Name	Record Producer
Caption	A Danish recording session
Official names	Record Producer Recording Artist
Type	Profession
Activity sector	Music Industry Music
Competencies	Instrumental Skills, Keyboard Knowledge
Employment field	Recording Studios
Related occupation	Recording engineerExecutive ProducerFilm ProducerA&R;
Average salary	$67'330

A record producer is an individual working within the music industry, whose job it is to oversee and manage the recording (i.e. "production") of an artist's music. A producer has many roles that may include, but are not limited to, gathering ideas for the project, selecting songs and/or musicians, coaching the artist and musicians in the studio, controlling the recording sessions, and supervising the entire process through mixing and mastering. Producers also often take on a wider entrepreneurial role, with responsibility for the budget, schedules, and negotiations.

Today, the recording industry has two kinds of producers: executive producer and music producer; they have different roles. While an executive producer oversees a project's finances, a music producer oversees the creation of the music.

A music producer can, in some cases, be compared to a film director, with noted practitioner Phil Ek himself describing his role as "the person who creatively guides or directs the process of making a record, like a director would a movie. The engineer would be more the cameraman of the movie." The music producer's job is to create, shape, and mold a piece of music. The scope of responsibility may be one or two songs or an artist's entire album – in which case the producer will typically develop an overall vision for the album and how the various songs may interrelate.

In the UK, before the rise of the record producer, someone from A&R; would oversee the recording session(s), assuming responsibility for creative decisions relating to the recording.

History

Early record producers

During the 1890s, Fred Gaisberg ran the first recording studio and provided the closest approximation of production by guiding an opera singer closer or further away from a gramophone's horn to match the dynamics in the score. (Citation: Gronow and Saunio 1998, p. 8; Moorefield 2005, p. 1).

However in the first part of the 20th century the record producer's role was similar to the role of a film producer in that the record producer organized and supervised recording sessions, paid technicians, musicians and arrangers, and sometimes chose material for the artist. In the mid-1950s a new category emerged, that of the independent record producer. Among the most famous early independent producers are the famed songwriting-production duo Leiber & Stoller, "Wall of Sound" creator Phil Spector and British studio pioneer Joe Meek.

Magnetic tape enabled the establishment of independent recording studios in major recording centres such as London, Los Angeles and New York. Unlike the old record company studios, which were effectively a "closed shop", these new studios could be hired by the hour by anyone who could afford to do so.

The biggest and best commercial studios were typically established and operated by leading recording engineers. They were carefully constructed to create optimum recording conditions, and were equipped with the latest and best recording equipment and top-quality microphones, as well as electronic amplification gear and musical instruments.

Top-line studios such as Olympic Studios in London, Fine Recording in New York City, United Western Recorders, and Musart in Los Angeles quickly became among the most sought-after recording facilities in the world, and both these studios became veritable "hit factories" that produced many of the most successful pop recordings of the latter 20th century.

Evolution of the role of the producer

Prior to the 1950s, the various stages of the recording and marketing process had been carried out by different professionals within the industry – A&R; managers found potential new artists and signed them to their labels; professional songwriters created new material; publishing agents sold these songs to the A&R; people; staff engineers carried out the task of making the recordings in company-owned studios.

Freed from this traditional system by the advent of independent commercial studios, the new generation of entrepreneurial producers – many of whom were former record company employees themselves – were able to create and occupy a new stratum in the industry, taking on a more direct and complex role in the musical process. This development in music was mirrored in the TV industry by the concurrent development of videotape recording and the consequent emergence of independent TV production companies like Desilu, established by '50s TV superstars Lucille Ball and her then husband, Desi Arnaz.

These producers now typically carried out most or all of these various tasks themselves, including selecting and arranging songs, overseeing sessions (and often engineering the recordings) and even writing the material. Independent music production companies rapidly gained a significant foothold in popular music and soon became the main intermediary between artist and record label, signing new artists to production contracts, producing the recordings and then licensing the finished product to record labels for pressing, promotion and sale. (This was a novel innovation in the popular music field, although a broadly similar system had long been in place in many countries for the production of content for broadcast radio.) The classic example of this transition is renowned British producer George Martin, who worked as a staff producer and A&R; manager at EMI for many years, before branching out on his own and becoming a highly successful independent producer.

As a result of these changes, record producers began to exert a strong influence, not only on individual careers, but on the course of popular music. A key example of this is of Phil Spector who defined the gap between Elvis and the Beatles (1958–1964) with such acts as the Ronettes, the Crystals, Darlene Love, the Righteous Brothers and the Paris Sisters. Spector's Wall of Sound production technique also persisted after that time with his select recordings of the Beatles, the Ramones, Leonard Cohen, George Harrison, Dion and Ike and Tina Turner.

Some producers also became de facto recording artists, often creating records themselves or with anonymous studio musicians and releasing them under a pseudonym. Examples of this phenomenon include the records by fictional groups the Archies and Josie & the Pussycats, produced by Don Kirshner and Danny Jansen respectively, who were contracted by TV production companies to produce these records to promote the animated children's TV series of the same name. Similarly, Jeff Barry and Andy Kim recorded as the Archies. The same producer-as-artist phenomenon can be found with many modern-day pop-oriented street- and electronic-music artists.

Another change that occurred for the role of producers occurred progressively over the 50’s and 60’s. Popularization of new technology such as synthesizers, electric guitars, amplifiers, and better microphones led to a fundamental switch. The goal of recording no longer was simply accurately capturing and documenting live performance. Instead producers suddenly could manipulate sounds and create sound worlds. Producers became creative figures in the studio were no longer reserved to role of functional engineer. Examples of such engineers includes George Martin, Joe Meek, Phil Spector, and Brian Wilson. These producers became known as creative producers who turned the studio into a creative space.

Though the term encompasses all aspects of hip hop music, it's most commonly used to refer to the instrumental, non-lyrical aspects of hip hop. This means that hip hop producers are the instrumentalists involved in a work. Modern hip hop production uses samplers, sequencers, drum machines, synthesizers, and live instrumentation. A hip hop instrumental is casually referred to as a beat, and a hip hop producer is casually referred to as a beatmaker. However, in the studio, a hip hop producer also functions as a traditional record producer, being the person who is ultimately responsible for the final sound of a recording.

Equipment and technology

There are numerous different technologies utilized by the producer. In modern day recordings, recording and mixing tasks are centralized within computers. However, there is also the main mixer, outboard effects gear, and the recording device itself.

See also

Music executive

Musician

Audio engineering

References

Further reading

Hewitt, Michael. Music Theory for Computer Musicians. 1st Ed. USA. Cengage Learning, 2008. ISBN 13-978-1-59863-503-4

Gronow, Pekka and Ilpo Saunio (1998). An International History of the Recording Industry. ISBN-X. Cited in Moorefield (2005).

Moorefield, Virgil (2005). The Producer as Composer: Shaping the Sounds of Popular Music. ISBN. 123

Olsen, Eric et al. (1999). "The Encyclopedia of Record Producers." ISBN 0823076075 9780823076079

Zak, Albin. "The Poetics of Rock: Cutting Tracks, Making Records." Berkeley: University of California Press, 2001.

