Editing Steven Tyler (section)

==Early life and education==
Steven Victor Tallarico was born on March 26, 1948, at the [[Stuyvesant Polyclinic]] in [[Manhattan]], New York, and moved to [[the Bronx]] when he was three years old. The family relocated to 100 Pembrook Drive in [[Yonkers, New York#Northeast Yonkers|Northeast Yonkers]] in 1957 when he was about nine years old.<ref>''Walk This Way: The Autobiography of Aerosmith'' (1999 paperback edition) Harper Collins Publishers, p. 23. {{ISBN|0-06-051580-5}}</ref><ref>Interview Live! With Regis and Kelly (on ABC TV), January 18, 2011.</ref><ref>"Does The Noise In My Head Bother You" (2011) ecco/HarperCollins Publishers pp. 6–22 {{ISBN|978-0-06-176789-0}}</ref> Tallarico is the son of Susan Ray ({{nee|Blancha}}; June 2, 1925{{snd}}July 4, 2008), a secretary, and Victor A. Tallarico (May 14, 1916{{snd}}September 10, 2011),<ref>{{cite news |title = Victor A. Tallarico |url = http://www.nashuatelegraph.com/obituaries/932386-225/victor-a.-tallarico.html |access-date = July 30, 2013 |newspaper = [[Nashua Telegraph]] |date = September 13, 2011 |url-status=live |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20141006095710/http://www.nashuatelegraph.com/obituaries/932386-225/victor-a.-tallarico.html |archive-date = October 6, 2014 |df = mdy-all }}</ref> a classical musician and pianist who taught music at [[Cardinal Spellman High School (New York City)|Cardinal Spellman High School]] in the Bronx.<ref name=topot>{{cite news |url = https://huffingtonpost.com/megan-smolenyak-smolenyak/ive-got-a-crush-on-steven_b_797988.html |work = Huffington Post |location = USA |title = I've Got a Crush on Steven Tyler's Grandfather |first = Megan |last = Smolenyak |date = December 16, 2010 |url-status=live |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120811131234/http://www.huffingtonpost.com/megan-smolenyak-smolenyak/ive-got-a-crush-on-steven_b_797988.html |archive-date = August 11, 2012 |df = mdy-all }}</ref>

Tyler's father was of Italian and German descent, while his mother was of [[Polish people|Polish]], English and African-American ancestry.<ref name=topot /><ref>Steven Tyler with David Dalton (2011) ''The Autobiography: Does the noise in my head bother you?''. London: Harper Collins Publishers, p. 14.<!-- ISBN needed --></ref> He has claimed on a number of occasions that his maternal grandfather was [[Ukrainians|Ukrainian]],<ref>{{cite news |title = Steven Tyler Ukrainian Grandfather |url = https://www.rbth.com/arts/2013/11/18/steven_tyler_promises_to_shake_up_moscow_during_aerosmith_concert_31813.html |url-status=live |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20170724034902/https://www.rbth.com/arts/2013/11/18/steven_tyler_promises_to_shake_up_moscow_during_aerosmith_concert_31813.html |archive-date = July 24, 2017 |df = mdy-all }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title = Steven Tyler Ukrainian Roots |url = http://tass.com/non-political/818942 |url-status=live |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20170809041504/http://tass.com/non-political/818942 |archive-date = August 9, 2017 |df = mdy-all }}</ref> and changed his surname from "Czarnyszewicz" (from {{langx|pl|czarny||black}}) to "Blancha" (possibly from {{langx|fr|blanche||white}}).<ref name=topot /> Genealogist Megan Smolenyak established that Steven Tyler's grandfather was Polish, born Felix Czarnyszewicz in 1892 in [[Klichaw]], in today's [[Belarus]]. In 1914 he emigrated to the US and changed his surname to Blancha. There he married Bessie Elliott, with whom he had four children, including Steven's mother Susan. Felix's brother was [[Florian Czarnyszewicz]], a well-known Polish writer who emigrated to [[Argentina]]. Florian Czarnyszewicz is best known for his novel ''Nadberezeńcy'' which describes the fate of Poles living in the lands between the [[Berezina]] and [[Dnieper]] rivers between 1911 and 1920.<ref>{{Cite news |title=Лідэр Aerosmith і "прынцэса эльфаў" — нашчадкі Флярыяна Чарнышэвіча |url=https://www.svaboda.org/a/28325186.html |access-date=April 20, 2022 |website=Радыё Свабода |date=February 23, 2017 |language=be|last1=Гурневіч |first1=Дзьмітры }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=January 11, 2011 |title=I've Got a Crush on Steven Tyler's Grandfather |url=https://www.huffpost.com/entry/ive-got-a-crush-on-steven_b_797988 |access-date=April 20, 2022 |website=HuffPost |language=en}}</ref>

