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Heatwave
Heatwave
funk/disco band
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Jerry Hey
Jerry Hey
American musician
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David Paich
David Paich
American musician
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Quincy Jones
Quincy Jones
American record producer
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Bruce Swedien
Bruce Swedien
American audio engineer
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Paulinho da Costa
Paulinho da Costa
Brazilian musician
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Michael Jackson
Michael Jackson
American recording artist; singer and songwriter (1958-2009)
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Siedah Garrett
Siedah Garrett
American singer-songwriter
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The Brothers Johnson
The Brothers Johnson
Funk Band
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Leon Ware
Leon Ware
American recording artist, songwriter and composer
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Michael Boddicker
Michael Boddicker
American composer
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Greg Phillinganes
Greg Phillinganes
American keyboardist
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The Manhattan Transfer
The Manhattan Transfer
American vocal music group
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Seawind
Seawind
American jazz fusion
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Michael Sembello
Michael Sembello
American musician
Intro
British musician
Nominated For
Academy Award for Best Original Score

Rodney Lynn Temperton (9 October 1949 – 25 September 2016) 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.