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ROD TEMPERTON: THRILLER SONGWRITER DIES

5/10/2016

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Rod Temperton, the British songwriter best known for Michael Jackson's Thriller and Rock With You, has died.
In a statement, Jon Platt, chairman of music publisher Warner/Chappell, said Temperton died in London last week at the age of 66 following "a brief aggressive battle with cancer".
Temperton's other hits included Off The Wall and Rock With You for Jackson and Boogie Nights for his band Heatwave.
"His family is devastated and request total privacy," Mr Platt said.
Temperton, whose private funeral has taken place, was nicknamed The Invisible Man because of his low profile.
Those paying tribute include Chic guitarist Nile Rodgers, who tweeted: "Your genius gave us a funkier world!"

Rod Temperton's greatest hits
Thriller - Michael Jackson
Rock With You - Michael Jackson
Boogie Nights - Heatwave
Give Me The Night - George Benson
Baby, Come to Me - Patti Austin and James Ingram
Sweet Freedom - Michael McDonald

Born in Cleethorpes, North East Lincolnshire, Temperton traced his songwriting ability back to his father's influence.
"My father wasn't the kind of person who would read you a story before you went off to sleep," he once said.
"He used to put a transistor radio in the crib and I would go to sleep listening to Radio Luxembourg, and I think somehow that had an influence."
After a spell working in a frozen food factory in Grimsby, he answered an advert in Melody Maker magazine for a keyboardist.
The band he joined was disco group Heatwave, and his songs like Boogie Nights, Always & Forever and Groove Line became big hits for the band in the 1970s.
He left the band in 1978. By then, his tunes had caught the attention of producer Quincy Jones, who was looking for songwriters for a new Michael Jackson LP.
Temperton penned three songs for Off The Wall, which became Jackson's breakthrough solo album - the title track, Rock With You and Burn This Disco Out.
He went on to write three more for follow-up Thriller - the title track, which became one of Jackson's signature smashes, plus Baby Be Mine and The Lady in My Life.
They helped make Thriller the best-selling album of all time in the US, with 32 million copies sold.
His tunes have also been recorded by artists including Anita Baker, Donna Summer, Aretha Franklin and The Brothers Johnson.
Temperton won a Grammy Award in 1990 for his work on Birdland, from Quincy Jones's album Back on the Block.
He was nominated for two Oscars in 1986 for his work with Jones on the soundtrack for The Color Purple.
(Bron: bbc.com)
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