Russ Titelman
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Born | (1944-08-16) August 16, 1944 (age 79) Los Angeles, California, U.S. |
Occupation(s) | Music producer, songwriter |
Russ Titelman (born August 16, 1944, Los Angeles, California, United States)[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, respectively. Titelman also produced Clapton's 24 Nights live album of 1990 and the all-blues album From the Cradle, released in 1994.
Biography
Titelman's family is Jewish.[3][4][5][6] He began his musical career in the 1960s. He was the rhythm guitarist in the house band on the television show Shindig! He studied sitar for a year under Ravi Shankar, at the latter's Kinnara School of Music in Los Angeles.[7] He has worked with rock 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 with Rufus and solo, Ry Cooder, Randy Newman, Gordon Lightfoot, Eric Clapton, Steve Winwood, Neil Young, Crazy Horse 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
- Sail Away (1972)
- Good Old Boys (1974)
- Little Criminals (1977)
- Born Again (1979)
- Trouble in Paradise (1983)
- Paradise and Lunch (1974)
- Gorilla (1975)
- October Road (2002)
- George Harrison (1979)
- Rickie Lee Jones (1979)
- Pirates (1981)
- Naked Songs-Live and Acustic (1995) (co-produced)
- "Pieces of Treasure" Rickie Lee Jones]] (2023)
- Stompin' at the Savoy – Live (1983)
- Christine McVie (1984)
- Back in the High Life (1986)
- Brian Wilson (1988)
- CK (1988)
- Journeyman (1989)
- Unplugged (1992)
- The Very Best of Meat Loaf (track: "Is Nothing Sacred") (1998)
- At Last (2003)
References
- ^ "Russ Titelman Songs, Albums, Reviews, Bio & More". AllMusic. Retrieved October 24, 2023.
- ^ White, Timothy (July 17, 1986). "Steve Winwood: Back In The High Life : Music Reviews : Rolling Stone". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on February 13, 2009. Retrieved August 7, 2011.
- ^ Jews and Rock and Roll: A Study in Cultural Contrast JSTOR https://www.jstor.org › stable by EA Rotundo · 1982 · Cited by 11 — Russ Titelman have, as staff producers for Warner Brothers records, worked on a large variety of successful records. Both Tem pleman and
- ^ Pupils of Ravi Shankar - FamousFix.com list FamousFix.com https://m.famousfix.com › list › pupils-of-ravi-shankar American record producer. Overview: Russ Titelman (born August 16, 1944, Los ... Record producers from California 634T. Jewish American songwriters 301T.
- ^ Russ Titelman Phone Number, Address, Age ... Radaris https://radaris.com › 🔍 T › ⏩ Tisor…Titus › 📋 Titelman Born: 1944 ; Position: American record producer • Jewish composer and songwriter • Songwriter ; Business category: Musicians ; He has to date won three Grammy ...
- ^ Songwriters JewProm http://jewprom.50webs.com › sheet072 Russ Titelman · Img, American songwriter, record producer,. Charles Tobias · Img, American songwriter,, ExLink · Harry Tobias · Img, American songwriter: ...
- ^ White, Timothy (June 22, 1996). "'Please Don't Wake Me' – Russ Titelman 35th Anniversary Salute". Billboard. p. 47. Retrieved February 1, 2019.
External links
- Songwriter101.com
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