American producer, songwriter, record executive and label owner born 20/February/1943, Passaic City & County, New Jersey - UNITED STATES). Started as head of MRC Music (the publishing arm of Mercury), then artist hired him as head of the CBS Music Publishing Division. He founded his own label Silver Blue Records, distributed by PolyGram. He has produced 36 gold and platinum recordings and had over 54 recordings on the Billboard charts