b. 16 August 1944, Los Angeles, California, USA. Titelman grew up in the hot musical environment that was the 50s’ Los Angeles, and quickly made contacts which would aid him throughout his long career in the entertainment business. The most important of these was Phil Spector. After making his debut as a guitarist on the Paris Sisters’ ‘Be My Boy’ in 1961, Titelman became a full-time member of the Spectors Three Vocal Trio. By the following year he had graduated from high school and started studying drama at Los Angeles City College. However, he soon elected to return to the music industry, and entered the studio with friends to record a song entitled ‘Just A Little Touch Of Your Love’. Songwriter Barry Mann then took Titelman to New York, where he wrote songs for the Cinderellas - ‘Baby, Baby (I Still Love You)’ - among others. He also worked with Carole King as his arranger, and provided the Chiffons and Lesley Gore with songs. Brian Wilson of the Beach Boys was his co-writer on two songs, ‘Sheri, She Needs Me’ and ‘Guess I’m Dumb’, the latter recorded by Glen Campbell. In 1964 he joined the Shindig television house band, at which time he also appeared on Righteous Brothers and Phil Ochs sessions. Moving in to film work, he collaborated with Jack Nitzsche on Village Of The Giants and a rejected score for Candy, before recording ‘Memo From Turner’ with Ry Cooder and Randy Newman for the Mick Jagger film, Performance. That soundtrack started Titelman’s 25 year association with Warner Brothers Records. Through his friendship with Lowell George he produced Little Feat’s debut album, but he did not become a full-time staff member at Warners until July 1971 ‘because I was like a hippie and I didn’t want a full-time job.’ He became friend and producer to Randy Newman, and through the 70s worked on projects with James Taylor, Graham Central Station, Rickie Lee Jones and George Harrison. In the early 80s he produced for Chaka Khan, and was co-producer on Paul Simon’s Hearts And Bones. Outside of mainstream rock and pop, his work with jazz and R&B artists has paired him with George Benson, David Sanborn, Womack And Womack and Patti Austin. From 1989-94 he worked extensively with Eric Clapton, and many cite his contributions to Journeyman, 24 Nights, Unplugged and From The Cradle as crucial to Clapton’s renaissance.