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Arif Mardin
Arif Mardin
Turkish-American songwriter & record producer
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Jimmy Douglass
Jimmy Douglass
American recording engineer and record producer
2
Jerry Wexler
Jerry Wexler
American music journalist and producer
3
David "Fathead" Newman
David "Fathead" Newman
American jazz and rhythm-and-blues saxophonist
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Gene Paul
Gene Paul
Recording engineer
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Tommy Cogbill
Tommy Cogbill
American musician
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Al Gorgoni
Al Gorgoni
guitarist
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King Curtis
King Curtis
American saxophonist (1934-1971)
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Al Schmitt
Al Schmitt
American recording engineer and record producer
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Paul Jackson, Jr.
Paul Jackson, Jr.
American musician
10
Steve Jordan
Steve Jordan
American composer, musical director and artist
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Ahmet Ertegün
Ahmet Ertegün
Turkish-American songwriter, record producer, music executive
12
Bernard Purdie
Bernard Purdie
American drummer
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Andrew Love
Andrew Love
American musician
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Phil Ramone
Phil Ramone
American recording engineer, record producer and violinist
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Charles Chalmers
Charles Chalmers
musician
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The Spinners
The Spinners
American soul music vocal group
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Jerry Jemmott
Jerry Jemmott
American musician
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James Guthrie
James Guthrie
English record producer
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Popa Chubby
Popa Chubby
American electric blues singer, songwriter, and guitarist
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Aretha Franklin
Aretha Franklin
American singer, songwriter, and pianist
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Joe South
Joe South
US singer, songwriter and guitarist
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Roger Hawkins
Roger Hawkins
American drummer
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Young Guru
Young Guru
American audio engineer, record producer and DJ
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Ray Charles
Ray Charles
American recording artist; musician, singer, songwriter
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Spooner Oldham
Spooner Oldham
American songwriter and session musician
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Chuck Willis
Chuck Willis
American blues, rhythm and blues, and rock and roll singer and songwriter
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Cornell Dupree
Cornell Dupree
American R&B/soul jazz guitarist
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Lew Soloff
Lew Soloff
American musician
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Luis Conte
Luis Conte
Cuban jazz musician
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Jerry Hey
Jerry Hey
American musician
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Warren Smith
Warren Smith
American musician
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Bill Schwartau
Bill Schwartau
American audio engineer
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Tom Scott
Tom Scott
American jazz musician
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Bud Brisbois
Bud Brisbois
American trumpeter (1937-1978)
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Manny Marroquin
Manny Marroquin
American mixing engineer
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Bill Lee
Bill Lee
American musician and composer
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Wayne Jackson
Wayne Jackson
American musician
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Rick Marotta
Rick Marotta
American musician
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Robert Mersey
Robert Mersey
American musician, arranger and record producer
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Stephen Marcussen
Stephen Marcussen
audio engineer
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Billy May
Billy May
American composer, arranger and trumpeter
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Plas Johnson
Plas Johnson
American musician
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Glyn Johns
Glyn Johns
English musician, recording engineer and record producer
Tom Dowd
American recording engineer and producer

Tom Dowd

Intro
American recording engineer and producer
Record Labels
Awards Received
Grammy Trustees Award
Technical Grammy Award

Thomas John Dowd (October 20, 1925 – October 27, 2002) was an American recording engineer and producer for Atlantic Records. He was credited with innovating the multitrack recording method. Dowd worked on a veritable "who's who" of recordings that encompassed blues, jazz, pop, rock and soul records.