Sergio George Sergio George (born 1961) is an American pianist and record producer, known for working with many famous performers of salsa music, although he has worked in other genres as well. He has worked with some of Latin music’s most popular artists including India, Anaís, Marc Anthony, Jennifer Lopez, Tito Nieves, Víctor Manuelle, Frankie Negrón, Johnny Rivera, Ray Sepúlveda, Tito Puente, DLG, Orquesta de la Luz, Ivy Queen, Celia Cruz, La India, Jerry Rivera, Bacilos, among others. Biography George, the son of Puerto Rican parents, was born and raised in New York City, and attended the City College of New York. He had started his professional career with Conjunto Caché and Conjunto Clásico in 1979, then moved on to session recordings and live performances during the 1980s. Starting in 1987, George was musical director for several album recordings, including being pianist for Grupo Star for their 1987 album “Grupo Star”, as well as the musical director for Johnny & Ray’s (later became Johnny Ray) first album “Mascarada” in early 1988 with vocalist Ray Sepulveda. During this period he was also a member of Grupo Baruc and their release of the album “Reeencuentro” in 1988. It was not until he became the producer of Tito Nieves’s first album “The Classic” for RMM in 1988 that his status as one of the most sought-after salsa producers was stamped. Thanks to the success of that record, he became the main visionary behind the New York-based Latin label RMM Records & Video, between 1988 to 1995, arranging, producing, and directing dozens of recordings for that label, working with artists like Jose Alberto ‘El Canario’, Johnny Rivera, Domingo Quinones, Tony Vega, Ray Sepulveda, Cheo Feliciano, Celia Cruz, La India and others. He produced the 1991 album “100th LP” for Tito Puente, produced & arranged the first two albums of Marc Anthony, “Otra Nota” & “Todo A Su Tiempo”. George also produced the platinum-selling “Combinacion Perfecta” album from Familia RMM in 1993. He also sessioned in recordings outside of RMM during this period, including Nestor Sanchez, Junior Gonzalez, Africando and Los Hermanos Colon, as well as arranging several hit songs, including his arrangement on the hit track “Solo” for Luis Enrique on his 1989 album “Mi Mundo”. In early 1995, George left RMM to pursue his own producing venture with Sir George Entertainment, and had a producing agreement with Sony Discos. During this time, he formed DLG, featuring vocalist Huey Dunbar and rappers James ‘Da Barba’ and Fragancia. He also helped in re-inventing Victor Manuelle into one of the Salsa’s most powerful artists. His producing credits continued on with WEA Latina by 1997 with Frankie Negron, Charlie Cruz and many other salsa performers. In early 2004, Sergio George and Latin recording executive George Zamora created SGZ Entertainment, in Miami, Florida, focusing on urban artists. SGZ is now partly owned by Univision Music Group. In August 2006, SGZ Entertainment became part of La Calle Records, a sublabel of Univision. During the 2008 Latin Grammy Awards, Sergio George won Producer of the Year for his work on “Historia De Taxi” by Ricardo Arjona featuring Marc Anthony, “La Vida Se Va” by Gloria Trevi, “Mi Mayor Sacrificio” by Tito Nieves featuring Marco Antonio Solís, “Quiero Decirte Que Te Amo” by DLG featuring Ness, “Toro Mata” by DLG featuring Napoles and Ness and the album El Cantante by Marc Anthony. In 2009, George founded Top Stop Music, and the first release was with Luis Enrique and his album, Ciclos which has topped the charts and garnered two Latin Grammy awards. At the end of 2009, in 2009 he hired Artist Stephanie Marie Hanvey as lead female Vocalist on the BKIDZ Album released in 2010 .Sergio later declared that Stephanie Marie will be a major star in the recording industry. He signed Prince Royce, whose self- titled debut album was released early 2010. Added to the label’s roster is Loisaidas, a musical duo, and JayL. They currently have released three singles including, “No Me Dejes”, “Ayer”, and the recently released “Porque Te Amo”. Their self-titled debut album is scheduled to be released Dec 2010. They are from New York City’s Lower East Side – hence the name Loisaidas – which is the Spanish slang term for “lower east siders.” At the end of 2009, La India signed with Top Stop Music, having her first single released in early 2010, “Estupida” which quickly reached number one on the US Billboard Tropical Songs chart. Her album, Unica, was released by Top Stop Music on June 1, 2010. At the 11th Latin Grammy Awards, George received his second award for Producer of the Year, for his work on “Corazón Sin Cara”, “Tu y Yo” and “Stand By Me” by Prince Royce, “Estúpida”, “Si Él Te Habla De Mi”, “Smile” and “Te Vas a Arrepentir” by La India. 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Celia Cruz Composer 2007 Bacilos en Vivo Bacilos Composer Canciones Clasicas de Executive 2007 Tito Nieves Marco Antonio Producer Solis 2007 Cocinando Salsa Composer Arranger, Bass Programming, 2007 Con Mi Soledad Juan Composer, Piano, Producer Con Sabor y Ismael Executive 2007 Sentimiento Miranda Producer Year Album Artist Arranger, Audio Production, Con Todo Mi Composer, 2007 Anaís Corazon Keyboards, Producer, Programming, Vocal Director Audio Production, 2007 El Cantante Marc Anthony Piano, Producer El Godfather de 2007 Andy Montañez Composer La Salsa Arranger, Audio Production, Guest Artist, En Primera 2007 Issac Delgado Keyboards, Plana Main Personnel, Piano, Producer Composer, 2007 En Transito Ciclon Executive Producer 2007 Inolvidable Ra Papa Composer La Historia… 2007 Tito Nieves Composer Mis Exitos La Historia… 2007 India Composer Mis Exitos La Historia: Los Toros 2007 Composer Los Exitos Band Year Album Artist Latina Fever, 2007 Composer Vol. 2 2007 Latino Bailable Playbacks Composer Linea de Oro: 2007 Composer La Salsa de Oro Orquesta de 2007 Lo Esencial Composer la Luz Los Mejores 2007 Duetos Composer Duranguenses Arranger, Audio Production, Ricardo Keyboards, 2007 Quién Dijo Ayer Arjona Main Personnel, Piano, Producer Salsa de la 2007 Composer Calle Sun, Sand and 2007 Composer Salsa The Best of Frankie 2007 Composer Frankie Negron Negron Arranger, The Very Best 2007 Piano, of Latin Music Producer Arranger, Tito Nieves en Composer, 2007 Tito Nieves Vivo Piano, Producer Year