List of the Producers of the Current Top 100 Songs, Top 100 – Album Credits

External links

Record Producer Video Interviews

American Music Producers

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Name	Theo Parrish
Background	non_vocal_instrumentalist
Born	1972
Origin	Washington, DC
Label	Peacefrog RecordsSound Signature Ugly Edits
Associated acts	3 ChairsThe Rotating AssemblyThe T.O.M. Project KDJ
Url	MySpace Facebook

Theo Parrish is a techno/house musician based in Detroit, Michigan. He was born in Washington, DC. He grew up in Chicago, Illinois listening to jazz musicians like Miles Davis, Nina Simone, and George Gershwin. He graduated from the Chicago Academy of the Arts and went to study at the Kansas City Art Institute. While at KCAI, he concentrated on sound sculptures, creating sonic pieces by combining live instruments, human voices, and looped recordings. He received his BFA in 1994 and moved to Michigan to focus on musical projects.

He has recorded music under his own name as well as with Rick Wilhite, Marcellus Malik Pittman and Kenneth Dixon Jr as 3 Chairs. He also puts out releases on his record label, Sound Signature. Another aspect of Theo Parrish's productions are his re-edits, often of old disco, funk or soul records. He is almost as renowned for his expansive and genre-hopping live DJ sets as his productions, and plays a monthly residency at the London nightclub Plastic People.

Discography

Labels

Sound Signature

Ugly Edits

Studio Albums

1998 First Floor - Peacefrog Records

2000 Parallel Dimensions - Sound Signature

References

External links

Theo Parrish discography at Discogs.

Sound Signature Page on Myspace.

Sound Signature Label Page on Facebook.

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Name	Rosemary Clooney
Background	solo_singer
Born	May 23, 1928Maysville, Kentucky, U.S.
Died	June 29, 2002Beverly Hills, California, U.S.
Genre	Traditional pop, vocal jazz
Years active	1946–2001
Occupation	Singer, Actress
Spouse	[Jose Ferrer] (1953–1961; 1964–1967), [Dante DiPaolo] (1997–2002, her death)
Label	ColumbiaMGMCoralRCA VictorRepriseDotUnited ArtistsConcord Jazz
Url	Rosemary Clooney Palladium website

Rosemary Clooney (May 23, 1928 – June 29, 2002) was an American singer and actress. She came to prominence in the early 1950s with the novelty hit "Come On-a My House" written by William Saroyan and his cousin Ross Bagdasarian (David Seville), which was followed by other pop numbers such as "Botch-a-Me" (a cover version of the Italian song Ba-Ba-Baciami Piccina by Alberto Rabagliati), "Mambo Italiano", "Tenderly", "Half as Much", "Hey There" and "This Ole House", though she would go on to success as a jazz vocalist.

Clooney's career languished in the 1960s, partly due to problems related to depression and drug addiction, but revived in 1974, when her White Christmas co-star Bing Crosby asked her to appear with him at a show marking his 50th anniversary in show business. She continued recording until her death in 2002.

Biography

Early life

Clooney was born in Maysville, Kentucky, to Andrew Joseph Clooney and Frances Marie Guilfoyle, both of whom were Roman Catholics of Irish and German ancestry. When Clooney was fifteen, her mother and brother, Nick, moved to California. She and her sister, Betty, remained with their father.

Rosemary, Betty and Nick all became entertainers. In the next generation, some of her own children, including Miguel Ferrer and Rafael Ferrer, and her nephew, George Clooney, also became respected entertainers. In 1945, the Clooney sisters won a spot on Cincinnati, Ohio's radio station WLW as singers. Her sister Betty sang in a duo with Clooney for much of her early career.

Career

Clooney's first recordings, in May 1946, were for Columbia Records. She sang with Tony Pastor's big band. Clooney continued working with the Pastor band until 1949, making her last recording with the band in May of that year and her first as a solo artist a month later, still for Columbia.

In 1951, her record of "Come On-a My House", produced by Mitch Miller, became a hit. It was her first of many singles to hit the charts—despite the fact that Clooney hated the song passionately. She had been told by Columbia Records to record the song, and that she would be in violation of her contract if she did not do so.

Around 1952, Rosemary recorded several duets with Marlene Dietrich.

In 1954, she starred, along with Bing Crosby, Danny Kaye, and Vera-Ellen, in the movie White Christmas. In later years, Clooney would often appear with Crosby on television, such as in the 1957 special The Edsel Show, and the two friends made a concert tour of Ireland together. On November 21, 1957, she appeared on NBC's The Ford Show, Starring Tennessee Ernie Ford, a frequent entry in the "Top 20" and featuring a musical group called "The Top Twenty." In 1960, Clooney and Crosby co-starred in a 20-minute CBS radio program aired before the midday news each weekday.

She starred, in 1956, in a half-hour syndicated television musical-variety show The Rosemary Clooney Show. The show featured The Hi-Lo's singing group and Nelson Riddle's orchestra. The following year, the show moved to NBC prime time as The Lux Show Starring Rosemary Clooney but only lasted one season. The new show featured the singing group The Modernaires and Frank DeVol's orchestra.

Clooney left Columbia Records in 1958, doing a number of recordings for MGM Records and then some for Coral Records. Finally, toward the end of 1958, she signed with RCA Victor Records, where she stayed until 1963. In 1964, she went to Reprise Records, and in 1965 to Dot Records. She moved to United Artists Records in 1966.

Beginning in 1977, she recorded an album a year for the Concord Jazz record label, which continued until her death. This was in contrast to most of her generation of singers who had long since stopped recording regularly by then.

In the late-1970s and early-1980s, Clooney did television commercials for Coronet brand paper towels, during which she sang a memorable jingle that goes, "Extra value is what you get, when you buy Coro-net." James Belushi later parodied Clooney and the commercial while as a cast member on NBC's Saturday Night Live in the early 1980s.

Clooney sang a duet with Wild Man Fischer on "It's a Hard Business" in 1986, and in 1994 she sang a duet of Green Eyes with Barry Manilow in his 1994 album, Singin' with the Big Bands.

She guest-starred in the NBC television medical drama ER (starring her nephew, George Clooney) in 1995; she received a Primetime Emmy Award nomination for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series.

On January 27, 1996, Clooney appeared on Garrison Keillor's Prairie Home Companion radio program. She sang When October Goes -- lyrics by Johnny Mercer and music by Barry Manilow (after Mercer's death) -- from Manilow's 1984 album , and discussed what an excellent musician Manilow was.

In 1999, Clooney founded the Rosemary Clooney Music Festival, held annually in Maysville, her hometown. She performed at the festival every year until her death. Proceeds benefit the restoration of the Russell Theater in Maysville, where Clooney's first film, The Stars are Singing, premiered in 1953.

She received the Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award in 2002.

Personal life

Clooney suffered for much of her life from bipolar disorder. She revealed this and other details of her life in her two autobiographies.

