He was instrumental in signing Los Angeles band the Rising Sons, led by Taj Mahal and Ry Cooder. Melcher also worked with Paul Revere & the Raiders, Wayne Newton, Frankie Laine, Jimmy Boyd, Pat Boone, Glen Campbell, Mark Lindsay and the Mamas & the Papas. įollowing conflicts with the band and their manager, Melcher was replaced as producer by Allen Stanton and then Gary Usher, although he would work with the Byrds again on their Ballad of Easy Rider, (Untitled) and Byrdmaniax albums. Tambourine Man" and Pete Seeger's " Turn! Turn! Turn!", as well as the corresponding albums Mr. He produced their hit cover versions of Bob Dylan's " Mr. īy the mid-1960s, Melcher had joined the staff of Columbia Records and went on to work with the Byrds. Later, Johnston would join the Beach Boys. Melcher and Johnston also created another group, The Rip Chords, which had a top 10 hit with " Hey Little Cobra". The duo had hits like "Custom Machine" and "Summer Means Fun". In the early 1960s, Melcher and Bruce Johnston formed the vocal duet Bruce & Terry. Melcher has been credited with helping to shape the sound of 1960s surf music in California.
Early career Melcher (left) in the studio with the Byrds' Gene Clark (center) and David Crosby in 1965 After Martin Melcher's death in 1968, Day discovered that he had mismanaged or embezzled $20 million from her, while Terry claimed that his stepfather had mistreated him as a child. He subsequently attended Principia College in Illinois for a short time. In his freshman and sophomore high-school years, Terry attended the Loomis Chaffee School in Connecticut, then returned to California for his junior and senior years at Beverly Hills High School. Melcher adopted Terry and gave him his surname. Īfter divorcing her second husband, saxophonist George Weidler, Day married Martin Melcher, who would become her manager and produce many of her films. After the divorce, Jorden visited his son infrequently and had little presence in his life. Shortly after giving birth, Day filed for divorce and left the infant with her mother in Ohio while she went back to touring with big band leader Les Brown. Jorden responded to his wife's pregnancy by demanding that she get an abortion. īefore his birth, Day was planning to divorce Al Jorden because of his violent temper and alleged physical abuse. Known as "Terry", the boy was named by his mother after the hero of her favorite childhood comic strip, Terry and the Pirates. Terrence Paul Jorden was born in New York City to singer-actress Doris Day and her first husband, trombonist Al Jorden. In the 1960s, Melcher was acquainted with the Beach Boys and later produced several singles for the group in the 1980s and the 1990s, including " Kokomo" (1988), which topped U.S. Most of his early recordings were with the vocal surf acts the Rip Chords and Bruce & Terry. Melcher was the only child of actress/singer Doris Day his father was Day's first husband Al Jorden, and he was adopted by her third husband Martin Melcher. He is also known for his collaborations with Bruce Johnston and for his association with the Manson Family.
Tambourine Man (1965) and Turn! Turn! Turn! (1965), as well as most of the hit recordings of Paul Revere & the Raiders and Gentle Soul. His best-known contributions were producing the Byrds' first two albums Mr. Terrence Paul Melcher (born Terrence Paul Jorden Febru– November 19, 2004) was an American record producer who was instrumental in shaping the mid-to-late 1960s California Sound and folk rock movements.
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