Biography
Springfield in Massachusetts is where the child prodigy William Cary Zucker started to create music. At the mere age of nine, he began performing piano recitals in public, and soon began to score his own compositions that greatly impressed his tutor, school peers and his supportive parents. Fast forward by a few years, and by age eleven, Bill had formed a garage band 'The Divided Line,' using his very first drum kit. He loved the sounds of drums in music and would jam regularly with the band until the age of fifteen, when he picked up his first guitar. Once again, he quickly became proficient in an instrument and composed a tenderly entitled song 'Show Me,' through which he expressed his emotions over a break-up with his childhood sweetheart
The guitar was perfectly suited for Bill because he could take it with him everywhere and it rarely left his side. It went with him through all of high school, where he was chosen to perform in many concerts and events. Very often he would get standing ovations and countless encores as a vocalist and when he played his acoustic guitar as a solo
After high school Bill auditioned and was accepted into the prestigious Berklee College of Music in Boston, MA. He absorbed everything that Berklee had to offer and from there (still with trusted guitar by his side) he went to live in Seattle for three years, while he attended Western Washington College in Bellingham. It was at this College that Bill hosted his own campus radio show and became the frontman and electric guitar fiddler for the country-rock band 'Colraine.' After graduation, he ended up as many musicians do, in Hollywood California where he teamed up with a young songwriter called Ron Fair, who went on to become an extremely successful music executive, and together the pair wrote a multitude of songs that were published by Paramount. Bill relished the vast opportunities Hollywood gave him as a musician and formed his first professional touring band 'Cruise Control,' that later evolved into 'The Bill Zucker Band (BZB)' there. The BZB featured Bill's lead vocals and leveraged his multi-instrumental ability to play the guitar, drum, harmonica, fiddle and keyboard/synthesizer
He had now become an exceptionally gifted musician with an impressive catalogue of over 300 original songs. Not content with just playing music, Bill also displayed an entrepreneurial streak when he opened a night club called 'Z Street.' Being the owner gave him endless opportunity to perform with numerous bands, artists and musicians. He took every single opportunity.
At the turn of the new millennium in 2000, Bill had landed himself a new record deal in Philadelphia and then recorded a critically acclaimed twelve song CD entitled 'Millennium' but the album's arrival could not save the record label from closing down, so unfortunately the album never received any of the global distribution that was promised. Bill decided it was perhaps a blessing in disguise, and moved to the warm tropical breezes of Miami Florida
By 2009 Bill had heavily invested in real estate and the stock market but saw that wiped out in the financial crash overnight. This turn of unfortunate events, prompted him to write 'The TARP Song' that he then recorded at Audacity Recording in Hollywood FL. The song became both a powerful political parody and a phenomenon that catapulted him into the national and global media spotlight and he literally become a household name overnight. Neil Cavuto on Fox News commented: "The Tarp Song says in 3 minutes what every American is feeling and the song immortalizes the Tarp forever."
Swayed by his high profile public image, Bill once again used his ability to tap into the mainstream and popular culture, and wrote and produced "The Twitter Song" and instantly he had another viral hit song on his hands. In the 'The Twitter Song' Bill parodied Twitter, Facebook and MySpace addiction and even Ashton Kutcher publicly loved and supported the catchy tune. Bill's efforts were duly recognised and rewarded by the online industry itself, when he became the recipient of an award by YouTube for having the funniest comedy video in 2009
Bill's magic touch ability to connect with an online audience was being observed by Hollywood and an enthusiastic Kelsey Grammer star of NBC's 'Frasier'phoned him one day to compliment him on his success. Bill and Kelsey had an instant rapport and both agreed that they should work together over the next few conversations. It was an alliance that even 'Laurel and Hardy'would be laughing down at. Within a few weeks, Bill finished writing the script for the first instalment of 'The Kelsey Grammer and Bill Zucker Comedy Hour' that featured skits and rude jokes and exquisitely captured the 'Benny Hill' humour of Bill and the dry neurotic wit and effervescent charm of Kelsey Grammer
Throughout 2010 and 2011, Bill wrote, directed and appeared in numerous skits and sketches with famous celebrities. He worked with the legendary heart-throb and model Fabio in 'Bill Zuckers Masterclass,' in which Fabio seemed to have lost his magical touch and so Bill gave him a pep talk so that he could pick-up the gorgeous Nicole Steinweddel! That was followed with 'A Day with the Simmons family' in which Bill spent the day at the family home of KISS musician Gene Simmons and his partner Shannon Tweed. In one hilarious scene; Gene smashed Bill's guitar to pieces and in another - Bill put on a KISS mask and got into bed with Shannon!.
Bill then flew out to Hawaii to film with Dog The Bounty Hunter and his family in a skit called 'Dog the TP Hunter tracks down Bill Zucker.' It had taken Bill; months of persuasion, perseverance and planning and in the end he managed to capture the Chapman familys' magical touch on screen. Only Dog The Bounty Hunter and his crew could have captured Zucker!
Not content with appearing in front of the camera, Bill decided to mix in a dose of film festival hosting too. He hosted the 2010 and 2011 Beverly Hills Film Festival and award recipients such as; Sharon Stone Paul Sorvino, Morgan Fairchild and Joan Collins all praised Bill for such a professional and polished job on the night and promised to return following year - but only if Bill was going to MC again.
To solidify the self- belief and tenacity of this world class musical showman; Bill has compiled two hit Albums 'Stranded' and 'Every Window' and in 2011, he recorded another new album that he independently released through his website, that included the songs; 'The Answer,' 'Summer Girl,' ' Friends,' and 'Shannon,' - the latter being a wedding present to his friends Gene Simmons and Shannon Tweed
In early 2012 Bill moved to Hollywood CA and formed the 'Bill Zucker Band' and in between filming new television projects with Kelsey Grammer, he is busy rehearsing with the band and preparing for a tour across the US and Europe and will be recording and writing a new live album to take on the road.