Clooney was married twice to the movie star José Ferrer who was sixteen years her senior. They were first married from 1953 until 1961 and, despite his open infidelities, again from 1964 to 1967. They had five children: actor Miguel Ferrer (b. 1955), Maria Ferrer (b. 1956), Gabriel Ferrer (b. 1957) (who married singer Debby Boone), Monsita Ferrer (b. 1958), and Rafael Ferrer (b. 1960).

In 1968, her relationship with a young drummer ended after two years, and she became increasingly dependent on pills after a punishing tour.

She joined the presidential campaign of close friend Bobby Kennedy, and was standing only a few yards away from him at The Ambassador Hotel in Los Angeles, California, when he was assassinated on June 5, 1968. Her sister Betty died suddenly of a brain aneurysm in 1976. She subsequently started a foundation in memory of and named for her sister. During this time she wrote her first autobiography, This for Remembrance: the Autobiography of Rosemary Clooney, an Irish-American Singer, written in collaboration with Raymond Strait and published by Playboy Press in 1977. She chronicled her unhappy early life, her career as a singer, her marriage to Ferrer and mental health problems, concluding with her comeback as a singer and her happiness. Her good friend Bing Crosby wrote the introduction. Katherine Coker adapted the book for Jackie Cooper who produced and directed the television movie, Rosie: the Rosemary Clooney Story (1982) starring Sondra Locke (who lip syncs Clooney's songs), Penelope Milford as Betty and Tony Orlando who plays Jose Ferrer.

Living primarily in Beverly Hills, California, for many years, in 1980, she purchased a second home on Riverside Drive in Augusta, Kentucky, near Maysville, her childhood hometown. In 1983, Rosemary and her brother Nick co-chaired the Betty Clooney Foundation for the Brain-Injured, addressing the needs of survivors of cognitive disabilities caused by strokes, tumors and brain damage from trauma or age.

In 1999 Clooney published her second autobiography, Girl Singer: An Autobiography describing her battles with addiction to prescription drugs for depression, lost and then regained a fortune. "I'd call myself a sweet singer with a big band sensibility," she wrote.

Today, the Augusta house offers viewing of collections of her personal items and from many of her films and singing performances.

She married her longtime friend, a former dancer, Dante DiPaolo in 1997 at St. Patrick's Church in Maysville, Kentucky.

Clooney was diagnosed with lung cancer at the end of 2001. Around this time, she gave her last concert, in Hawaii, backed by the Honolulu Symphony Pops; her last song was "God Bless America". Despite surgery, she died six months later on June 29, 2002, at her Beverly Hills home. Her nephew, George Clooney, was a pallbearer at her funeral, which was attended by numerous stars, including Al Pacino. She is buried at Saint Patrick's Cemetery, Maysville.

In 2003 Rosemary Clooney was inducted into the Kentucky Women Remembered exhibit, and her portrait by Alison Lyne is on permanent display in the Kentucky State Capitol's rotunda.

In September 2007 a mural honoring moments from her life was painted in downtown Maysville. The mural highlights her life long friendship with Blanche Chambers, the 1953 premier of The Stars are Singing and her singing career. It was painted by Louisiana muralists Robert Dafford, Herb Roe and Brett Chigoy as part of the Maysville Floodwall Murals project. Her brother Nick Clooney spoke during the dedication for the mural, explaining various images to the crowd.

Discography

Filmography

Tony Pastor and His Orchestra (1947) (short subject)

Slaughter Trail (1951)

The Stars Are Singing (1953)

Here Come the Girls (1953)

Red Garters (1954)

White Christmas (1954)

Deep in My Heart (1954; cameo appearance)

Radioland Murders (1994)

ER (1994)

Marlene Dietrich: Her Own Song (2002) (documentary)

See also

Rosemary Clooney Museum; Augusta, Kentucky

References

External links

Rosemary Clooney Palladium page

Clooney Discography

Biography on musicianguide.com

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Name	Nipsey Hussle
Background	solo_singer
Alias	Nipsey Hussle
Birth name	Ermias Asghedom
Origin	Los Angeles, California, United States
Born	1985 (age 25)
Genre	West Coast hip-hop, Hip Hop
Occupation	Rapper
Years active	2003–present
Label	All Money In/Cinematic/
Associated acts	Snoop Dogg, Jay Rock, Game
Url	www.IHUSSLE.com

Ermias Asghedome, better known by his stage name Nipsey Hussle, is an American rapper. He was born and raised in Los Angeles, California, to a father originally from Eritrea and an American mother.

Music career

Nipsey's first recorded mixtape, was Slauson Boy Volume 1, and soon became the name of his own record label. In 2008 Nipsey released two mixtapes, Bullets Ain't Got No Name, Vol. 1 and Vol. 2, In 2009, his debut single, "Hussle In The House", was released.

In 2009 he released a third mixtape, Bullets Ain't Got No Name, Vol. 3. He appeared with Drake on the song "Killers" and on the song "Upside Down" on Snoop Dogg's album Malice n Wonderland. A first studio album, South Central State of Mind, was expected in the summer of 2009 but was never released; it has been postponed indefinitely. The Marathon will be released instead on December 21, 2010.

In 2010 he appeared on the song "We Are the World 25 for Haiti". He was chosen as one of XXL Magazine's "Annual Freshman Top Ten", a selection of ten up-and-coming artists as "Most Determined" And continues to have success with the release of his new single "Feelin Myself" featuring Lloyd. The first single off The Marathon mixtape is "Keys to the City" (Produced By E.N.G. & Djay Cas).

Acting career

In 2007 Nipsey had a small part in Bone Thugs-N-Harmony's semi-biographical film "I Tried" directed by Rich Newey. In 2010 he will star in the film Wrath of Cain, to be directed by Ving Rhames. 2010 Nipsey played in Love Chronicles Secret Revealed.

Discography

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;Mixtapes

Slauson Boy Vol. 1 (2005)

Bullets Ain't Got No Name, Vol. 1 (2009)

Bullets Ain't Got No Name, Vol. 2 (2009)

Bullets Ain't Got No Name, Vol. 3.1 (2010)

The Marathon (2010)

References

External links

Official website

Nipsey Hussle Interview with HipHopAtLunch

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Caption	Jimmy I with singer Mary J. Blige.
Birthdate	March 11, 1953
Birthplace	Brooklyn, New York, United States
Url	Jimmy Iovine

James "Jimmy" Iovine (born March 11, 1953) is an American music producer, entrepreneur and chairman of Interscope-Geffen-A&M;.

Biography

Born in Brooklyn, Iovine began his career as a recording engineer in the mid-1970s, working with John Lennon and Bruce Springsteen. He went on to produce albums for U2 (Rattle & Hum), Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers, Stevie Nicks, Simple Minds, Dire Straits, Flame featuring Marge Raymond and Patti Smith. Iovine established Interscope Records in 1991 with the release of Gerardo's Mo' Ritmo. It went on to become Interscope-Geffen-A&M; following Universal's acquisition of PolyGram when Iovine was named co-chairman; in 2001, he became chairman.

