
Spencer Proffer
Biography
Spencer Proffer (born Salek Profesorski, December 25, 1948) is an American media and record producer. He is the CEO of Meteor 17, a convergence media production company based in Los Angeles, California, United States. Proffer produced the first heavy metal record, Quiet Riot's Metal Health, to reach the top of the pop charts, selling six million albums. His Children of the Sun collaboration with Billy Thorpe spawned an animated laser choreography of an album in planetariums across North America. Proffer has produced and arranged over 200 albums, many of which have achieved gold and platinum-selling status, produced or executive-produced 17 films as well as supervised and produced music for 135 films and television. Proffer co-produced a charitable concert and media event with Doc McGhee and Quincy Jones in 2005, for over 44,000 Marines and their families, headlined by Beyoncé Knowles, Destiny's Child and Kiss, hosted by Cedric the Entertainer. In 2012, he donated 25 scholarships to youth across North America to attend Space Camp in Huntsville, Alabama. In 2016, he completed production of Chasing Trane, The John Coltrane Documentary.
Bio from Wikipedia
Discography
Records they worked on — most-collected first.

Footloose (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
1984

Metal Health
1983

Condition Critical
1984

Alapalooza
1993

No Control
1982

The Transformers: The Movie (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
1986

The Last Command
1985

Vixen
1988

Whispering Jack
1986

Acid Queen
1975

Mama Weer All Crazee Now
1984

Children Of The Sun
1979

Cheryl Lynn
1978

Squeeze Box: The Complete Works Of "Weird Al" Yankovic
2017

Greatest Hits
1996

Second Sighting
1988

Ready To Strike
1985

Mystery
1984

Where's The Party?
1983

Cum On Feel The Noize
1983

Staying Alive (The Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
1983

Super Hits
1999

Common Ground
1988

Rules Of Attraction
1984
Credited work
1,963 releases · 266 albums · active 1968–2026
- Production · 2,033
- Performance · 1,405
- Engineering · 260
- Other credits · 73
Studios: The Pasha Music House · Record Plant, Los Angeles · Devonshire Studios · Capitol Studios
Frequent collaborators
- Various
- Quiet Riot
- Allan Clarke
- Billy Thorpe
- Ike & Tina Turner
- Jon Butcher
- Little River Band
- Paul Anka
