Terry Melcher

Terry Melcher ( born February 8, 1942 in New York; † November 19, 2004 in Beverly Hills, California ) was an American music producer and songwriter.

Life

Melcher, son of Doris Day from her first marriage to trombonist Al Jorden, was adopted by Doris Days third husband, Martin Melcher. Melcher wrote numerous hits. He became known in the early 1960s through his work with Bruce Johnston. She published under the name " Bruce & Terry " and " The Rip Chords " numerous singles, including Hey Little Cobra, the 1964 number 4 on the Billboard Hot 100 in February,. Mid-1970s were Johnston and Melcher revive this collaboration again. 1974 and 1976 published Melcher, with the assistance of Johnston, two solo albums.

Melcher worked as a music producer, first for Columbia Records, where he was responsible for the division " Youth Music " from 1962. Here he produced surf music under pseudonyms such as The Rip Chords, Bruce & Terry, or The Rogues, but also led youth-oriented recordings of Doris Day, Frankie Laine and Eddie Hodges. When developed the mid-1960s, rock music, he was influential on the sound of the Rising Sons, the first group of Ry Cooder, Paul Revere and The Raiders and the Byrds involved. The most famous song from the collaboration with the Byrds, the Bob Dylan title Mr. Tambourine Man.

In 1967 he organized with the Monterey Pop Festival, which can be seen as a breakthrough of the new rock music. At the same time he began to work as a freelance producer and founded his own production company and record label Equinox Records. 1968 Melcher was made ​​famous by Dennis Wilson, the drummer of the Beach Boys with Charles Manson. After several test shots with him but he refused to produce Manson. Manson was angry and Melcher visited frequently in his house 10050 Cielo Drive. After Melcher had moved out of the house, the owner Rudi Altobelli leased it to film director Roman Polanski and his wife Sharon Tate. Tate and several other persons present were killed there on 9 August 1969 by the so-called Manson Family. Then to himself Melcher moved shocked almost completely withdrew from the music business.

Mid 70 Melcher was along with Johnston, who had left the Beach Boys, becomes active and busy Equinox Records and produced with him, among others, Barry Mann, Jack Jones, Bill House and the Legendary Masked Surfers. In 1985, he came through the mediation of Johnston to the Beach Boys. He wrote for the band, the title Getcha Back and Rock ' n ' Roll to the Rescue. In 1988 he wrote and produced most of the Beach Boys album Still Cruisin ', which includes the number -one hit Kokomo. Melcher was created in 1988 nominated for the Golden Globe Kokomo. The album Summer in Paradise, the Melcher in 1992 wrote and produced for the Beach Boys, represented the low point in his career, as the album was gone after a few weeks off the store shelves.

Together with his mother Doris Day Melcher led also happen to be the hotel " Cypress Inn ". in California's Carmel. For them he produced her TV show "The Doris Day Show" and managed his mother's charity work. Some of his unreleased recordings with her ​​appeared in 2011 on the Doris Day album My Heart.

Terry Melcher was married twice, first with Jacqueline, with whom he had a son born in 1983, then from 1998 to 2004 with his second wife Terese. He died on 19 November 2004 of skin cancer.

Discography (selection)

  • Bruce Johnston Surfin '' Round the World ( 1963) ( CD on Sundazed )
  • The Hot Dogger Surfin 'USA ( 1963) ( CD on Sundazed )
  • The Rip Chords Hey Little Cobra ( 1964) ( CD on Sundazed )
  • The Rip Chords Three Window Coupe ( 1964) ( CD on Sundazed )
  • Paul Revere and the Raiders, Here They Come ( 1965) ( CD on Sundazed )
  • Paul Revere and the Raiders, Midnight Ride ( 1965) ( CD on Sundazed )
  • The Rising Sons ( 1965) ( CD on Sony)
  • The Byrds Mr. Tambourine Man ( 1965) ( CD on Sony)
  • The Byrds, Turn Turn Turn ( 1965) ( CD on Sony)
  • Paul Revere and the Raiders, Revolution ( 1966) ( CD on Sundazed )
  • Paul Revere and the Raiders, Their Spirit of '67 ( 1966) ( CD on Sundazed )
  • Paul Revere and the Raiders, A Christmas Present and Past ( 1966)
  • The Gentle Soul, The Gentle Soul ( 1967) ( CD on Sundazed )
  • Grapefruit, grapefruit Around ( 1968) ( CD on Repertoire )
  • Grapefruit, Deep Water ( 1969) ( CD on Repertoire )
  • The Byrds, The Ballad of Easy Rider ( 1969) ( CD on Sony)
  • The Byrds, Untitled ( 1970) ( CD on Sony)
  • The Byrds, Byrdmaniax ( 1971) ( CD on Sony)
  • Terry Melcher Terry Melcher ( 1974) ( CD Collector's Choice )
  • Bill House, Give Me a Break ( 1974)
  • Terry Melcher, Royal Flush ( 1976)
  • Oklahoma, Oklahoma ( 1977)
  • Rab Noakes, Restless (1978 )
  • Freeway, Freeway (1979 )
  • The Late Show, Snap! (1979)
  • Susan Lynch, Big Reward (1981 )
  • The Beach Boys, Still Cruisin ' (1987 )
  • The Beach Boys Summer in Paradise (1992 )
  • Doris Day, My Heart ( 2011)
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