He is credited with having given Eminem's demo tape to Dr. Dre who signed him to his Aftermath label. In 2002, Iovine co-produced the hit Eminem movie, 8 Mile and in 2004, he and Paul Rosenberg signed a first-look feature deal with Paramount Pictures and MTV Films for their Interscope/Shady/Aftermath banner. Iovine co-produced the first film under the deal, Get Rich or Die Tryin', starring 50 Cent. In January 2008, Iovine, Dr. Dre and Monster Cable released "Beats by Dr. Dre" high-performance headphones. In 2003 he was co-executive producer of Enrique Iglesias's album Seven. Iovine is also an executive producer with LeBron James and Maverick Carter of the documentary More Than A Game which was released in the fall of 2009.

Work outside Interscope

He was formerly married to writer and former model Vicki Iovine, author of The Girlfriend's Guide to Pregnancy, and has four children and an extended family living in Staten Island, New York. Jimmy will be a mentor on the tenth season of the U.S singing competition show American Idol. He owns the Beats By Dr. Dre brand with Dr. Dre under exclusive license to Monster Cable Products.

External links

Interview with Artists House Music

Interscope Records

Biography at www.fleetwoodmac.net

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Name	Don Was
Background	solo_singer
Birth name	Don Fagenson
Born	September 13, 1952
Origin	Detroit, Michigan, U.S.
Genre	RockNew Wave
Occupation	Musician, record producer
Instrument	Bass guitar, vocals, piano
Years active	1979–present
Associated acts	Was (Not Was)Orquestra Was

Don Was (born Don Fagenson; September 13, 1952) is an American musician, bassist and record producer.

Was was born in Detroit, Michigan. He graduated from Oak Park High School (Michigan) in the Detroit suburb of Oak Park, then attended the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor but dropped out after the first year. A journeyman musician, he grew up listening to the Detroit blues sound and the jazz music of John Coltrane and Miles Davis.

Using the stage name "Don Was", he formed the group Was (Not Was) with school friend David Weiss (David Was). The group found commercial success in the 1980s - releasing four albums and logging several hit records. A jazz/R&B; album of Hank Williams covers, "Forever's A Long, Long Time" was released in 1996, under the name Orquestra Was. In 2008, Was (Not Was) reunited for a highly acclaimed new album and tour.

Don Was has earned his greatest recognition as a highly successful record producer and has recorded with an eclectic array of gifted artists, ranging from The Rolling Stones, Bonnie Raitt, Bob Dylan, Ziggy Marley, Bob Seger, Al Green, Garth Brooks, Ringo Starr, Iggy Pop, Lyle Lovett, Kris Kristofferson, Joe Cocker, Hootie and The Blowfish, Amos Lee and Willie Nelson to Elton John, Stevie Nicks, George Clinton, Randy Newman, The Black Crowes, Carly Simon, Travis Tritt, Brian Wilson, Jackson Browne, The Barenaked Ladies, Old Crow Medicine Show, Roy Orbison, Waylon Jennings, Jessi Colter, Richie Sambora, The Presidents of the United States of America, B.B. King, Paul Westerberg, Poison, Cheb Khaled, The B-52’s, Zucchero, Todd Snider, Elizabeth Cook, Jill Sobule and Solomon Burke. He has received multiple Grammy Awards including Producer of the Year in 1995. He produced several albums for Bonnie Raitt including her Nick of Time album that won the 1990 Grammy Award for Album of the Year.

He served as music director and/or consultant for several motion pictures such as Thelma and Louise, The Rainmaker, Hope Floats, Phenomenon, Tin Cup, Honeymoon in Vegas, 8 Seconds, Switch, The Freshman, Days of Thunder, Michael, Prêt-à-Porter, Boys on the Side, Toy Story and The Paper.

In 1995, Don Was earned a Grammy Award for Producer of the Year. In 1997, he directed and produced a documentary, I Just Wasn't Made For These Times, about former-Beach Boy Brian Wilson. The film debuted at the Sundance Film Festival and won the San Francisco Film Festival's Golden Gate Award. He also received the British Academy Award (BAFTA) for Best Original Score in recognition of his compositions for the film Backbeat.

Was, who is a fan of the Rolling Stones and saw them in concert when he was age 12 in 1964, worked on the remastered Rolling Stones's album Exile on Main Street that was released in May 2010. Was scoured old master recordings of the album for lost gems, remixing some songs while adding entirely new lyrics and tracks on songs.

Since August, 2009, he has hosted a weekly radio show on Sirius XM satellite radio's Outlaw Country channel called "The Motor City Hayride".

Personal life

Don is the father of Eve 6 drummer Tony Fagenson. He later became the father of Henry and Solomon Fagenson. He is also the brother of public official Dr. Nancy Fagenson Potok, former Principal Associate Director and Chief Financial Officer of the US Census Bureau and currently Deputy Undersecretary for Economic Affairs in the Obama Administration.

References

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Name	Don Lemon
Caption	On the National Mall during the during the 2009 inauguration of Barack Obama
Education	Brooklyn CollegeLouisiana State University
Occupation	News anchor

Don Lemon (born March 1, 1966?) is a reporter for CNN and news anchor on the prime-time weekend version of CNN Newsroom, based in Atlanta.

Life and career

Lemon received a degree in broadcast journalism from Brooklyn College and also attended Louisiana State University.

References

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Name	David Foster
Background	non_performing_personnel
Birth name	David Walter Foster
Born	November 01, 1949
Origin	Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
Instrument	piano, keyboards, synthesizers
Genre	Pop, R&B;, classical, gospel, adult-contemporary
Occupation	Record producer, composer, songwriter, arranger
Years active	1971–present
Label	Reprise Records/143 Records, Atlantic
Associated acts	See Artists Produced
Url	davidfoster.com

David Walter Foster, OC, OBC (born November 1, 1949), is a Canadian musician, record producer, composer, singer, songwriter and arranger, noted for discovering successful singers Celine Dion, Josh Groban, and Michael Bublé and for producing some of the most successful artists in the world.

Career

Foster was a keyboardist for the pop group Skylark discovered by Eirik Wangberg. The band's song “Wildflower” was a top ten hit in 1972. He has worked as a producer with a wide range of musical stars, including Andrea Bocelli, Céline Dion, Mariah Carey, Charice Pempengco, Gloria Estefan, Nsync, Neil Diamond, Whitney Houston, Cher, Prince, Chicago, Earth Wind and Fire, Chaka Khan, Barbra Streisand, Donna Summer, Kenny Rogers, Boz Scaggs, Olivia Newton-John, Madonna, Michael Jackson, Janet Jackson, The Bee Gees, Bryan Adams, Christina Aguilera and many other people. (see "Artists worked with," below).

He has produced debut albums for The Corrs, Michael Bublé, Renee Olstead, Josh Groban which were released under his own record label, 143 Records, and distributed through Warner Music. Foster helped launch Kevin Sharp's career after the two met through the Make-A-Wish Foundation and he produced David Hayes singing a song by composed by Ed Scheid and Laramy Smith title "Friend".

