Rod Temperton

Rod Temperton is an American musician and songwriter. He was one of the original members of the popular funk/disco band, Heatwave. With the band, he helped compose some of the group's big-selling singles including "Boogie Nights", "Groove Line" and the memorable ballad, "Always & Forever".

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American - Songwriter - Funk - Disco - Heatwave

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In 1979, he teamed up with Quincy Jones and Michael Jackson to help conceive what became Jackson's first solo album in four years and his first full-fledged solo release for Epic Records titled "Off The Wall". In 1982, Temperton wrote the title track of Jackson's next LP, "Thriller" which became the biggest-selling album of all time.

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1979 - Quincy Jones - Michael Jackson - Epic Records - Off The Wall - 1982 - Thriller

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