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American Idol, now starring Wellesley’s own Steven Tyler?

January 26, 2011 by Bob Brown 5 Comments

Steven Tyler

The American Idol hype has started up all over with the kickoff of its new season and fueled by the appearance of new judges Jennifer Lopez and Aerosmith frontman StevenTyler. Wellesley’s own Steven Tyler, that is.

Well, that  is if you believe everything you read on Wikipedia, where Tyler is listed as being among the notable residents of Wellesley past and present along with the likes of actress/comedian Jane Curtain and basketball player Ray Allen.

I don’t believe everything I read on Wikipedia, though do think it is more accurate than naysayers argue. Still, I’ve seen that plenty of questionable “facts” from Wikipedia tend to show up over and over again in news stories, blogs and other places.

I’ve always had suspicions about references to Tyler living or having lived in Wellesley. He doesn’t strike me as the sort who lays low. But because he’s listed on Wikipedia as having been a resident the information has been taken as fact by some. For example, I noticed during recent coverage of the ex-Irish Anglo exec who took up residence  in Wellesley that the overseas press was plucking Wellesley background from Wikipedia, including the bit about Tyler in Wellesley.  I’ve also seen Tyler  mentioned by realtors looking to entice people to buy property in Wellesley.

I asked town historian Beth Hinchliffe if she knew whether Tyler had ever lived in Wellesley, figuring she must have partied with him if so. “This is a fairly recent rumor — I’d never heard it before about 8 years ago.  And I’ve only ever heard it in rumor form.  My theory is that someone put it in Wikipedia and it developed a life of its own from there, because that seems to be the source of the few people (or other online sources) that have repeated the story.  And, further, I’m guessing that whoever put it in Wikipedia confused him with Billy Squier — the rock musician who did live in Wellesley.  The most I can think of otherwise is that he may have owned property here as an investment, but I have never heard anything, anywhere that would indicate he had ever actually lived here — and you know how that would have been the number one topic of conversation if it had been true.”

If Tyler really does live in Wellesley then we should definitely get together and talk about carpooling: Seems like every time I go to Boston sports event he’s there singing the national anthem…

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  1. Richard Dey says

    October 27, 2015 at 3:53 pm

    I knew a Sam Tyler below 25 Bird Hill Avenue, not a Stevie Tyler. Perhaps they’ve been intentionally confused? He’d be 70-ish now.

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  2. Bill Pryor says

    February 8, 2011 at 4:33 pm

    I always heard Steven Tyler lived in Duxbury…..perhaps DeluxBury and Swellesley have been mixed up?

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  3. Swellesley Girl says

    January 27, 2011 at 9:56 am

    Tyler is said to live on Pond Road…this goes back to at least the 80’s. He also used to shop frequently at Bread & Circus…now known as Whole Foods…Many of my friends who worked there back in high school used to see him there all the time…..

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  4. john says

    January 26, 2011 at 10:37 pm

    The story I grew up with was that Steven Tyler lived in Marshfield.

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  5. Tall Guy says

    January 26, 2011 at 11:49 am

    Steven Tyler has had a home on Pond Road for years. Where have you been?

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