Drake Bell was first professionally associated with music when he was in the 2001 movie Chasing Destiny.[citation needed] In the film, he co-starred with The Who lead singer Roger Daltrey, who gave him his first guitar lessons. Bell performed on television for the first time in 2002 when he performed his first original song, \"Lost A Lover\", on The Amanda Show. Another one of his songs, \"Found a Way\", is featured as the theme song for Drake & Josh. The song is included on Drake & Josh: Songs from and inspired by the hit TV show, along with two other compositions he has written and performed, as well as appearing on on his debut album, Telegraph, which was released independently on September 27, 2005...

In 2005, Bell collaborated with Hawk Nelson in a song called \"Bring \'Em Out,\" which was featured in the movie Yours, Mine and Ours. He and fellow bandmate Michael Corcoran do all the score music for Drake & Josh, Zoey 101, and iCarly. In 2006, Bell signed with Universal Records, releasing his first single, \"I Know,\" on October 17, 2006. The video for \"I Know\" was filmed in October 2006. Drake\'s second album, entitled It\'s Only Time, was released on December 5, 2006. Drake performed live on MTV\'s TRL the day after it was released. In the summer of 2007, Bell went on a Nextfest tour in support of It\'s Only Time, opening up alongside Corbin Bleu for Aly & AJ.

On October 16, 2007, iTunes released a Radio Disney single edit version of his song \"Makes Me Happy\", the second single for his album It\'s Only Time. He also co-wrote and sang the theme song for the show iCarly, \"Leave It All to Me,\" with Miranda Cosgrove. The music video for the song premiered on May 24, 2008. Bell has recorded a theme song featuring Sara Paxton for his movie Superhero Movie called \"Superhero! Song\". He performed some Christmas songs in the Merry Christmas, Drake & Josh movie.

Critics have described his music as heavily influenced by The Beatles and The Beach Boys, with the Beatles being his main influence.[2] Drake has also covered at least 3 Beatles songs live: \"I\'ve Got A Feeling,\" \"I\'m So Tired,\" and \"Blackbird,\" as well as playing \"Happy Christmas (War Is Over)\" by John Lennon, whom Drake has cited as is his role model, live on New Year\'s Eve 2006.


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