Daryl Simmons

Daryl Simmons
Birth name	Daryl L. Simmons
Born	April 11, 1957 (age 59)
Origin	Indianapolis, Indiana
Genres	R&B, pop, soul, urban contemporary, new jack swing, dance-pop, quiet storm, soft rock
Occupation(s)	Songwriter, record producer, music consultant, musician, background vocalist
Years active	Late-70s—present
Labels	LaFace Records, Silent Partner Productions, Warner Chappell Music
Website	www.darylsimmons.com

Daryl Simmons (born April 11, 1957) is an American R&B songwriter, musician and record producer, who worked with the production duo of L.A. Reid and Kenneth "Babyface" Edmonds.

Simmons attended North Central High School in Indianapolis, Indiana together with future Pop and R&B producer-songwriter-singer Kenneth "Babyface" Edmonds. The duo would write songs at each other's homes on a consistent basis. As teenagers, Simmons and Edmonds formed a band called Tarnished Silver, which also included Rayford Griffin, Tom Borton, and Emanuel Officer. The group performed at many colleges, proms and high school parties. In the late-1970s, Simmons and Edmonds were both members of an Indianapolis R&B group, Manchild. The group released two albums before breaking up and while the outfit never quite took off, Simmons' and Edmonds' relationship as songwriters/producers had already been cemented. The two would go on to collaborate for years.

After Manchild's breakup, Edmonds joined L.A. Reid's band, The Deele, in the early-1980s. Simmons soon followed Edmonds to work with The Deele, as a writer and a musician. Simmons co-wrote on two albums for The Deele, including Eyes of a Stranger which went gold with the hit song, "Two Occasions". With the success of "Two Occasions", the trio began working with outside artists such as Pebbles, Sheena Easton, The Whispers, Paula Abdul, Karyn White, Johnny Gill and Bobby Brown.

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