His paternal grandfather, Giovanni Tallarico, was from [[Cotronei]], Calabria, Italy.<ref>{{cite web |url = https://books.google.com/books?id=6hdxZ80fUFkC&q=steven+tyler+cotronei&pg=PA52 |title = Aerosmith |work = google.com.au |access-date = September 14, 2015 |url-status=live |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20171207110038/https://books.google.com/books?id=6hdxZ80fUFkC&pg=PA52&lpg=PA52&dq=steven+tyler+cotronei&source=bl&ots=WYiaYeXXWo&sig=po7gAiYjjPLCbUph5EQmIaGel6s&hl=en&sa=X&ei=dEtRU7amD4WZlAXk-oDoBA&ved=0CEcQ6AEwBzgK#v=onepage&q=steven%20tyler%20cotronei&f=false |archive-date = December 7, 2017 |df = mdy-all }}</ref> Tyler learned on the genealogy show ''[[Who Do You Think You Are? (U.S. TV series)|Who Do You Think You Are?]]'' that his maternal great-great-great-grandfather Robert Elliot was part African-American and part European-American.<ref>{{cite web |url = https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/liv-steven-tyler-discover-african-american-ancestors-musicians-065947169.html |title = Liv and Steven Tyler Discover African-American Ancestors Who Were Musicians |website = yahoo.com |date = April 25, 2017 |access-date = December 7, 2017 |url-status=live |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20171017094205/https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/liv-steven-tyler-discover-african-american-ancestors-musicians-065947169.html |archive-date = October 17, 2017 |df = mdy-all }}</ref> Steven has one older sister named Lynda.

Tyler attended [[Roosevelt High School (Yonkers, New York)|Roosevelt High School]] on Tuckahoe Road in [[Yonkers, New York]] which was about a mile from his house, but was expelled from the school just before graduation due to marijuana use. He later graduated from Quintano School for Young Professionals.<ref>{{cite news |title = COUNTY LINES; In Yonkers, Where Fame Is Life-Size |url = https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9B01EED71530F931A35757C0A9609C8B63 |work = The New York Times |date = April 7, 2017 |url-status=live |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20171003075809/https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9B01EED71530F931A35757C0A9609C8B63 |archive-date = October 3, 2017 |df = mdy-all }}</ref>

At 17, Tyler spent time in [[Greenwich Village]], New York, the highlight of which was seeing a [[Rolling Stones]] concert.<ref name="Burlingame 2010" /> Tyler states that he and his friends "hung around for a while, buzzing like crazy just because we got to touch them."<ref name="Burlingame 2010" /> He added, "Everybody told me that I looked just like [[Mick Jagger]] with my big lips and [[Keith Richards]] basically was the music I used to love more than anything."<ref name="Burlingame 2010">{{cite book |author = Jeff Burlingame |title = Aerosmith: Hard Rock Superstars |url = https://archive.org/details/aerosmithhardroc0000burl |url-access = registration |access-date = December 7, 2017 |date = September 2010 |publisher = Enslow Publishers, Incorporated |isbn = 978-1-59845-210-5 |pages = [https://archive.org/details/aerosmithhardroc0000burl/page/19 19]– |df = mdy-all }}</ref> A photo in the band's autobiography ''[[Walk This Way: The Autobiography of Aerosmith|Walk This Way]]'' shows Tyler standing behind Mick Jagger outside a hotel.<ref name="Burlingame 2010" />

During this period, Tyler sang backing vocals on ''[[The Left Banke Too]]'', the second album by baroque pop group [[the Left Banke]].<ref>{{cite web|website=AllMusic|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/the-left-banke-too-mw0000843613|accessdate=November 5, 2022|title=The Left Banke Too|first=Mark|last=Deming}}</ref>