In 1985, Rolling Stone magazine named Foster the "master of ... bombastic pop kitsch." That year, Foster composed the score for the film St. Elmo's Fire, including "Love Theme from St. Elmo's Fire" which hit #15 in US pop charts (with a remake of a song titled "For just a moment" as voices by A. Holland and D. Gerrad). Another song from the film, "St. Elmo's Fire (Man in Motion)", recorded by John Parr hit #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 on September 7, 1985. The following years, Foster continued turning out occasional film scores, including the Michael J. Fox comedy The Secret of My Success and the Jodie Foster-Mark Harmon drama Stealing Home, both of which spawned soundtrack albums with prominent Foster-penned contributions. He collaborated with then-wife Linda Thompson on the song "I Have Nothing", sung by Whitney Houston in the 1992 film The Bodyguard. The couple were nominated for a Grammy Award and an Academy Award for Best Song for the song.

In 1995 Foster signed a deal with Warner Brothers that enabled him to set up his own boutique label, 143 Records, as a joint venture with Warner. Foster gave the responsibility for running the label to then manager Brian Avnet.

He recently collaborated with American Idol finalist Michael Johns on the re-write of his popular 80's hit "St Elmo's Fire (Man in Motion)."

Television

In early 2001, Foster was in Popstars, a reality series that aired on WB. The series aimed at coming up with the next girl group and eventually became Eden's Crush (featuring Nicole Scherzinger, current lead singer of the Pussycat Dolls). David Foster and Linda Thompson wrote and produced several songs on their album.

In early 1992, the national television station RCTI, David Foster came to Indonesia for the TV show David Foster's Twilight Orchestra

Foster's home life was featured in a Fox staged reality TV show called The Princes of Malibu, in which he attempts to force his two spoiled stepsons, Brandon and Brody Jenner (the children of Thompson and Olympian Bruce Jenner), to straighten their lives up and earn their own way.

In late April 2005, Foster appeared as a special guest on both American Idol (as a mentor) and Nashville Star (as a judge) two weeks apart. He was also a judge on Celebrity Duets, a FOX TV show, and appeared on Star Tomorrow, where auditions were held in Los Angeles and New York for undiscovered talent. It aired only one [July 31, 2006] episode on NBC.

In July 2006, Foster made a brief appearance on The View as Star Jones's vocal coach. In August 2006, he was the musical director for JCPenney Jam: The Concert For American Kids], which aired on CBS and was later released in CD/DVD format. In November 2007, Foster appeared in Oprah's annual "Favorite Things" episode, performing with Josh Groban.

In September 2008, singer Charice joined Foster on Oprah with Celine Dion via satellite; and later on October 31, he and Andrea Bocelli appeared on Oprah again together, where he stated that Bocelli was his "favorite singer on the planet".

In December 2008, Foster was featured in a PBS special titled Hitman David Foster & Friends, a concert featuring live performances by Foster and numerous other performers. Foster was also featured in Under the Desert Sky in 2006, Vivere Live in Tuscany in 2007, and the My Christmas Special, in 2009, Andrea Bocelli's three latest PBS Specials. Bocelli also performed during Foster's Hitman special.

In late 2009, he also appeared on a number of TV shows to promote Bocelli's My Christmas album, which he produced, including The Oprah Winfrey Show, The Tonight Show, The Dr. Phil Show, The Early Show and Fox & Friends. He also made a number of appearances in 2010 with Filipino singer Charice, to promote her album.

Personal life

Foster was born in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada. David's cousin, Billy Foster, died in a race car accident in 1967.

Foster has been married three times, has five biological daughters, an ex-stepdaughter, and two ex-stepsons. His first marriage was to singer/writer B.J. Cook. She already had a daughter Tamre Winger, and together B.J. Cook and Foster had one daughter, Amy Foster (b. July 29, 1973), a songwriter who has collaborated with classic artists in the 2000s such as Andrea Bocelli, Michael Bublé, and Josh Groban.

His second wife was former model Rebecca Dyer. They had three daughters: Sara Foster (b. August 24, 1981), Erin Foster (b. August 24, 1983), and Jordan Foster (b. September 1986). As of May 2008, Sara was engaged to tennis player Tommy Haas, and on November 14, 2010, Haas and Foster welcomed a baby girl in Santa Monica, CA. Foster revealed on the show that he also had a daughter, Allison Jones (b. April 6, 1970), from a previous relationship.

Foster married third wife Linda Thompson on June 27, 1991, and the two became a songwriting team, collaborating on several songs including "I Have Nothing" sung by Whitney Houston in The Bodyguard and "Grown-Up Christmas List". Thompson filed for divorce Monday July 11, 2005, the day after her short-lived reality series, The Princes of Malibu premiered. Foster is currently dating dutch model Yolanda Hadid. She is the former wife of real estate developer Mohamed Hadid and has three children.

Foster's sister, producer Jaymes Foster, is the mother of Clay Aiken's son Parker Foster Aiken.

In 1992, David Foster was driving on the Pacific Coast Highway when his car struck actor Ben Vereen, who had been on the road because he had crashed his car and was in a daze. Despite being thrown 90 feet, Vereen survived. Vereen also went on record to say that it probably saved his life: he had a serious drinking problem caused by the death of his daughter.

On the May 11, 2010 episode of Oprah, Foster revealed that Charice gave him a letter asking him to be her godfather, and he accepted.

On December 27, 2010 it was announced via facebook that Foster and girlfriend Yolanda Hadid are now engaged.

Discography

In addition to the numerous albums he has produced, the following are Foster's own solo or band works:

Skylark (self-titled) (1972)

Skylark - 2 (1974)

Attitudes (self-titled) (1976)

Attitudes - Good News (1977)

Airplay (self-titled) (1980)

David Foster - The Best of Me (1983)

David Foster (self-titled) (1986)

David Foster - The Symphony Sessions (1988)

David Foster - Time Passing (1989)

David Foster - River of Love (1990)

David Foster - Rechordings (1991)

David Foster - A Touch Of David Foster (1992)

David Foster - The Christmas Album (1993)

David Foster - Love Lights The World (1994)

David Foster - The Best Of Me: A Collection of David Foster’s Greatest Works (2000)

David Foster - O Canada - with Lara Fabian (2001)

David Foster - Love Stories (2002)

David Foster - Teko’s Theme - with Nita Whitaker (2003)

David Foster - The Best Of Me - Original Recording Remastered (2004)

David Foster - Hitman: David Foster and Friends (2008)

The Magic of David Foster & Friends (2010)

Singles

1985 - Love Theme From St. Elmo's Fire (US #15)

1986 - Best of Me (duet with Olivia Newton-John)

1988 - "Winter Games (Can't You Feel It)" - Official theme song for the Calgary 1988 Winter Olympics

Awards and honors

In 1995, Foster became the recipient of the Order of British Columbia, the highest honour awarded in his native province of British Columbia. Foster became an Officer of the Order of Canada in 2006.

