Rod Temperton

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Rodney Lynn "Rod" Temperton (born October 9, 1949 in Cleethorpes , † September / October 2016 in London ) was a British songwriter , music producer and musician . He wrote, among many other compositions, the title Thriller for Michael Jackson and other hits for his album of the same name, Thriller , which is currently the best-selling music album.

biography

Temperton attended De Aston School in Market Rasen . In 1972 Temperton and Bernd Springer, who was looking for a keyboard player through a newspaper advertisement, founded the soul cover band Sundown Carousel in Worms . With their band they toured clubs and GI bars in Mannheim . During the 1970s Temperton met Quincy Jones . In the early 1980s Temperton left Worms for Beverly Hills . He wrote and composed for numerous artists a. a. Donna Summer , Herbie Hancock , Aretha Franklin , George Benson , LL Cool J and Mariah Carey and was a founding member of the funk band Heatwave . He received an Oscar nomination for Miss Celie's Blues (Sister) , which he composed with Jones for the film The Color Purple .

Works

Extract of some of Temperton's works:

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Rod Temperton, songwriter behind Thriller, this in: The Guardian on October 5, 2016
  2. ↑ Statement on the passing of legendary songwriter Rod Temperton by Jon Platt in: wmg.com on October 5, 2016
  3. ↑ Rod Temperton, songwriter who wrote Michael Jackson's Thriller - obituary in: The Telegraph on October 5, 2016, accessed October 6, 2016
  4. ↑ Rod Temperton on allmusic.com
  5. ^ ACE Repertory: Writer Rod Temperton at ascap.com
personal data
SURNAME Temperton, Rod
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Temperton, Rodney Lynn
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British songwriter, record producer and musician
DATE OF BIRTH October 9, 1949
PLACE OF BIRTH Cleethorpes , England
DATE OF DEATH uncertain: September 2016 or October 2016