After being recruited by producer Quincy Jones, Rod Temperton wrote several internationally known songs performed by Michael Jackson, including "Thriller", "Off the Wall", and "Rock with You". Temperton won a Grammy Award in 1991.
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Rod Temperton | |
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 Screenshot of Rod Temperton, taken from a BBC Television programme, last broadcast on BBC Four | |
| Background information | |
| Birth name | Rodney Lynn Temperton |
| Also known as | R. Temperton 'The Invisible Man' |
| Born | 9 October 1949 Cleethorpes, Lincolnshire, England, UK |
| Died | 25 September 2016 (aged 66) London, England, UK |
| Genres | Pop, disco, funk, soul |
| Occupation(s) | Songwriter, musician, record producer |
| Instruments | Keyboards, vocals |
| Years active | 1974–2016 |
| Labels | GTO, Epic, Warner/Chappell |
| Associated acts | Heatwave, Michael Jackson, Quincy Jones |
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Alee Opuiyo is a 2005 Howard University School of Communications graduate. She majored in Broadcast Journalism and minored in Political Science. While Alee attended Howard, she interned with the cable network Fox News.
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Solo is a R&B musical group. The original members were Robert Anderson, Darnell Chavis, Eunique Mack, and Dan Stokes. The group recorded their gold-selling debut album in Minneapolis and released it in 1995, with production by Jimmy Jam & Terry Lewis.
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N.K. Morton is a singer-songwriter. She wrote songs for Backstreet Boys, Mýa, and Karen Clark-Sheard, worked in television with Chris Rock, and was a featured lead or background vocalist for artists, ranging from Diana Ross to Rakim.
Solo is an American R&B musical group from New York, New York. The original members were Robert Anderson, Darnell Chavis, Eunique Mack, and Daniele Stokes. The group recorded their gold-selling debut album in Minneapolis and released it in 1995.
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Janice Dempsey has appeared on countless albums as a featured and background vocalist, writer, arranger, and producer in various genres, including Stevie Wonder, Daryl Hall, Smokey Robinson, Mick Jagger, Chaka Khan, Melba Moore, Freddie Jackson, and SWV.
