Birth name Warren Ray Wiebe Website WarrenWiebe.com Genres Adult contemporary music Years active 1968–1998 Died October 25, 1998 | Instruments Vocals, Bass guitar Role Vocalist Occupation(s) Singer Name Warren Wiebe | |
Born July 18, 1953 ( 1953-07-18 ) Similar People | ||
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Warren Wiebe (July 18, 1953 – October 25, 1998) was an American vocalist and session artist from San Diego.
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- Two of us joe hisaishi with warren wiebe as vocalist
- Warren wiebe vocals bill chasse and darin scheff song credits
- Career 1987 1998
- Posthumous Discography
- References
Warren wiebe vocals bill chasse and darin scheff song credits
Career 1987-1998
After playing bass with several bands, Warren Wiebe was discovered by David Foster and Burt Bacharach in Los Angeles in 1987. He did the duet "Listen to Me" with Celine Dion for the Listen to Me (film) Soundtrack .
He was one of several lead vocalists who contributed to the 1991 charity record "Voices That Care" .
He is also famous for performing the song "Human Touch", a ballad which was used as one of the ending theme songs for the 1996 anime After War Gundam X. The song is one of a very small number of anime theme songs that not only was performed with English lyrics but was composed by non-Japanese songwriters. An avid ice hockey fan, he was also known for his stirring performances of the national anthems prior to Los Angeles Kings games.
He did many demos with David Foster including "When I Fall in Love" for the film Sleepless in Seattle and when Celine heard his singing she wanted him instead of Clive Griffin to sing on the track In addition he sang on the All-4-One hit "I Swear" and did backing vocals for many artists. He was also featured on Foster's 1990 Release "River of Love" performing on title track "River Of Love", "Walk Away", "Is There A Chance", "Living For The Moment" and his 1994 subsequent release Love Lights the World performing vocals once again on the track "Is there a Chance"
He can be heard singing lead vocal on the track 'Roxann' from Jay Graydon's 1993 album "Airplay For The Planet" .
Warren performed "Goodbye" as part of the television soundtrack "One Life to Live: The Best of Love"
He was referred to by Quincy Jones as the "Soulful Rain Man" and was part of Jones' release "Q's Jook Joint" in 1995 performing a duet with Gloria Estefan "Is It Love That We're Missing"
Burt Bacharach Collection Release "Applause..The Look of Love" included Warren's duet with Lalah Hathaway called "On My Own" (King Record 1997)
After battling mental health issues and depression, Wiebe took his own life on October 25, 1998.