Neil Donell
Neil Donell | |
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| Donell with Chicago in 2024 Donell with Chicago in 2024 | |
| Background information | |
| Born | May 23, 1956 Montreal, Quebec |
| Origin | Toronto, Ontario |
| Occupation | Musician |
| Instruments | Vocals, guitar |
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Neil Donell (born May 23, 1956) is a Canadian singer who has worked extensively as a session musician and has been nominated for multiple Juno Awards. He is most well-known as the lead tenor vocalist for the classic rock band Chicago since 2018, succeeding Peter Cetera, Jason Scheff and Jeff Coffey.[1]
Possessing a four-octave vocal range, Donell has logged more than 10,000 sessions across his career and is one of the most recorded voices in Canadian music history. His credits also include a few small acting roles and performing "Shining Time" with Maren Ord, for the 2000 motion picture Thomas and the Magic Railroad. Donell performed a new rendition of the song for Rainbow Sun Productions' video presentation commemorating the film's 20th anniversary, which premiered on YouTube on July 19, 2020.[2] He was also the lead performer and background vocalist for the songs in Super Why! such as the theme song, Super Readers to the Rescue, Hip Hip Hurray and among others.[3]
Originally from Montreal, Quebec, Donell has been a resident of Toronto since the mid-1980s. He has two children.[4]
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- Living people
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- Singers from Montreal
- 1962 births
- Chicago (band) members
- Anglophone Quebec people
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