Allan Frank
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Allan Frank is an American singer, songwriter
, and performer from Peoria, Illinois
, United States
.
where he earned his Bachelor of Fine Arts
in theater. It was there that he developed an interest in songwriting. Following college, Frank traveled Europe
and formed the short-lived band Deliverance in Hamburg, Germany. After the disbanding of Deliverance, he relocated to Los Angeles
where he began working in the Aerospace
and Defense
industry while still writing songs in his spare time. He retired from the Aerospace industry and began songwriting full time. In 2000, Frank won 1st place for Best Country song in the Unisong International Song Competition. In 2007 he began working his own material, and in 2009 he released his first full length album entitled The Road So Far on the independent label, Apple Farm Music.
Songwriter
A songwriter is an individual who writes both the lyrics and music to a song. Someone who solely writes lyrics may be called a lyricist, and someone who only writes music may be called a composer...
, and performer from Peoria, Illinois
Peoria, Illinois
Peoria is the largest city on the Illinois River and the county seat of Peoria County, Illinois, in the United States. It is named after the Peoria tribe. As of the 2010 census, the city was the seventh-most populated in Illinois, with a population of 115,007, and is the third-most populated...
, United States
United States
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.
Biography
Frank attended Quincy CollegeQuincy College
Quincy College is a public junior college located in Quincy, Massachusetts. It is an open admission commuter school that offers associate's degrees in professional fields of study.-History:...
where he earned his Bachelor of Fine Arts
Bachelor of Fine Arts
In the United States and Canada, the Bachelor of Fine Arts degree, usually abbreviated BFA, is the standard undergraduate degree for students seeking a professional education in the visual or performing arts. In some countries such a degree is called a Bachelor of Creative Arts or BCA...
in theater. It was there that he developed an interest in songwriting. Following college, Frank traveled Europe
Europe
Europe is, by convention, one of the world's seven continents. Comprising the westernmost peninsula of Eurasia, Europe is generally 'divided' from Asia to its east by the watershed divides of the Ural and Caucasus Mountains, the Ural River, the Caspian and Black Seas, and the waterways connecting...
and formed the short-lived band Deliverance in Hamburg, Germany. After the disbanding of Deliverance, he relocated to Los Angeles
Los Ángeles
Los Ángeles is the capital of the province of Biobío, in the commune of the same name, in Region VIII , in the center-south of Chile. It is located between the Laja and Biobío rivers. The population is 123,445 inhabitants...
where he began working in the Aerospace
Aerospace
Aerospace comprises the atmosphere of Earth and surrounding space. Typically the term is used to refer to the industry that researches, designs, manufactures, operates, and maintains vehicles moving through air and space...
and Defense
Defense (military)
Defense has several uses in the sphere of military application.Personal defense implies measures taken by individual soldiers in protecting themselves whether by use of protective materials such as armor, or field construction of trenches or a bunker, or by using weapons that prevent the enemy...
industry while still writing songs in his spare time. He retired from the Aerospace industry and began songwriting full time. In 2000, Frank won 1st place for Best Country song in the Unisong International Song Competition. In 2007 he began working his own material, and in 2009 he released his first full length album entitled The Road So Far on the independent label, Apple Farm Music.