Rod Temperton

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Rodney Lynn "Rod" Temperton (9 October 1947 – 5 October 2016) was an English songwriter, record producer, and musician from Cleethorpes, England. He initially made his mark as the keyboardist and main songwriter for the R&B band Heatwave before writing several internationally known songs performed by Michael Jackson, including "Off The Wall," "Rock With You," and "Thriller." As Temperton remembers music was in his bones from an early age; " My father wasn't the kind of person who'd read you a story before you went off to sleep - he used to put a transistor radio in the crib, right on the pillow, and I'd go to sleep listening to Radio Luxemburg and I think that had an influence." Temperton attended the De Aston School in Market Rasen and he formed a group for the school's music competitions. He was a drummer at this time. " I'd get in the living room with my snare drum and my cymbal and play along to the Test Card, which was all kinds of music they'd be playing continuously." On leaving school he started working in the office of a frozen food company in Grimsby. He soon became a full-time musician however, a keyboard player now, and played in several dance bands, and this took him to Worms in Germany. In 1972 Temperton and guitarist Bernd Springer formed a soul cover band called Sundown Carousel. With Temperton on an old Hammond organ the band performed in clubs and GI bars in cities such as Mannheim.[citation needed] In 1974 he answered an advert in Melody Maker placed by Jo

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albums

Thriller

Off the Wall

Thriller 25 Super Deluxe Edition

Thriller (25th Anniversary) [Deluxe Edition]

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X2 (Off The Wall /Invincible)

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The Collection

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Off The Wall / Thriller (Coffret 2 CD)

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Off The Wall (Special Edition) [RERLS] [REMST]

Off The Wall / Thriller

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Thriller [2001 Special Edition]

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Thriller - 25th Anniversary (Super Deluxe Edition)

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The Songs of Rod Temperton (disc 2)