Danny Sembello
Biography
Daniel Bud Sembello (January 15, 1963 – August 15, 2015) was an American songwriter, record producer and multi-instrumentalist. He produced recordings by artists including George Benson and Pebbles, and he had his compositions recorded by Chaka Khan, Jeffrey Osborne, Patti LaBelle (the hit single "Stir It Up"), Irene Cara, René & Angela, and The Pointer Sisters (the hit single "Neutron Dance"). In 1986, he won a Grammy Award for Best Score Soundtrack Album for a Motion Picture, Television or Other Visual Media, for his contributions to the Beverly Hills Cop soundtrack. He was the brother of Michael Sembello. Danny Sembello drowned in the Schuylkill River near Philadelphia, on August 15, 2015. He was first reported missing after he went for a swim during a music festival in Manayunk.
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Discography
Records they worked on — most-collected first.
Beverly Hills Cop (Music From The Motion Picture Soundtrack)
1984
Break Out
1983
Donna Summer
1982
20/20
1985
I Feel For You
1984
Stranger Things 3 (Music From The Netflix Original Series)
2019
New Edition
1984
Let's Talk About Love
1997
Touch The World
1987
10 Things I Hate About You (Music From The Motion Picture)
1999
Sold
1987
On My Own
1986
Automatic
1983
The Monster Squad (Original Soundtrack)
2007
Pebbles
1987
All For Love
1985
No Lookin' Back
1985
The Heavenly Kid: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
1985
Don't Stop
1984
As We Speak
1982
Beverly Hills Cop (Music From The Motion Picture)
2016
Always
1990
Some People's Lives
1990
Life Is A Dance - The Remix Project
1989
Credited work
1,653 releases · 194 albums · active 1982–2025
- Performance · 3,166
- Production · 314
- Other credits · 123
- Engineering · 113
Studios: Ocean Way Recording · The Hit Factory · Record Plant, Los Angeles · Westlake Studios