Ring Drake Bell

For a 20-year-old, Drake Bell is an old soul when it comes to the music he listens to and plays on his Universal Motown Records debut It’s Only Time. Songs like the first single, “I Know,” which sounds like it could have come off Rubber Soul, and the empowering, Elton John-like rocker “Do What You Want” boasts a bittersweet pop sound, with catchy harmonies and plenty of exuberant vocal hooks, which is no wonder considering the Newport Beach, CA, native, whose mother is two-time world champion pool player Robin Dodson, was raised on the classic rock of the ’60s. Learning how to play guitar from The Who’s Roger Daltrey, with whom he worked in the 1998 movie Changing Destiny, Drake proved a natural student.

A child actor who began appearing in commercial and feature films when he was 5, Bell says: “When I was a kid, I wanted to be Elvis Presley so I could star in movies and TV while also playing music.” Bell went on to roles in the feature films High Fidelity and Yours, Mine and Ours as well as the TV series Seinfeld, The Drew Carey Show, The Pretender and Home Improvement while appearing in the cast of Nickelodeon’s sketch comedy series The Amanda Show, which led to his starring role on the network’s popular The Drake and Josh Show.

Listen to "I Know" (We promise, you'll like it....give the boy a chance, it's not his fault he's a cutie.)