Foster has won 15 Grammy Awards (three for producer of the year) and has been nominated a total of 44 times. He has been nominated three times for an Academy Award for Best Song and won the 1999 Golden Globe Award for Best Original Song for the song “The Prayer” (sung by Andrea Bocelli and Celine Dion) from the film Quest for Camelot. He has been named BMI's "Songwriter of the Year". In June 2010, he was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame.

See also

Music of Canada

Canadian Music Hall of Fame

List of Canadian composers

References

External links

Official website

"Winter Games" (David Foster song) at YouTube, performed at the 1988 Calgary Olympics Closing Ceremonies

David Foster on The Hour

Airplay at MySpace

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Background	solo_singer
Birth name	Charmaine Clarice Relucio Pempengco
Born	May 10, 1992 Laguna, Philippines
Genre	Pop
Occupation	Singer
Label	143/Reprise
Years active	2007–present
Url	Official Website

Charmaine Clarice Relucio Pempengco (born May 10, 1992), better known as Charice, is a Filipina singer who rose to popularity through YouTube. Dubbed by Oprah Winfrey as the Most Talented Girl in the World, she is the first solo Asian artist in history to land in the Top 10 of the Billboard 200 album chart.

Crossing over to television acting, she has appeared on the TV series Glee where she plays a guest star named Sunshine Corazon. Charice is currently working on her sophomore studio album, on which she will collaborate with Sean Garrett.

Early life

Pempengco was born in Laguna, Philippines. Raised by a single mother, she helped support the family by joining amateur singing contests at age seven, from town fiestas in various provinces to singing competitions on TV.

In 2005, Pempengco joined Little Big Star, a talent show in the Philippines loosely patterned after Pop Idol. Eliminated after her first performance, she was later called back as a wildcard contender and eventually became a finalist.

Pempengco made minor appearances on local television shows and commercials, but essentially had fallen off the radar after her stint at Little Big Star. It was not until 2007 that she gained worldwide recognition after an avid supporter started posting a series of her performance videos on YouTube under the username FalseVoice. These videos received over 13 million hits which, according to Reyma Buan-Deveza, makes Pempengco a "YouTube singing sensation".

Career

Discovery (2007–2008)

Charice has often cited singers such as Celine Dion and Mariah Carey as a colossal source of inspiration, which sparked her passion in music and gave her the drive to aspire to sing better.

In June 2007, Ten Songs/Productions, a music publishing company in Sweden, invited Pempengco to a demo-recording after producers saw her Little Big Star videos. She recorded seven songs – six covers and an original song entitled "Amazing".

For being one of the finalists of Little Big Star, she was invited to the South Korean talent show Star King. On its October 13, 2007 edition, she sang "And I Am Telling You I'm Not Going" and a duet with Kyuhyun, from Super Junior.

After watching her Star King performance on YouTube, Ellen DeGeneres extended an on-air invitation to Pempengco to guest on The Ellen DeGeneres Show. She flew to the United States for the first time and performed two songs on the December 19, 2007 episode of the show – "I Will Always Love You" and "And I Am Telling You I'm Not Going".

Following her American debut on Ellen, she made a second appearance on Star King as the "Most Requested Foreign Act" of the show. On its December 28 edition, she performed Gloria Gaynor's "I Will Survive" and sang a duet with singer Lena Park.

In January 2008, she was invited to the Malacañang Palace where she performed for Philippine President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo. She returned to the international scene when she guested on the April 8 episode of The Paul O'Grady Show in London, England.

Her self-titled Philippine debut album Charice was released in May 2008. The mini album, consisting of six songs and six backing tracks, was awarded gold certification in the Philippines in October 2008. The album eventually achieved platinum status in 2009.

Pempengco appeared on the May 12 edition of The Oprah Winfrey Show in an episode entitled the "World's Smartest Kids", where she performed Whitney Houston's I Have Nothing. After the show, Oprah Winfrey contacted David Foster to see what the legendary music producer could do for Pempengco.

She made her debut on the international concert stage in Foster's May 23 tribute concert, Hitman: David Foster and Friends, at the Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada. She performed a medley of songs from The Bodyguard as well as her standard, "And I Am Telling You I'm Not Going". A CD/DVD of the concert, including Pempengco's The Bodyguard medley, was released on November 11, 2008. The show was aired several times on PBS and other public television networks starting in December 2008 under the Great Performances banner.

One of the singers at the concert was Pempengco's idol, Andrea Bocelli. Bocelli subsequently expressed interest in performing a duet with her and personally invited her to be a guest on his birthday concert "The Cinema Tribute" held on July 20 at the Teatro del Silenzio in his hometown of Lajatico, Tuscany, Italy. Aside from her solo performance, she sang a duet of "The Prayer" with the famous tenor in front of more than 8,000 people.

She was invited to perform for the Feyenoord's Centennial Anniversary in the Netherlands held on September 26. Before a crowd of about 50,000 football (soccer) fans, she sang the team's anthem, "You'll Never Walk Alone."

When she guested on the "Dreams Come True" episode of The Oprah Winfrey Show on September 9, Oprah referred to her as "The Most Talented Girl in the World." She sang Celine Dion's "My Heart Will Go On" with David Foster on piano, after which Oprah surprised her with an appearance by Celine Dion via satellite, who invited her to sing a special duet at New York City's Madison Square Garden as part of Dion's Taking Chances Tour.

She performed her promised duet with Celine Dion on September 15. They sang "Because You Loved Me," dedicated to Pempengco's mother. The performance received rave reviews in The New York Post and The New York Times. The duet was eventually featured on the September 19 episode of The Oprah Winfrey Show. She would then perform at the Andre Agassi Grand Slam for Children Benefit Concert at the Wynn Las Vegas casino resort.

In November, she and David Foster guested on Good Morning America to promote Foster's tribute album, Hitman: David Foster and Friends. She performed The Bodyguard medley and "I Will Survive."

Move to the United States (2009–2010)

In January 2009, Pempengco performed at two US presidential pre-inaugural events in Washington, D.C., namely the Martin Luther King Jr "Realizing The Dream" gala at the Hyatt Regency Hotel and at the "Pearl Presidential Inaugural Gala" at the Mandarin Hotel.

In February, she performed at two post-Oscar award events: Oscar Night at Mr. Chow's and Oprah's Oscar After Party held in Kodak Theatre. She debuted a new original song entitled "Fingerprint" composed by Robbie Nevil and produced by David Foster.

In April, she appeared in the season premiere of Ti lascio una canzone, an Italian musical variety show televised from Teatro Ariston in the city of Sanremo. She performed "I Will Always Love You", "I Have Nothing", "The Prayer", and "Listen". Later that same month, she would go on to sing "The Star-Spangled Banner" in front of 57,000 baseball fans during the Los Angeles Dodgers 52nd season home opener at Dodger Stadium.

In May, she released her Philippine second album entitled My Inspiration. The album consisted of 12 tracks, including "Always You" and a cover of Helen Reddy's "You and Me Against the World" performed as a duet with her mother. The album was certified gold in the Philippines within two months after release, and then platinum in December 2009. Also in May, she would again perform at a David Foster and Friends concert held at the Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada.

