Rock Music Producers Achievements
Dick Clark
American Bandstand TV show host
Rick Hall
Muscle Shoals Studio
Brian Epstein
The Beatles Manager
Ed Sullivan
Variety TV show host
Gamble and Huff
"The Philly Sound" (MFSB) Billy Paul, Harold Melvin, The O'jays
Phil Spector
"The Wall of Sound" (L.A., The wrecking crew) righteous brothers
Ahmet Ertegun
Atlantic Records: Led Zeppelin
Phil & Leonard Chess
Chess Records (Chicago Rolling Stones)
Bill Graham
Concert Promoter/ The Filmore
Allan Freed
D.J. Labels the term "Rock and Roll"
Eddie Kramer
Engineer, producer for Hendrix, Led Zepplin, KISS
Abby Road Station
England: Beatles, Pink Floyd, The Hollies and Badfinger
Lee "Scratch" Perry
Jamaica Producer
Jerry Wexler
Journalist, Producer: Labels the term "Rhythm and Blues"
Don Arden
Manager: Jerry Lewis, Little Richard, Small Faces and Black Sabbath
Berry Gordy
Mowtown (Detroit, Funk Brothers) Supremes, Smoky Robinson, 4 Tops, Jackson 5
Lou Alder
Producer Signs "Cheech and Chong, Mama and the Papas, Carole King, The Rocky Horror Picture Show
John Henry Hammond 2
Producer: Dylan, Aretha Franklin, Springsteen, Stevie Ray Vaughn
Clive Davis
Signs The Grateful Dead and Janis Joplin
Jim Stewart, Estelle Exton
Stax Records Booker T. and the MG's (memphis)
George Martin
The Beatles Producer
Tom Donahue
The D.J. that starts to use FM instead of AM radio