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Tyler Hilton
Tyler Hilton in December 2005
Background information
Birth name	Tyler James Hilton
Also known as	TJ
Born	November 22, 1983
Origin	Palm Springs, California, United States
Genre(s)	Indie Rock Folk
Years active	2000–present
Label(s)	Warner Bros. Records
Website	www.TylerHilton.com

Tyler James Hilton (born on November 22, 1983, in Palm Springs, California) is an American Singer/Songwriter and an Actor. Hilton, while still somewhat unknown, hit the music scene in 2000. Rolling Stone Magazine compared him to his contemporary, Jason Mraz, while others have compared Hilton to John Mayer, both vocally and instrumentally. Since the release of his first album, he has branched out into acting, guest starring on The WB’s television show One Tree Hill as talented but somewhat mean-spirited Chris Keller, and playing the role of Elvis Presley in the Johnny Cash biopic Walk the Line. Hilton just finished filming his role in the upcoming film Charlie Bartlett.^{[citation needed]}

Contents 1 Early Years 2 Establishment 3 Acting 4 Discography 5 External links

Born and raised in San Francisco, California, Hilton grew up around music. Hilton began teaching himself Elvis Presley songs at an early age. At the age of 13, his family moved to the Palm Springs Area, where he wrote his first song about a girl whom he attended school with. Hilton's family made another move back to Coachella Valley for high school, where, at La Quinta High School, he started a band with some of his classmates. The band didn't go anywhere, so Hilton began to enter open mic nights and went to local coffee shops to play his own music.

Hilton heard a local radio station was giving away Jonny Lang concert tickets and called into the Mark & Brian radio show on KLOS in Los Angeles at the age of 16. While on the phone, he sang an acapella version of Jonny Lang’s song "Breakin' Me." Mark & Brian were so impressed with Hilton's performance that they gave him a spot at the station's Christmas concert. Word of Hilton caught the ear of Maverick Records, who signed him up with a record deal shortly after. Work started on Hilton's debut major label record, The Tracks of Tyler Hilton, and the songs were recorded quickly. The album was released on September 28, 2004. After the release of his album, Hilton joined the likes of Avril Lavigne, Jet, 50 Cent, and Josh Groban as an artist chosen by AOL Breaker for his star potential. In the Summer of 2005, Tyler opened for Hilary Duff on her American leg of the "Still Most Wanted" tour. Hilton plays various venues for live shows, and allows attendees to tape his performances. These performances are available on the internet, and Archive.org.

Tyler is currently reportedly working on an upcoming sophomore album.

Tyler Hilton's character on One Tree Hill, Chris Keller, was originally written to only appear in two episodes, but series creator Mark Schwahn liked both Tyler and the character so much that the role was extended to a recurring part throughout much of the second and third seasons of the show, with an upcoming appearance expected towards the end of the current fourth season.

After his stint on One Tree Hill, Tyler went on to appear in the Academy Award-winning film Walk the Line as a young version of Elvis Presley. For the part, Tyler was given the opportunity to cover two Elvis songs for the film including "Milk Cow Blues" and "That's All Right."

Tyler recently finished up filming his starring role in the upcoming movie Charlie Bartlett and can currently be seen playing the love interest in country music artist Taylor Swift's music video for her song "Teardrops on my Guitar."

Tyler Hilton (2000)

Tyler Hilton EP (2004)

The Tracks of Tyler Hilton (2004)

In addition to these solo albums, Tyler has also appeared on each of the three different One Tree Hill soundtrack albums, usually with a track or two that have not been released anywhere else (including the cover of the Ryan Adams song "When The Stars Go Blue," which was arranged into a duet with One Tree Hill star Bethany Joy Galeotti for the show; a cover of "Missing You" by John Waite; and the original track "You'll Ask For Me"), as well as the Walk the Line soundtrack album, which includes the Elvis Presley cover songs he did for the film.

• Tyler Hilton Live Shows
• Tyler Hilton's Official Site
• MTV Profile
• MySpace Music Page
• French Street Team
• Billboard Magazine
• Rolling Stone Profile
• Tyler Hilton collection at the Internet Archive's live music archive
• California Street Team