On the May 18 episode "Finale: Oprah's Search for the World's Most Talented Kids" of The Oprah Winfrey Show, she debuted her first internationally released single "Note to God", written by Diane Warren and produced by David Foster. The single was made available for digital download on the same day and debuted at #24 on Billboard's Hot Digital Songs chart, #44 on Billboard's Hot 100 chart, #9 on the Hot Canadian Digital Singles chart and #35 on the Canadian Hot 100 chart. Later that same month, she was again invited to sing at the Ti lascio una canzone show as a special guest.

She staged her first major concert called: Charice: The Journey Begins on June 27 at the SMX Convention Center, SM Mall of Asia, Philippines to a sold-out crowd.

Pempengco contributed to two Christmas albums in 2009. The first as David Archuleta's duet partner for the song "Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas" in his Christmas album entitled Christmas from the Heart. The second is a compilation Christmas album entitled A Very Special Christmas Volume 7 in which she contributed her own rendition of "The Christmas Song". She was one of the headlining acts in the David Foster and Friends 10-City North American Tour that ran during the fall of 2009.

She made a cameo appearance in her first feature film, , released in North America on December 23. She is also part of the with her rendition of "No One" by Alicia Keys accompanied by The Chipettes. Later in the month, she appeared on Singapore Idol's grand finale episode as a guest performer, where she performed two of her signature songs, The Bodyguard medley and "Note to God".

Charice (2010–present)

in 2010]] On January 23, 2010, she appeared on Io Canto, a renowned singing competition in Italy. She performed her standards plus an Italian favorite called "Adagio" (made popular by Lara Fabian), in Italian. On January 31, she was featured as one of the musical acts on the NBC Sports program Silk Soy Milk Skate for the Heart, a show designed to raise awareness of heart disease. She performed "Note to God" and debuted two new songs included in her debut album, "In This Song" and "Breathe Out" (later retitled as "Breathe You Out").

The album version and club remixes of her second single, "Pyramid" (featuring Iyaz), from her international debut album were released on February 23, 2010 and March 2, 2010. The Pyramid Remixes EP debuted at #46 on the Billboard Dance/Club play songs charts and quickly soared to #1 spot.

Her self-titled international debut album with Reprise Records was released on May 11, 2010. On its first week, the album reached #8 on the Billboard 200 Album Chart, making her the first Asian to enter the Top 10. On the same day as part of her album launching, she again made a guest appearance on The Oprah Winfrey Show along with another YouTube-discovered singer Justin Bieber.

On June 22, Pempengco herself confirmed that she will join the cast of the hit US television series Glee on its second season. Later in the week, she released a promotional single entitled "Crescent Moon" in Japan. The single is an English rendition of the Japanese song "Mikazuki" by Ayaka.

During the inauguration of Philippine President Benigno Aquino III on June 30, 2010, she sang the Philippine national anthem in front of a crowd estimated at more than half a million. In July, she embarked on her first Asian tour covering Thailand, the Philippines, Japan and South Korea, where she appeared on the show Star King for the third time.

On November 30, she appeared on NBC's Christmas in Rockefeller Center and performed "Grown-up Christmas List" and "Jingle Bell Rock" with producer and mentor David Foster.

Voice

In an ABC News interview, David Foster mentioned that she has the ability to mimic other people's voices, which, according to him, is a characteristic of good singers. In a separate interview, Josh Groban stated that Charice's voice is one of the most beautiful voices he has heard in a long time. The New York Post once called her a vocal prodigy for being able to sing 'big songs' even in her tender age.

Awards and recognitions

Walk of Fame, the Philippine equivalent of the Hollywood Walk of Fame.]]

3rd Place – Little Big Star Big Division, Season 1, Philippines

Most Requested Foreign Act of 2007 – StarKing, South Korea

Most Memorable Moment of 2007 – The Ellen DeGeneres Show, USA

Pinoy World Class Talent – 20th Year Anniversary of the Music Museum, 2008, Philippines

Key To The City of Rotterdam – Mayor Ivo Opstelten, 2008, The Netherlands

Best New Female Recording Artist – Aliw Awards, 2008, Philippines Newsmaker of the Year 2008, 2009 and 2010 – Balitang America, USA People of the Year 2008 – People Asia Magazine, 2009, Philippines Plaque of Recognition – The Spirit of EDSA Foundation, 2009, Philippines Special Citation Award – MYX Music Awards 2009, Philippines National Newsmaker of the Year 2008 – Ateneo de Davao University TAO Awards, 2009, Philippines Outstanding Global Achievement – 40th Box Office Entertainment Awards (Guillermo Awards), 2009, Philippines Best Musical Performance of 2009 – The Oprah Winfrey Show, USA Person of the Year for 2009 – Philnews.com, Philippines MDWK Magazine's Top Newsmakers of 2009 – Asian Journal's MDWK Magazine, Philippines ANC's Newsmaker of the Year 2009 – Philippines

Fun, Fearless Female Award – Cosmopolitan Magazine Philippines, 2010

21 Under 21: Music's Hottest Minors (Number 4) – Billboard, 2010 USA Icon of Tomorrow – J-14 Magazine, 2010 USA

BPInoy Award: Outstanding Filipino – Bank of the Philippine Islands, 2010 Philippines

Top 4 Yahoo!'s 2010 Most Irresistible Lyrics 'Pyramid' – Yahoo!, 2010 USA

Top 7 Favorite Album of 2010, Reader's Choice: 'Charice' -Billboard

Top 17 Best Dance Club Songs of 2010 'Pyramid' – Billboard

Top 59 Japan Hot 100 Songs of 2010 'Pyramid' – Billboard

Best Overall Female Vocal Performance of the Year: "Note to God" -Filipino American Vocal Arts Society Online Music Awards

Discography

Studio albums

{|class="wikitable" |- ! rowspan="2"| Year ! rowspan="2"| Album ! colspan="3"| Peak chart positions ! rowspan="2"| Certification |- !style="width:3em;font-size:85%;"|US !style="width:3em;font-size:85%;"|CAN !style="width:3em;font-size:85%;"|JPN |- |2008 |Charice^[A]

Released: May 2008

Label: Star

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Released: November 30, 2010

Label: 143/Reprise

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Singles

;Notes

A ^ Albums were released only in the Philippines.

B ^ Songs were released as commercial singles only in the Philippines.

