Russ Titelman
(1944-08-16) August 16, 1944
Music producer, songwriter
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.
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 (1988)
Sail Away (1972)
Good Old Boys (1974)
Little Criminals (1977)
Born Again (1979)
Trouble in Paradise (1983)
Pirates (1981)
Back in the High Life (1986)
George Harrison (1979)
The Very Best of Meat Loaf (track: "Is Nothing Sacred") (1998)
Gorilla (1975)
October Road (2002)
At Last (2003)
↑ AllMusic
↑ White, Timothy (1986-07-17). "Steve Winwood: Back In The High Life : Music Reviews : Rolling Stone". web.archive.org. Archived from the original on 2009-02-13. Retrieved August 7, 2011.
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Grammy Award for Record of the Year (1980s)
"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)
(1960s)
"Wind Beneath My Wings"* by Bette Midler
produced by Arif Mardin (1990) "Another Day in Paradise" by Phil Collins
produced by Hugh Padgham & Phil Collins (1991)
"Unforgettable"* by Natalie Cole with Nat King Cole
produced by David Foster (1992) "Tears in Heaven"* by Eric Clapton
produced by Russ Titelman (1993)
"I Will Always Love You" by Whitney Houston
produced by David Foster (1994) "All I Wanna Do" by Sheryl Crow
produced by Bill Bottrell (1995)
"Kiss from a Rose"* by Seal
produced by Trevor Horn (1996) "Change the World"* by Eric Clapton
produced by Babyface (1997)
"Sunny Came Home"* by Shawn Colvin
produced by John Leventhal (1998) "My Heart Will Go On"* by Celine Dion
engineered/mixed by David Gleeson, Humberto Gatica & Simon Franglen;
produced by James Horner, Simon Franglen & Walter Afanasieff (1999)
Grammy Award for Album of the Year
The Music from Peter Gunn – Henry Mancini (1959)
Come Dance with Me! – Frank Sinatra (1960)
The Button-Down Mind of Bob Newhart – Bob Newhart (1961)
Judy at Carnegie Hall – Judy Garland (1962)
The First Family – Vaughn Meader (1963)
The Barbra Streisand Album – Barbra Streisand (1964)
Getz/Gilberto – Stan Getz, João Gilberto (1965)
September of My Years – Frank Sinatra (1966)
A Man and His Music – Frank Sinatra (1967)
Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band – The Beatles (1968)
By the Time I Get to Phoenix – Glen Campbell (1969)
Blood, Sweat & Tears – Blood, Sweat & Tears (1970)
Bridge over Troubled Water – Simon & Garfunkel (1971)
Tapestry – Carole King (1972)
The Concert for Bangladesh – Various (1973)
Innervisions – Stevie Wonder (1974)
Fulfillingness' First Finale – Stevie Wonder (1975)
Still Crazy After All These Years – Paul Simon (1976)
Songs in the Key of Life – Stevie Wonder (1977)
Rumours – Fleetwood Mac (1978)
Saturday Night Fever – Various (1979)
52nd Street – Billy Joel (1980)
Christopher Cross – Christopher Cross (1981)
Double Fantasy – John Lennon and Yoko Ono (1982)
Toto IV – Toto (1983)
Thriller – Michael Jackson (1984)
Can't Slow Down – Lionel Richie (1985)
No Jacket Required – Phil Collins (1986)
Graceland – Paul Simon (1987)
The Joshua Tree – U2 (1988)
Faith – George Michael (1989)
Nick of Time – Bonnie Raitt (1990)
Back on the Block – Quincy Jones and various artists (1991)
Unforgettable... with Love – Natalie Cole (1992)
Unplugged – Eric Clapton (1993)
The Bodyguard – Whitney Houston (1994)
MTV Unplugged – Tony Bennett (1995)
Jagged Little Pill – Alanis Morissette (1996)
Falling into You – Celine Dion (1997)
Time Out of Mind – Bob Dylan (1998)
The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill – Lauryn Hill (1999)
Supernatural – Santana (2000)
Two Against Nature – Steely Dan (2001)
O Brother, Where Art Thou? Soundtrack (2002)
Come Away with Me – Norah Jones (2003)
Speakerboxxx/The Love Below – Outkast (2004)
Genius Loves Company – Ray Charles and various artists (2005)
How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb – U2 (2006)
Taking the Long Way – Dixie Chicks (2007)
River: The Joni Letters – Herbie Hancock (2008)
Raising Sand – Robert Plant & Alison Krauss (2009)
Fearless – Taylor Swift (2010)
The Suburbs – Arcade Fire (2011)
21 – Adele (2012)
Babel – Mumford & Sons (2013)
Random Access Memories – Daft Punk (2014)
Morning Phase – Beck (2015)
1989 – Taylor Swift (2016)
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