LARRY HATCHER
EARLY LIFE
Mr. Hatcher has been in the entertainment industry since the tender age of 9, performing in local bands. He was in the ÄYZ[YLJVYKIYLHRPUNTHYJOPUNIHUK[OH[ZL[WYLJLKLUJL[OL4HYJOPUN>PSKJH[ZVM*LU[YHS/PNO:JOVVSMYVT 4VIPSL(SHIHTH[OH[WLYMVYTLKPU[OLOHSM[PTLZOV^K\YPUN[OL:LUPVY)V^SHUH[PVUHSS`[LSL]PZLKMVV[IHSSNHTL^OLYL senior college players are recruited for the National Football League. He attended Tuskegee Institute where he studied business law and played music.
MUSIC CAREER
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Mr. Hatcher was the Musical Director for the Manhattans, BB King, and Ron Banks and the Dramatics.
/LOHZ^VYRLK^P[OSLNLUKHY`YLJVYKL_LJ\[P]LZ[OH[HYLHWHY[VMOPZMotown family, such as Berry Gordy, Owner and Founder of Motown Records and Jobete Publishing; Lee Young,7YLZPKLU[VMMotown, and currently Mr. Hatcher’s ,U[LY[HPUTLU[([[VYUL`"Jheryl Busby,7YLZPKLU[VMMCAHUK7YLZPKLU[HUK*,6VMMotown, and Head of Urban Music at Dreamworks; Clarence Avant,*OHPYTHUVMMotown, Founder of Venture Records, Sussex Records, Tabu Records, and Avant Garde Broadcasting,^OPJO^HZ[OLÄYZ[(MYPJHU(TLYPJHU-49HKPV:[H[PVUPU0UNSL^VVK *HSPMVYUPHHUKOL^HZHSZVRUV^UHZ[OLGodfather of Black Music & Radio; 0Y]PUN(aVɈ of MCA-Universal, Giant Records,*,6VMLive Nation, and presently partners with Madison Square Garden (MSG); Mo Ostin,7YLZPKLU[VM 9LWYPZLHUKWarner Bros.; Louil Silas, Jr., of MCA Records, Solar Records and Founder of Silas Records, Miller London,=7.4VM
;OLYLJVYKSHILSZOLOHZ^VYRLK^P[OPUJS\KLMotown Records under Berry Gordy; MCA Records and Motown Records under Jheryl Busby, in association with Boston Ventures; Dreamworks under Jheryl Busby and Darrell Jones, with ,KKPL.YPɉU" Motown Records under Lee Young, formerly of ABC and MCA Records; MCA Records and Silas Records under Louil Silas Jr.; Universal Records; MCA Records; Warner Bros. Records; Underworld Records/Capitol Records under the Hughes Brothers, Allen and Albert, & Darryl Woods; Universal Records & Giant Records under 0Y]PUN(aVɈ".LɈLU9LJVYKZ under +H]PK.LɈLU" Zomba/Jive Records under Clive Calder and Ralph Simon; Arista Records / J Records under Clive Davis; LaFace Records under Babyface & LA Reid; Arista Records/ Epic Records under LA Reid; Warner Bros. and Dreamworks under Mo Ostin; Motown Records & Warner Bros. Records under Benny Medina, presently J Lo’s,THUHNLY"Vassal Benford of Vaz/ Arista Records, Sony Music, EMI Records, Giant Records & BMG RecordsHTVUNV[OLYZ"Quincy Jones of Qwest Records with artist Keith Washington; Ernest Singleton of MCA Records and Warner Bros. Records; and Randy Jackson of the Sony Music Group, Epic Records, MCA and Columbia Records.
4Y/H[JOLY^HZ=7VM( 9HUK7YVK\J[PVUH[Motown. Mr. Hatcher produced legendary artists including Smokey Robinson of the Miracles with Iris Gordy (manager of Smokey Robinson); the Temptations led by Otis Williams" Johnny Gill; Johnny Gill, Bobby Brown with New Edition; Jermaine Jackson, Rebbie Jackson; the Pointer Sisters; Chico and El DeBarge; the Whispers; the Mac Band; Giorge Pettus; Sugarfoot; Roger Troutman; Bobby Glover; Human Body; Pretty In Pink; the Good Girls; Jesse Campbell; Carol Gist,[OLÄYZ[ISHJR4PZZ<:(HUKSherry Payne, formerly one of the Supremes, with Maxine Powell, Motown’s Chief of Style. Mr. Hatcher along with Larry Campbell WYVK\JLKT\ZPJMVY[OLÄST‘Kazaam’.
