Ivan Neville, born August 19, 1959, in New Orleans, Louisiana, United States, is an American multi-instrumentalist, singer, and songwriter. Neville, the son of Aaron Neville, began performing with the Neville Brothers as a teenager. Neville launched a solo recording career in 1988 with his debut studio album, If My Ancestors Could See Me Now, which produced the single “Not Just Another Girl”, reaching number 26 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart. His follow-up duet single with Bonnie Raitt, “Falling Out of Love”, reached number 91 and featured in the 1989 film Skin Deep. Neville released subsequent solo studio albums including Thanks in 1994, Saturday Morning Music in 2002, Scrape in 2004, and Touch My Soul in 2023. Neville contributed keyboards to the Rolling Stones studio albums Dirty Work in 1986 and Voodoo Lounge in 1994, toured with Keith Richards and the X-Pensive Winos, and recorded on the Spin Doctors' 1999 studio album Here Comes the Bride. In 2003, Neville formed the funk band Dumpstaphunk, releasing their debut studio album, Everybody Want Sum, in 2010. Neville also participated in benefit projects including the 2005 album Sing Me Back Home with the New Orleans Social Club and the 2007 tribute album Goin' Home: A Tribute to Fats Domino, winning multiple OffBeat Best of the Beat Awards.
