List of record producers
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This is a list of record producers:

A

• Mirwais Ahmadzai
• Richard B. Allen
• Chet Atkins, noted guitarist and creator of smooth "countrypolitan" form of country music.
• Reed Arvin

B

• Roy Thomas Baker
• Boris Bele producer for Buldožer (Bulldoser), manager of NIKA Records
• Joey Beltram
• Emile Berliner
• Sonny Bono, worked with Phil Spector, produced Sonny and Cher records
• Joe Boyd produced Fairport Convention et al
• Perry Bradford
• Gerry Bron
• T-Bone Burnett, producer for Elvis Costello, Bob Dylan, Roy Orbison, The Wallflowers, Counting Crows, Marshall Crenshaw, Sam Phillips, Los Lobos, Bruce Cockburn, Gillian Welch, and the soundtrack for the Coen Brothers film, O Brother, Where Art Thou.
• George H. Buck
• John Burgess
• Richard James Burgess

C

• John Cale
• Leonard Chess, producer of "Maybellene", many other rock and roll and blues classics, founder of Chess Records.
• Clive Chin
• Tony Clarke
• Bob Clearmountain
• George Clinton
• Stuart Colman

D

• Def Jef
• Derri Daugherty
• Willie Dixon, bass player and major producer with Chess Records.
• Clement Seymour "Sir Coxsone" Dodd
• Jack Douglas, producer of Aerosmith, Cheap Trick and John Lennon's "Double Fantasy"
• Tom Dowd
• Gus Dudgeon

E

• Brian Eno
• Ahmet Ertegun
• Nesuhi Ertegun
• Gene Eugene
• Bob Ezrin, producer of The Guess Who, Alice Cooper, Lou Reed's "Berlin (album),Kiss' "Destroyer", Pink Floyd's The Wall, and Jane's Addiction

F

• Flood producer of Nine Inch Nails, U2, Depeche Mode, Curve, Smashing Pumpkins, Erasure, PJ Harvey, Anna Domino

G

• Milt Gabler, producer of "Rock Around the Clock" and other Bill Haley hits, as well as Louis Jordan.
• Val Garay producer of "Bette Davis Eyes" by Kim Carnes, "Only the Lonely" and "Suddenly Last Summer" by The Motels, "Hearts" by Marty Balin, as well as works by Joan Armatrading, Ringo Starr, Dolly Parton, Dramarama, E-Z-O, etc.
• Nigel Godrich, producer for all of Radiohead's material, and some of Beck's.
• Giorgio Gomelsky, producer for The Yardbirds, Gong and Serge Gainsbourg.
• Dave Goodman

H

• John Hammond, one of the first, with a career that spanned decades, recorded and produced Leadbelly, Benny Goodman, Count Basie, Billie Holiday, Robert Johnson, Bessie Smith, Bob Dylan, Aretha Franklin, Pete Seeger, and Bruce Springsteen.
• Martin Hannett
• Dave Hassinger
• Mark Heard
• Buddy Holly, one of the first recording artists to control his own production
• Trevor Horn

I

• Jimmy Iovine

J

• Glyn Johns
• John Paul Jones, producer for The Mission, REM, Heart, Butthole Surfers, Diamanda Galás, Elephant Ride, Affinity, and Billy Nicholls.
• Richard M. Jones
• Quincy Jones

K

• Eddie Kramer

L

• Robert Lange
• Nick Launey
• Leftfield
• Steve Lillywhite, producer for U2, Dave Matthews Band, XTC, Morrissey and others.
• Jeff Lynne, produced Electric Light Orchestra, Tom Petty, George Harrison, The Traveling Wilburys.

M

• Sir George Martin, producer of the Beatles and recordings of the Goon Show. His Goon Show work was what made the Beatles want him.
• Cosimo Matassa
• Joe Meek
• Terry Melcher, son of Doris Day, produced many acts on Columbia Records, associated with the Beach Boys, auditioned Charles Manson but turned him down.
• Lester Melrose, pioneer blues A & R man
• Giorgio Moroder

N

• Gil Norton

O

• Paul Oakenfold
• William Orbit

P

• P. Diddy
• Hugh Padgham
• Jimmy Page, producer for Led Zeppelin, The Firm, Royd & Cliff, Nico, Screaming Lord Sutch, John Mayall, Fleur De Lys, and The Outsiders.
• Les Paul, guitarist and technical innovator in both music and recording, created many common techniques, multi-tracking.
• Prince Paul
• Ralph Peer, pioneer producer, discovered and recorded the Carter Family and Jimmie Rodgers, the singing brakeman
• Al Perkins
• Lee Scratch Perry, Producer for Bob Marley, and influentail in the beginnings of Dub (music)
• Sam Phillips
• Prince

Q

R

• Duke Reid
• Penny Rimbaud, producer of Crass' recordings, plus most records released on the Crass Records label.
• Nile Rodgers
• Dan Rothchild, producer for Better Than Ezra's Deluxe, Fiona Apple's Tidal
• Rick Rubin, producer for LL Cool J, System of a Down, Slayer, Danzig. The Cult, The Black Crowes and the later works of Johnny Cash.
• Michael Roe
• Todd Rundgren
• William Russell
• RZA

S

• Alex Sadkin
• Phil Spector, responsible for the "Wall Of Sound" production style, now mainly associated with girl groups
• Spectre (music)
• Stock, Aitken and Waterman
• Mike Stone
• Sly Stone

T

• Terry Scott Taylor
• Ike Turner

U

V

• Tony Visconti, producer of T. Rex, David Bowie, Thin Lizzy and Sparks.

W

• Wagon Christ
• Clarence Williams
• Mayo Williams

X

Y

Z

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