Tryin' To Love Two WILLIAM BELL Video Steven Bogarat

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Bell was born in Memphis, Tennessee. He took the last name "Bell" as a stage name in honor of his grandmother, whose first name was Belle.
He made his first leap into the music scene backing Rufus Thomas. In 1957, Bell recorded his first sides as a member of the Del Rios.
William Bell was an early signing on Stax Records initially as a songwriter. Other notable Stax Records artists include Otis Redding, Sam and Dave, Isaac Hayes, and The Staple Singers.
It was only after Bell served a stint in the military that he was finally able to release his debut album,[8] 1967's The Soul of a Bell, on Stax Records.[9] Bell’s Top 20 single “Everybody Loves a Winner” was on this album.[10] Bell moved to Atlanta, Georgia, in 1969 and started up Peachtree Record Company, his short-lived soul label.[11][12]
In 1985, he founded another label, Wilbe, and issued Passion, which found its most receptive audiences in the UK.[2]
Two years later, Bell was inducted into the Georgia Music Hall of Fame and received the Rhythm & Blues Foundation's R&B Pioneer Award that same year. Starting in 1992, Bell took a hiatus from the recording studio, while still performing regularly. In 2000, he released an album of all-new material on Wilbe entitled A Portrait Is Forever. In 2003, he was honored with the W.C. Handy Heritage Award. It wasn't until six years after his previous album that he released the album New Lease on Life.
In 2016, Bell reactivated the Stax Record Label to release a new album. Produced by John Leventhal, This Is Where I Live featured Bell performing a batch of new songs, along with a revived recording of "Born Under a Bad Sign