Steven Tyler is an American musician and songwriter

Full name : Stephen Victor Tallarico.

Born : March 26, 1948. (1948-03-26) (age 62), Yonkers, New York, US

Stephen Victor Tallarico (born March 26, 1948), better known as Steven Tyler, is an American musician and songwriter. He is best known as the frontman and lead singer for the Boston-based rock band Aerosmith.

In the 1970s and early 1980s, Tyler was also known for his heavy drug and alcohol abuse, though he completed drug rehabilitation in 1986 and maintained sobriety for over 20 years until he started abusing painkillers in 2009 and has since returned to rehab. During his high-energy stage performances, he usually dresses in bright, colorful outfits with his trademark scarves hanging from his microphone stand. He was recently named 99th on Rolling Stone's 100 greatest singers. He is also ranked 3rd on Hit Parader's Top 100 Metal Vocalists of All Time.

Early life:

Tyler was born Stephen Victor Tallarico in Yonkers, New York on March 26, 1948. He is of Italian (his grandfather Giovanni Tallarico was born in Cotronei, Calabria) and German descent on his paternal side.

His maternal background is Cherokee and Russian or Ukrainian. Tyler is the second of two children, having an older sister, Lynda. His family later moved to Yonkers, where he attended Roosevelt High School. He was expelled from Roosevelt for drug use and later graduated from Leonard Quintano's School for Young Professionals. Before working as a professional musician, Tyler says he worked several odd jobs, including a stint at a bakery.