Russ Titelman
Russ Titelman (born August 16, 1944, Los Angeles, California)[1] is an American record producer and songwriter. He has to date won three Grammy Awards. He earned his first producing the Steve Winwood song "Higher Love",[2] and his second and third for Eric Clapton's Journeyman and Unplugged albums. Titelman also produced the 24 Nights live album of 1990 and the all-blues album From The Cradle, released in 1994.
Biography
Beginning his career in the 1960s, he has worked with musicians such as Nancy Sinatra, The Monkees, Dion Dimucci, George Harrison, Bee Gees, Little Feat, Christine McVie, Meat Loaf, Paul Simon, Brian Wilson, The Allman Brothers Band, James Taylor, Rickie Lee Jones, Chaka Khan, Ry Cooder, Randy Newman, Gordon Lightfoot, Eric Clapton and Gerry Goffin. After having worked for Warner Bros. Records for 20 years, Titelman has been an independent producer since 1997.
Titelman started his independent music label Walking Liberty Records in New York. One of his first productions for the label was the debut album by the Oklahoma based singer-songwriter Jared Tyler. Released in 2005, Blue Alleluia included guest appearances from Emmylou Harris, Mac McAnally and Mary Kay Place.
Selected Production credits
Brian Wilson
Randy Newman
Rickie Lee Jones
Steve Winwood
Meat Loaf
James Taylor
Cyndi Lauper
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"What a Fool Believes"* by The Doobie Brothers (Jeffrey Baxter, John Hartman, Keith Knudsen, Michael McDonald, Tiran Porter, Patrick Simmons) produced by Ted Templeman (1980) |
"Sailing"* by Christopher Cross produced by Michael Omartian (1981) |
"Bette Davis Eyes"* by Kim Carnes produced by Val Garay (1982) |
"Rosanna" by Toto (Bobby Kimball, Steve Lukather, David Paich, Jeff Porcaro, David Hungate, Steve Porcaro) produced by Toto (1983) |
"Beat It" by Michael Jackson produced by Michael Jackson & Quincy Jones (1984) |
"What's Love Got to Do with It" by Tina Turner produced by Terry Britten (1985) |
"We Are the World"* by USA for Africa produced by Quincy Jones (1986) |
"Higher Love" by Steve Winwood produced by Russ Titelman & Steve Winwood (1987) |
"Graceland" by Paul Simon produced by Paul Simon (1988) |
"Don't Worry, Be Happy"* by Bobby McFerrin produced by Linda Goldstein (1989) |
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