• Temperton was born in Cleethorpes, Lincolnshire, on 9 October 1949. Interviewed for the BBC Radio 2 documentary The Invisible Man: the Rod Temperton Story...
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  • features songwriting contributions from Stevie Wonder, Paul McCartney, Rod Temperton, Tom Bahler, and David Foster, alongside three tracks penned by Jackson...
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  • Johnnie Wilder Jr. and Keith Wilder (vocals) of Dayton, Ohio; Englishmen Rod Temperton (keyboards) and Roy Carter (guitar); Swiss Mario Mantese (bass); Czechoslovak...
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  • Thriller (song) (category Songs written by Rod Temperton)
    in the album version. It was produced by Quincy Jones and written by Rod Temperton, who wanted to write a theatrical song to suit Jackson's love of film...
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  • New Edition, and Patti LaBelle. Producer Rod Temperton also contributed two songs with his band The Rod Temperton Beat Wagon. Originally Nik Kershaw was...
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  • of the Year. In arranging, Jerry Hey, Quincy Jones, Ian Prince and Rod Temperton won the Grammy Award for Best Instrumental Arrangement for "Birdland"...
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  • audiobook was produced by John Williams and Michael Jackson working with Rod Temperton, Freddy DeMann, and Bruce Swedien. The E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial audiobook...
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  • Baby Be Mine (Michael Jackson song) (category Songs written by Rod Temperton)
    "Baby Be Mine" is a song written by Rod Temperton, produced by Quincy Jones and performed by American singer-songwriter Michael Jackson. It is included...
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  • drums, handclaps (1, 2, 4, 9) Bruce Swedien – engineering and mixing Rod Temperton – vocal and rhythm arrangements (2, 5, 6, 9), synthesizer arrangements...
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  • and Eddie Van Halen of the rock band Van Halen to play the solo. When Rod Temperton wrote the song "Thriller", he wanted to call it "Starlight" or "Midnight...
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  • several collaborations on this album, including with Stevie Wonder, Rod Temperton, and Jeremy Lubbock. Frankie Valli appears as a guest artist on the...
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  • Jeremy Lubbock, Joel Rosenbaum, Caiphus Semenya, Fred Steiner and Rod Temperton). The Color Purple premiered on December 18, 1985, in Los Angeles. However...
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  • The Lady in My Life (category Songs written by Rod Temperton)
    "The Lady in My Life" is a song written by Rod Temperton, produced by Quincy Jones and performed by American singer-songwriter Michael Jackson. It is...
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  • Sweet Freedom (song) (category Songs written by Rod Temperton)
    "Sweet Freedom" is a song by Michael McDonald, written by Rod Temperton originally featured on Running Scared's soundtrack, before the 1986 re-release...
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  • Jones himself contributed to the writing, as did other names such as Rod Temperton, Merria Ross, John Lang, Richard Page, Bill Meyers, Michael Clark, John...
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    Jackson and Quincy Jones. Songwriters for the album included Jackson, Rod Temperton, Stevie Wonder, and Paul McCartney. Off the Wall was the first solo...
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    Man Size Love (category Songs written by Rod Temperton)
    "Man Size Love" is a song written by Rod Temperton. The song was recorded by Klymaxx, and produced by Temperton, along with Dick Rudolph and Bruce Swedien...
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  • Give Me the Night (song) (category Songs written by Rod Temperton)
    the same title (1980). It was written by Heatwave's keyboard player Rod Temperton and produced by Quincy Jones. Patti Austin provides the backing and...
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  • (6 October 2017). "Rod Temperton obituary". Theguardian.com. Retrieved 2 May 2017. Blow, Simon (15 October 2016). "Rod Temperton 'was worth $125m' -...
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  • come-hither "Lovelines," the hearth-warm "If We Try" (both written by Rod Temperton, whose credits also include "Rock With You" and "Thriller") and the...
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  • Gamble Tamara Johnson Leanne Lyons Lisa Taylor – background vocals (13) Rod Temperton – keyboards (4, 5, 7), percussion (13) Michael Thompson – guitar (9...
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  • Michael Brecker – saxophone solo (3) Timmy Cappello – saxophone solo (4) Rod Temperton – arrangements (1, 5, 8), vocal arrangements (all) Jerry Hey – orchestration...
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  • Yah Mo B There (category Songs written by Rod Temperton)
    James Ingram and Michael McDonald. It was written by Ingram, McDonald, Rod Temperton and producer Quincy Jones. The song originally appeared on Ingram's...
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  • by Big Break Records. All tracks are written by Rod Temperton. All tracks are written by Rod Temperton. Johnnie Wilder, Jr. – lead (3–9) and backing vocals...
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  • credits "Wake Me Up" contains an interpolation of "Thriller", written by Rod Temperton, as performed by Michael Jackson. "Cry for Me" contains a sample of...
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    Always and Forever (Heatwave song) (category Songs written by Rod Temperton)
    "Always and Forever" is an R&B song written by Rod Temperton and produced by Barry Blue. It was first recorded by the British-based multinational funk-disco...
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  • as "Baby's Got It Bad" for Siedah Garrett's 1988 album Kiss of Life; Rod Temperton and Garrett are credited as the updated song's composers. The Target...
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  • Kiss of Life (album) (category Albums produced by Rod Temperton)
    of Midnight" (Rod Temperton) – 4:40 "The Legend of Ruby Diamond" (Glen Ballard, Siedah Garrett) – 5:32 "Baby's Got It Bad" (Rod Temperton, Siedah Garrett)...
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  • Wake Me Up (The Weeknd and Justice song) (category Songs written by Rod Temperton)
    Jewel; they wrote the song along with Belly and Vincent Taurelle, with Rod Temperton also receiving a posthumous songwriting credit due to the song's interpolation...
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  • (Scott Durbin) - 3:22 "Come Back" (L. Malsby) - 6:28 "Man Size Love" (Rod Temperton) - 5:40 "Man Size Love" "Sexy" "I'd Still Say Yes" "Divas Need Love...
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