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Rod Temperton

Cleethorpes, United Kingdom

Rod Temperton is credited on 3,725 releases across 903 albums tracked on Gatefold, active 1976–2025 — the collector-built map of who actually made the music.

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3,725

Pressings credited

903

Albums

6

Decades active

1,396

In collections

Biography

Rodney Lynn Temperton (9 October 1949 – 25 September 2016) was an English musician, songwriter, and record producer. Temperton was the keyboardist and principal songwriter for the 1970s funk band Heatwave, writing songs including "Star of a Story", "Always and Forever", "Boogie Nights", and "The Groove Line". After he was recruited by record producer Quincy Jones, Temperton wrote several hit songs for Jones' protégé Michael Jackson, including: "Thriller", "Off the Wall", and "Rock with You". He also wrote songs for George Benson, including "Give Me the Night" and "Love X Love", along with Patti Austin and James Ingram's US number-one single "Baby, Come to Me", among others. Temperton wrote the soundtrack for the 1986 film Running Scared. In 1991 he won a Grammy Award for Best Arrangement, Instrumental or A Cappella for Birdland.

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3,725 releases · 903 albums · active 1976–2025

  • Performance · 6,178
  • Production · 375
  • Other credits · 206

Studios: Westlake Studios · Cherokee Studios · Allen Zentz Recording · Audio International Studios

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