Album appearances

{|class="wikitable" |- !Year !Song !Album |- |rowspan=4|2006 |"I'll Be There" |Little Big Star |- |"Awit ng Kabutihang Asal" (with Little Big Star Finalists) (Translation: The Song of Good Deeds) |rowspan=3|Little Big Deeds |- |"Handang Tumulong" (Translation: Ready To Help) |- |"Sana" (with Little Big Star Finalists) (Translation: How I Wish) |- |2007 |"Smile" |H.O.P.E. (Healing of Pain and Enlightenment) |- |rowspan=2|2008 |"A Song for Mama" |Love Life (Life Songs & Life Stories of Boy Abunda) |- |"The Bodyguard Medley (I Have Nothing/I Will Always Love You)" |Hit Man: David Foster & Friends |- |rowspan=6|2009 |"And I am Telling You (I'm Not Going)" |OPM Number 1's |- |"It Can Only Get Better" |I Move. I Give. I Love. |- |"Note to God" |NOW That's What I Call Music, Vol 31 |- |"Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas" (David Archuleta feat. Charice) |Christmas from the Heart |- |"The Christmas Song" |A Very Special Christmas Vol.7 |- |"No One" (The Chipettes feat. Charice) | |- |rowspan=5|2010 |"Pyramid" (featuring Iyaz) |Nrj Summer Hits Only 2010 |- |"In This Song" |David Foster Presents Love, Again |- |"Pyramid" (featuring Iyaz) | |- |"Pyramid" (Barry Harris Radio Edit) |Scott Mills Presents Big Ones |- |"Wherever You Are" (Unique featuring Charice) |From Brooklyn To You |}

Music videos

Filmography

References

External links

Official Website by Warner Bros. Records

Official MySpace

Official YouTube Channel

Charice at Billboard.com

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Name	Butch Vig
Background	non_vocal_instrumentalist
Birth name	Bryan David Vig
Born	August 02, 1955
Origin	Viroqua, Wisconsin, U.S.
Instrument	Drums
Genre	Rock
Occupation	Musician, songwriter, record producer, remixer
Years active	1978–present
Label	Geffen Records, A&E; Records, Atlantic Records
Associated acts	Garbage Firetown Spooner

Butch Vig (born August 2, 1955) is an American musician and record producer, best known internationally as the drummer of the Madison, Wisconsin-based alternative rock band Garbage and the producer of multi-platinum selling album Nevermind by Nirvana.

Now a resident of Los Angeles, Vig had been based in Madison for much of his career, from studying at the University of Wisconsin, to performing in local bands Spooner and Fire Town, and then to setting up his own recording studio, Smart Studios, in the town. After becoming well-known as a producer, he returned to performing with Garbage, who sold 14 million records over a ten-year period. Vig returned to producing full-time once Garbage was put on hiatus.

Vig is married to his second wife, Beth Halper, a former DreamWorks A & R executive, and they have a three year old daughter, Bo Violet.

Life and career

Early life

Butch Vig was born Bryan David Vig to Dr. DeVerne and Betty Vig, a music teacher, Vig acquired the nickname Butch as a child, due to the severe crew cut his father gave him. Cobain said that "Butch Vig...recorded the album perfectly," in a 1993 MTV interview. Billy Corgan welcomed Vig's elaborate production on The Smashing Pumpkins' Siamese Dream. This album met with great commercial and critical reception, also breaking another indie band into the mainstream. Vig also produced two critically lauded Sonic Youth's albums, 1992's Dirty and 1994's Experimental Jet Set, Trash and No Star.

Vig worked with Jimmy Eat World on their sixth album, Chase This Light, released in October 2007. He is also working on soundtracks for two new movies. Produced his first English band The Subways' on their second album. He also worked with Tom Gabel of Against Me! on his solo EP, 'Heart Burns'. Shirley Manson, lead singer of Garbage, revealed in a Carson Daly interview that Vig would be producing the 8th studio album by Green Day, 21st Century Breakdown, which later won a Grammy Award in the category of Best Rock Album. Recently, Vig has been partnered in duties by his engineer and mixer Billy Bush who also worked on Garbage's albums and live tours.

Butch Vig composed and produced the soundtrack for the film The Other Side

In 2009 Vig recorded two new tracks for the long awaited greatest hits release by the Foo Fighters, most notably the single "Wheels" and is currently producing their follow-up album.

In 2010 Vig produced the latest Muse single, Neutron Star Collision (Love Is Forever) which was featured on the .

Discography

;Spooner

Every Corner Dance (1982)

Wildest Dreams (1985)

The Fugitive Dance (1990)

;Fire in the Town

In the Heart of the Heart Country (1987)

The Good Life (1989)

;Garbage

Garbage (1995)

Version 2.0 (1998)

Beautiful Garbage (2001)

Bleed Like Me (2005)

Production career

1982: Die Kreuzen - Internal

1984: Killdozer - Intellectuals are the Shoeshine Boys of the Ruling Elite

1985: The Other Kids - Living In The Mirror

1985: Killdozer - 12 Point Buck

1985: Killdozer - Snakeboy

1987: The Other Kids - Happy Home

1987: Killdozer - Little Baby Buntin'

1988: Die Kreuzen - Century Days

1988: The Cheeters - Sign of Fire

1989: Killdozer - For Ladies Only

1989: Stuart Stotts - Music in My Mother's House

1990: Urge Overkill - Americruiser

1990: King Snake Roost - Ground into Dirt

1990: Laughing Hyenas - Life of Crime

1990: The Fluid - Glue

1991: The Fluid - Spot the Loon

1991: Smashing Pumpkins - Gish

1991: Nirvana - Nevermind

1991: Tad - 8-Way Santa

1991: The Young Fresh Fellows - Electric Bird Digest

1991: Overwhelming Colorfast - Overwhelming Colorfast

1991: Die Kreuzen - Cement

1992: Sonic Youth - Dirty

1992: L7 - Bricks are Heavy

1992: Chainsaw Kittens - Flipped Out in Singapore

1992: Drain - Pick Up Heaven

1992: Gumball - Wisconsin Hayride

1993: Gumball - Super Tasty

1993: Gumball - The Damage Done

1993: Crash Vegas - Stone

1993: Smashing Pumpkins - Siamese Dream

1993: Gumball- Real Gone Deal

1994: Sonic Youth - Experimental Jet Set, Trash and No Star

1994: Helmet - Betty

1994: Freedy Johnston - This Perfect World

1994: Killdozer - Uncompromising War on Art Under...

1995: Soul Asylum - Let Your Dim Light Shine

1995: Garbage - Garbage

1997: The And - Day

1997: The And - And Night

1998: Garbage - Version 2.0

2001: Garbage - Beautifulgarbage

2003: AFI - Sing The Sorrow

2005: Garbage - Bleed Like Me

2006: Kilroy - LP

2007: Jimmy Eat World - Chase This Light

2007: Against Me! - New Wave

2008: The Subways - All Or Nothing

2008: Tom Gabel - Heart Burns

2009: Green Day - 21st Century Breakdown

2009: Foo Fighters - Greatest Hits

2010: Against Me! - White Crosses

2010: Muse - Neutron Star Collision (Love Is Forever)

2010: NeverShoutNever - Harmony

2010: Foo Fighters - TBA

2011: Garbage - TBA

;Remix work Butch Vig has remixed songs for the following artists: Against Me!, Ash, Beck, The Cult, Depeche Mode, EMF, Fun Lovin' Criminals, House of Pain, Korn, Limp Bizkit, Alanis Morissette, Nine Inch Nails, Michael Penn, M.O.P, U2 as well as his own band Garbage.

References

External links

Official Website Garbage

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