Bobby Martin
Biography
Bobby Martin (May 4, 1930 – September 6, 2013) was an American music producer, arranger and songwriter, closely associated with Philadelphia International Records and Philly soul. He is best known for his arrangement of Billy Paul's "Me and Mrs. Jones", his work on the Soul Train theme, and with artists including Whitney Houston, L.T.D., MFSB, Patti LaBelle, Nancy Wilson, Lou Rawls, Lesley Gore, The Manhattans, The O'Jays, The Jacksons, Dusty Springfield and the Bee Gees, among others. Martin received a Grammy Award for Album of the Year for his contribution to the Saturday Night Fever soundtrack. He died in 2013.
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Discography
Records they worked on — most-collected first.
Saturday Night Fever (The Original Movie Sound Track)
1977
Them Or Us
1984
Back Stabbers
1972
Teddy Pendergrass
1977
Survival
1975
All Things In Time
1976
The Jacksons
1976
The Essential Michael Jackson
2005
Ship Ahoy
1973
The Manhattans
1976
Wake Up Everybody
1975
Family Reunion
1975
The Three Degrees
1973
Me And Mrs. Jones / Your Song
1972
360 Degrees Of Billy Paul
1972
TP
1980
Unmistakably Lou
1977
Something To Love
1977
Enjoy Yourself
1976
To Be True
1975
Love Is The Message
1973
Black & Blue Featuring: The Love I Lost
1973
It Feels So Good
1977
MFSB
1973
Credited work
4,590 releases · 663 albums · active 1958–2026
- Performance · 7,217
- Production · 1,702
- Other credits · 20
- Engineering · 8
Studios: Sigma Sound Studios · Total Experience Studios · Le Château D'Hérouville · The Burbank Studios
Frequent collaborators
- Various
- The O'Jays
- Billy Paul
- MFSB
- Manhattans
- L.T.D.
- Lou Rawls
- Jerry Butler