Steve Greenberg is an American

record producer A record producer or music producer is a music creating project's overall supervisor whose responsibilities can involve a range of creative and technical leadership roles. Typically the job involves hands-on oversight of recording sessions; ensu ...

currently heading the S-Curve Records label. He also manages the pop band AJR and is the host/writer of the podcast "Speed of Sound". He is noted for "discovering" popular musical acts such as Hanson, Baha Men,

Jonas Brothers The Jonas Brothers () are an American pop rock band formed in 2005 comprising brothers Kevin Jonas, Joe Jonas, and Nick Jonas. Raised in Wyckoff, New Jersey, the Jonas Brothers moved to Little Falls, New Jersey, in 2005, where they wrote thei ...

Joss Stone Joscelyn Eve Stoker (born 11 April 1987), known professionally as Joss Stone, is an English singer, songwriter and actress. She rose to prominence in late 2003 with her multi-platinum debut album, ''The Soul Sessions'', which made the 2004 Merc ...

and AJR. He received a 2000

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in the "Best Dance Recording" category as a producer of " Who Let the Dogs Out?" by Baha Men. Greenberg also won a 2019

in the "Best Album Notes" category for his essay featured in the ''

Stax Stax can refer to: * StAX, (Computer Programming) Streaming API for reading and writing XML in Java * Stax Ltd, a Japanese brand of electrostatic headphones * Stax Records Stax Records is an American record company, originally based in Memphis, ...

'68: A Memphis Story'' boxed set. From 2005 to 2006, he served as the president of

Columbia Records Columbia Records is an American reco ...

, where he produced the debut album by the Jonas Brothers. Prior to founding S-Curve Records, he was Head of Artists & Repertoire for

Mercury Records Mercury Records is an American record label owned by Universal Music Group. It had significant success as an independent operation in the 1940s and 1950s. Smash Records and Fontana Records were sub labels of Mercury. Mercury Records released ...

, where he served as executive producer of Hanson's single " Mmmbop", which spent three weeks at number one on the ''

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chart, and their debut album '' Middle of Nowhere''. S-Curve's roster/catalog includes

Duran Duran Duran Duran () are an English pop rock band formed in Birmingham in 1978 by singer Stephen Duffy, keyboardist Nick Rhodes and guitarist/bassist John Taylor (bass guitarist), John Taylor. After several early changes, the band's line-up settled ...

, Andy Grammer, ''

Hamilton Hamilton may refer to: * Alexander Hamilton (1755/1757–1804), first U.S. Secretary of the Treasury and one of the Founding Fathers of the United States * ''Hamilton'' (musical), a 2015 Broadway musical by Lin-Manuel Miranda ** ''Hamilton'' (al ...

'' star Leslie Odom Jr., 2018 Eurovision winner Netta Barzilai, reggae artist Conkarah, Tinted Windows,

Fountains of Wayne Fountains of Wayne is an American Rock music, rock band that formed in New York City in 1995. The band included founding members Chris Collingwood, Adam Schlesinger, Jody Porter, and Brian Young (drummer), Brian Young. They released six album ...

, Nikki Jean, We The Kings,

, A-WA, Betty Wright, Little Jackie, Tom Jones, Daisy the Great,

Care Bears On Fire Care Bears on Fire was a Brooklyn, New York-based band that consisted of Sophie (vocals and guitar) and Izzy (drums). The group originally formed in 2005 with the Care Bears—singer-guitarist Sophie Kasakove, 11, bassist-singer Lucio Westmore ...

, Bruce Melodie, Yola, David Broza, Rachel Crow, Broadway star Joshua Henry,

A Great Big World A Great Big World is an American musical duo from New York made up of singer/songwriters Ian Axel and Chad King and signed to Epic Records. The group is best known for their single "This Is the New Year", which was performed by the cast in an epi ...

Maxi Priest Max Alfred Elliott (born 10 June 1961), known by his stage name Maxi Priest, is a British reggae vocalist of Jamaican descent. He is best known for singing reggae music with an Contemporary R&B, R&B influence, otherwise known as reggae fusion. ...

and Diane Birch. Greenberg co-produced Andy Grammer's triple-platinum single " Honey I'm Good", which was one of the 10 biggest-selling singles of 2015, according to Soundscan and did additional production on Grammer's debut platinum-certified single " Keep Your Head Up". Together with Betty Wright and

Michael Mangini Michael Mangini is an American record producer and owner of Mojo Music, a production and artist management company. He has worked with Digable Planets, Imani Coppola, and Baha Men, among others. Early life Mangini started his career in the ...