4Y/H[JOLY^VYRLKWSH`LKHUKVYYLJVYKLK^P[OZ\JOHY[PZ[ZHZJames Brown; Bootsy Collins; Bootsy’s Rubber Band; Fred Thomas; the Horny Horns with Fred Wesley, Maceo Parker, and 2\ZO.YPɉU"Reggie Calloway of the Midnight Star; George Clinton; Parliament Funkadelic; Sweatband; Michael and Randy Brecker of the Brecker Brothers"9LNNPL.YPɉU,KKPL.YPɉU";PT*\UUPUNOHT"Brides of Funkenstein; Parlet; the East Coast Horns & the Jackson 5; Aretha Franklin with Larry Campbell & Mike Powell; Roberta Flack; Luther Vandross; Peabo Bryson; Marques Houston and Omarion^P[O7YVK\JLYChris Stokes and his sister, Smooth; the Dramatics; Gerald Alston; the Manhattans; Cameo & Charlie Singleton;91»Z3H[LZ[(YYP]HS"Chris Jones and the Dayton Band; Slave with Mark Adams, Danny Webster and Cedel Carter; Dr. Dre; Nate Dogg; Tupac Shakur; Carl ‘Butch’ Small; SOS Band; Babyface; Babyface & LA Reid; Boyz II Men; the Boys; Sinbad; Rosie Perez; Sugarfoot & Billy Beck, the Ohio Players; Roger Troutman & the Zapp Band; New Horizons; Human Body; Shirley Murdoch; Charlie Wilson & the Gap Band; the MAC Band (Men After Christ); Phillippe Wynne of the Spinners; Sly Stone; Prince; Chaka Khan; Pretty In Pink; John Pagano; Jesse Campbell of Underworld/Capitol Records and the Voice; :V\UK Engineers Barney Perkins; Manny Marroquin and Dave Pensado of Larrabee Studios; & Rick Camp/J Lo, the Commodores; Mike Brown; Lenny Guice/Lionel Richie, Madonna, Earth, Wind, and Fire, Chicago, Li’l Wayne, and the Commodores; Jim Vitti and John Jaszcz.
FILM & TELEVISION
4Y/H[JOLY»ZÄSTJYLKP[ZPUJS\KLHouse Party; Dead Presidents; Paul Michael Glaser’s Kazaam starring Shaquille O’Neal; Mark Burg’s and Nick Cassavetes’ John Q, starring Denzel Washington, James Woods, Ray Liotta, Robert +\]HS,KKPL.YPɈUand Dr. Oz; Friday starring Ice Cube and Chris Tucker, music by Ice Cube, Bootsy Collins and 3HYY`/H[JOLY"HUKFoolish with ,KKPL.YPɉU and Master P/PZ[LSL]PZPVUJYLKP[ZPUJS\KLMalcolm-Jamal Warner & ,KKPL.YPɉU»Z Malcolm & Eddie;=:OV^HUKOLHSZVWYVK\JLKH[LSL]PZPVUZOV^JHSSLKFashionista USA. OTHER ACCOMPLISHMENTS
Mr. Hatcher also founded the Fashion Nation Network, concentrating on the artistry of fashion and design, always H[[LUKPUN4LYJLKLZ)LUa3(-HZOPVU>LLR 3(-HZOPVU>LLRLUK"[OL4HNPJ-HZOPVU*VU]LU[PVUH[[OL3HZ=LNHZ *VU]LU[PVU*LU[LY4HUKHSH`)H`/V[LS7YVQLJ[7VVS;YHKL:OV^ :V\YJPUN"5L^@VYR-HZOPVU>LLRHUK4PHTP -HZOPVU>LLR/LH[[LUKLK0U[LYUH[PVUHS-HZOPVU:OV^ZPU7HYPZHUK4PSHU/LHSZVV^UZHIYVHKJHZ[PUNYLU[HSZLY]PJL 4Y/H[JOLY[H\NO[>LZ[LYUZ[`SLT\ZPJPU1HWHUMVY`LHYZH[HWHYVJOPHSZJOVVSV^ULKI`6WLYH:[HY@VRV
LARRY HATCHER’S DISCOGRAPHY – ALBUMS PRODUCED, WRITTEN, OR PERFORMED
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Computer Games – George Clinton The One Giveth. The Count Taketh Away – Bootsy Collins You Shouldn’t Nuf Guerillas Bit Fish – George Clinton Urban Dance – P-Funk All Stars ;LHY[OL9VVM6Ɉ¶7HYSPHTLU[ Keeping Da Funk Alive – Bootsys New Rubber Band Trombipulation – Parliament The Electric Spanking War Babies – Funkadelic The Best of Parliament – Parliament The Best of Parlet – Parlet This is Your Night – Giorge Pettus Someone To Love – Mac Band