when I began to think about recording tunes that everybody would know, like "More Today", and use some of my new material".

In the fall of 1994, Upton released "THEN & NOW", which broke his 20 year self-imposed recording hiatus.  The album, which he described as "a balance blend between old and new tunes", is a 1990's tribute to a time-honored subject... love in all it's phases!

Pat Upton is now touring again and thrilling audiences worldwide!  Pat's other hits include.... "No One For Me To Turn To", “Broken 2 Hearted Man” and "She's Ready"!