, he produced

's '' The Soul Sessions'' and '' Mind Body & Soul'' albums, the latter of which received a

nomination for "Best Pop Album" in 2005. In this same production, troika produced the 2009 debut album by Diane Birch, ''

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''. Greenberg also co-produced with Wright and Mangini two tracks on Tom Jones's 2008 album ''24 Hours'', and the 2019

O'Jays The O'Jays are an American R&B group from Canton, Ohio, formed in summer 1958 and originally consisting of Eddie Levert, Walter Lee Williams, William Powell, Bobby Massey, and Bill Isles. The O'Jays made their first chart appearance with the m ...

' album ''The Last Word'', the latter of which was co-produced by Sam Hollander. He was co-Executive Producer of ''Betty Wright: The Movie'' by Betty Wright and

The Roots The Roots are an American Hip-hop, hip hop band formed in 1987 by singer Black Thought, Tariq "Black Thought" Trotter and drummer Questlove, Ahmir "Questlove" Thompson in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The Roots serve as the house band on NBC's ''T ...

, which was nominated for a 2011 Grammy in the Best Traditional R&B Performance category. In 2012, he co-produced and executive produced

's ''The Soul Sessions: Vol. II'', the sequel to her debut album. ''The Soul Sessions: Vol. II'' reached the Top 10 on both the U.S. and U.K. albums charts. He co-produced

's single "Everybody Else" with S*A*M and Sluggo. In 2013, he produced several tracks on Diane Birch's ''Speak a Little Louder'' album. He also traveled to Jerusalem to co-produce, with Steve Earle, the album ''East Jerusalem/West Jerusalem'' by the Israeli singer David Broza, backed by a half-Israeli, half-Palestinian ensemble. He appears in the documentary film on the making of ''East Jerusalem/West Jerusalem''. That year, he also began managing the band AJR, with their debut single " I'm Ready" becoming certified Platinum in the U.S. and Australia. He has co-written songs for

Boyzone Boyzone were an Irish boy band created in 1993 by the talent manager Louis Walsh. Before even recording any material, Boyzone made an appearance on RTÉ's ''The Late Late Show (Ireland), The Late Late Show''. Its most successful line-up was co ...

, Baha Men,

The O'Jays The O'Jays are an American Rhythm and blues, R&B group from Canton, Ohio, formed in summer 1958 and originally consisting of Eddie Levert, Walter Lee Williams, William Powell, Bobby Massey, and Bill Isles. The O'Jays made their first chart appea ...

Leslie Odom, Jr. Leslie Lloyd Odom Jr. (; born August 6, 1981) is an American actor, singer and songwriter. He made his acting debut on Broadway theatre, Broadway in 1998 and first gained recognition for his portrayal of Aaron Burr in the musical ''Hamilton (m ...

and others. He was also nominated for

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in 1992 in the "Best Historical Album" category as producer of ''The Complete Stax/Volt Singles 1959-1968'' boxed-set and in 1995 in the "Best Album Notes" category for ''Otis! the Essential

Otis Redding Otis Ray Redding Jr. (September 9, 1941 – December 10, 1967) was an American singer and songwriter. He is regarded as one of the greatest singers in the history of American popular music and a seminal artist in soul music and rhythm and blues. ...

''. In 2020, Greenberg launched the pop music history podcast "Speed of Sound," produced by iHeart Media. Greenberg is the host, writer and co-producer of the podcast. He contributed the chapter on Sugarhill Records to the book ''The Vibe Magazine History of Hip Hop'' (1999) and the chapter on pop music in the 1980s to the collection, ''Living In the '80's'' ( Gil Troy, ed.), published by

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(2009). In 2014, he published his first book, called ''How

the Beatles The Beatles were an English Rock music, rock band formed in Liverpool in 1960. The core lineup of the band comprised John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo Starr. They are widely regarded as the Cultural impact of the Beatle ...

Went Viral In '64'', about the Beatles' rise to U.S stardom. The book was excerpted as a cover story in ''

'' magazine in January, 2014. In the early 1980s, he was a DJ on the Voice of Peace radio station off the coast of Israel and was a news correspondent for Israel Radio, based in Tel Aviv. He holds an M.A. in Applied Communication Research from

Stanford University Leland Stanford Junior University, commonly referred to as Stanford University, is a Private university, private research university in Stanford, California, United States. It was founded in 1885 by railroad magnate Leland Stanford (the eighth ...

and a B.A in International Relations from

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. In 2020, he won the

for "Best Album Notes" for

Stax Records Stax Records is an American record company, originally based in Memphis, Tennessee. Founded in 1957 as Satellite Records, the label changed its name to Stax Records in September 1961. It also shared its operations with sister label Volt Records. ...

album, ''Stax ’68: A Memphis Story''.Grammy Winners List 2020
by Zoe Haylock, Vulture.com, January 27, 2020. There is also a song by AJR named after him named “Steve’s Going To London”.

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