Russ Titelman (born August 16, 1944, Los Angeles, California) is an American record producer and songwriter. He has to date won three

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s. He earned his first producing the Steve Winwood song " Higher Love", and his second and third for Eric Clapton's ''

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'' 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 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

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, at the latter's Kinnara School of Music in Los Angeles. He has worked with rock musicians such as Nancy Sinatra, The Monkees, Dion DiMucci, George Harrison,

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, Little Feat, Christine McVie,

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, Paul Simon,

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, Rickie Lee Jones, Chaka Khan, Ry Cooder,

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, Gordon Lightfoot, Eric Clapton, Steve Winwood,

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, 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) * ''

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'' (1977) * '' Born Again'' (1979) * ''

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'' (1983) Ry Cooder * ''

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'' (1974)

* ''

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(1975) * '' October Road'' (2002) George Harrison * '' George Harrison'' (1979) Rickie Lee Jones * '' Rickie Lee Jones'' (1979) * ''

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'' (1981) Rufus and Chaka Khan * '' Stompin' at the Savoy – Live'' (1983) Christine McVie * '' Christine McVie'' (1984) Steve Winwood * '' Back in the High Life'' (1986)

* ''

'' (1988) Chaka Khan * '' CK'' (1988) Eric Clapton * ''

'' (1989) * '' Unplugged'' (1992)

* '' The Very Best of Meat Loaf'' (track: " Is Nothing Sacred") (1998) Cyndi Lauper * ''

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'' (2003)

References

External links

Songwriter101.com
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