- Date de naissance
- Date de décès
- Nom de naissanceRodney Lynn Temperton
- Surnom
- The Invisible Man
- Rod Temperton est né le 9 octobre 1949 à Lincolnshire, Angleterre, Royaume-Uni. Il était compositeur. Il est connu pour La Couleur pourpre (1985), Deux flics à Chicago (1986) et Les initiés (2000). Il était marié à Kathy. Il est mort le 25 septembre 2016 à Londres, Angleterre, Royaume-Uni.
- ConjointKathy(? - September 2016) (son décès)
- Was the keyboard player for Heatwave.
- Songwriter. His songs were recorded by George Benson Donna Summer and Herbie Hancock before he was used by Quincy Jones for Michael Jackson.
- Wrote and recorded his band Heatwave's R&B hit "Always and Forever" (1977) that was memorably covered by Luther Vandross in 1995.
- Extraordinarily prolific, yet self-effacing British songwriter who began as a singer while serving with the US army in West Germany. He was subsequently a member of several groups, including Sundown Carousel (in Germany) and The Hammer. His first claim to fame was a s keyboardist for the funk band Heatwave. Temperton was recruited by Quincy Jones in 1978 as a songwriter and formed a successful partnership with Jones and recording engineer Bruce Swedien, dubbed The A-Team'. Among his numerous hits are the title track for Michael Jackson's 'Off the Wall', plus 'Rock With You' and 'Give Me the Night' (1980, a George Benson mega hit).
- Wrote for Michael Jackson, George Benson, Quincy Jones, Aretha Franklin, Donna Summer, Manhattan Transfer, Lionel Richie, Karen Carpenter and countless others.
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