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On this day, October 9, 1949, Rod Temperton was born.
Rod Temperton
Screenshot of Rod Temperton, taken
from a BBC Television programme
Rodney Lynn Temperton (9 October 1949 – 25 September 2016) commonly and professionally known as Rod Temperton, and informally known within music circles as 'The Invisible Man', was an English songwriter, musician, vocalist, and record producer. He initially made his mark as the keyboardist and main songwriter for the 1970s pop music, disco, and funk band Heatwave, whose hit songs included Always and Forever, Boogie Nights, and The Groove Line, amongst many others.
After being subsequently recruited by record producer Quincy Jones, he wrote several internationally known hit songs performed by Michael Jackson, including Thriller, Off the Wall, and Rock with You. He also wrote hit songs for George Benson, including Give Me the Night and Love X Love, along with Patti Austin and James Ingram's United States number one hit Baby, Come to Me, among many others.
Temperton wrote the soundtrack for the 1986 film Running Scared. He won a Grammy Award in 1990 for his work on Birdland, from Quincy Jones's album Back on the Block.
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Personal life and death
After leaving Heatwave to concentrate on his songwriting, Rod Temperton shunned the celebrity lifestyle, and remained a very private man. Due to his low profile, Temperton was nicknamed 'The Invisible Man'. He died on 25 September 2016 after "a brief aggressive battle with cancer", as quoted by Jon Platt of Warner/Chappell music publishing. His death would be announced a week later on 5 October 2016, with his private funeral having already taken place. One of the finest and most fitting epithets to Temperton was written on Twitter by Gilles Peterson, a BBC radio presenter: "Apart from Lennon and McCartney no one from the UK has written more gold plated songs than Sir Rod Temperton... a huge loss. RIP".
Temperton is survived by his wife Kathy. They had homes in Los Angeles, the south of France, Fiji, Switzerland, and Kent in southeast England.
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Screenshot of Rod Temperton, taken
from a BBC Television programme
Rodney Lynn Temperton (9 October 1949 – 25 September 2016) commonly and professionally known as Rod Temperton, and informally known within music circles as 'The Invisible Man', was an English songwriter, musician, vocalist, and record producer. He initially made his mark as the keyboardist and main songwriter for the 1970s pop music, disco, and funk band Heatwave, whose hit songs included Always and Forever, Boogie Nights, and The Groove Line, amongst many others.
After being subsequently recruited by record producer Quincy Jones, he wrote several internationally known hit songs performed by Michael Jackson, including Thriller, Off the Wall, and Rock with You. He also wrote hit songs for George Benson, including Give Me the Night and Love X Love, along with Patti Austin and James Ingram's United States number one hit Baby, Come to Me, among many others.
Temperton wrote the soundtrack for the 1986 film Running Scared. He won a Grammy Award in 1990 for his work on Birdland, from Quincy Jones's album Back on the Block.
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Personal life and death
After leaving Heatwave to concentrate on his songwriting, Rod Temperton shunned the celebrity lifestyle, and remained a very private man. Due to his low profile, Temperton was nicknamed 'The Invisible Man'. He died on 25 September 2016 after "a brief aggressive battle with cancer", as quoted by Jon Platt of Warner/Chappell music publishing. His death would be announced a week later on 5 October 2016, with his private funeral having already taken place. One of the finest and most fitting epithets to Temperton was written on Twitter by Gilles Peterson, a BBC radio presenter: "Apart from Lennon and McCartney no one from the UK has written more gold plated songs than Sir Rod Temperton... a huge loss. RIP".
Temperton is survived by his wife Kathy. They had homes in Los Angeles, the south of France, Fiji, Switzerland, and Kent in southeast England.
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I love this tune. I had no idea it came from someone named Rod Temperton.
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