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WHO'S WHO IN R&B RECORD PRODUCTION The following is a list of producers who had at least one single in the Top 50 Black charts so far this year (1991). The producer's name is followed by the " Title" -Artist's name/ then the names of any co-producers.

HAKEEM ABDULSAMAD -"Thanx 4 The "-The Boys-/ RON FAIR -"Blue(ls The Color Of Pain)"--/Mark Brydon WALTER AFANASIEFF -"Can You Stop The Rain"--/ FAREED -"Cruise Control"- -/ MATT AITKEN -"Make It Easy On Me"- Sybil-/ Peter Waterman Matt CHARLES FARRAR -"I Wanna Come Back Home"- Today-/Troy Taylor Aitken ANDRE FISCHER -"It's Somethin'"-Lalah Hathaway-/ D.J. ALADDIN -"New Jack Hustler(Nino's Theme)"- Ice-T-/ Ice-T MIKE FORTE -"Tik Tok"-Lorenzo Smith-/ Bruce Weeden GERALD ALBRIGHT -"My, My, My"-Gerald Albright-/ DAVID FOSTER -"Unforgettable"--/ HERB ALPERT -"North On South St."-Herb Alpert-/ Greg Smith DENZIL FOSTER -"Black Paradise"- Samuelle-/Thomas McElroy "Don't Go"- En ARCHIE -"I Surrender"- Love & Laughter-/Aurrah Vogue-/ Thomas McElroy "Anti-Funky World"-The Nation Funktasia-yThomas AURRAH -"I Surrender"- Love & Laughter-/ Archie McElroy AUSTIN -"lesha"- Another Bad Creation-/ "I Will Always Love You"- KEENAN FOSTER -"Short But Funky"- Too Short-/Too Short Troop-/ Joyce Irby "Playground"- Another Bad Creation-/ ""- -"How Can You Hurt The One You Love"-Cheryl 'Pepsii' Riley-/ Boyz II Men-/ "Why Can't You Come Home"- Ex-Girlfriend-/ . -"Missing You"- Soul II Soul-/ SHOCK G. -"This Is An EP Release"- Digital Underground-/ -"Backyard"- Pebbles & Salt-N-Pepa-/L.A. Reid "Miracle"-Whitney TREVOR GALE -"Why"- Small Change-/Kenni Hairston Houston-/L.A. Reid "Exclusivity"- Damian Dame-/L.A. Reid "Always"- Pebbles- TIMMY CATLING -"When Will I See You Smile Again"- Bell Biv DeVoe-/Alton /L.A. Reid Pebbles Stewart "Another Like My Lover"-Jasmine Guy-/ JOHN BARNES III -"Come And Get It"- Yours Truly-/ MARVIN GAYE -"My Last Chance"-Marvin Gaye-/ Steve Lindsey Zack Vaz DAVE BASCOMBE -"Get Here"--/Roland Orzabal ""- VAN GIBBS -"This Must Be Heaven"-Omar Chandler-/ Eddison Electrik Keith Oleta Adams-/Roland Orzabal Sweat THE BASEMENT BOYS -"Gypsy Woman (She's Homeless)"- -/ ZANE GILES -"Men"-Gladys Knight-/ "Special"- Vesta-/ ROYAL BAYYAN -"I Adore Mi Amor"- Color Me Badd-/ Hamza Lee MARC GORDON -"Written All Over Your Face"- Rude Boys-/Larry Marcus Jim VASSAL BENFORD -"Serious"- La Rue-/ Louil Silas Jr. "For The Love Of Salamone Marc G "All Season"- Levert-/ "Baby I'm Ready"- Money"- Troop & Levert-/Ellis Jay Levert-/Gerald Levert BIG DADDY KANE -"Cause I Can Do It Right"- Big Daddy Kane-/ FRESH GORDON -"A Little Bit Of Dane Tonight"-Dana Dane-/ LARRY BLACKMON-"Playing Your Game"-Buffalo Soldiers-/Luther Campbell GROOVE GROOVE MELODY-"! Don't Know Anybody Else"- Black Box-/"Strike JOHN BOKOWSKI, JR. -"Always"-Carmen Carter-/ It Up"- Black Box-/ ANDRE BOOTH -"All Of Me"- Big Daddy Kane-/ KENNI HAIRSTON -"Why"- Small Change-/ Trevor Gale THE BRAND NEW HEAVIES -"Never Stop"-The Brand New Heavies-/ M.C. HAMMER-"Go For It!(Heart And Fire)"-Joey B. Ellis &Tynetta Hare-/"Here WAYNE BRATHWAITE -"I Try"--/ Comes The Hammer"-M.C. Hammer-/ DUNCAN BRIDGEMAN -"Temple Of Love"- Harriet-/ HOWIE HERSH -"She's Dope"- Bell Biv DeVoe-/Dr. Freeze OLLIE E. BROWN -"Tonight's The Nighf'-Terry Steele-/ -"I Can't Tell You Why"-Howard Hewett-/ STANLEY BROWN -"I'm Dreamin'"-Christopher Williams-/ GARY HINES -"Optimistic"- Sounds Of Blackness-AJimmy Jam Terry Lewis MARK BRYDON -"Blue(Is The Color Of Pain)"-Caron Wheeler-/ Ron Fair Gary Hines LUTHER CAMPBELL-"Playing Your Game"- Buffalo Soldiers-/Larry Blackmon NELLEE HOOPER -"Missing You"- Soul II Soul-/Jazzie B. JOHNNY J. CANDYMAN -"Melt In Your Mouth"- Candyman-/ HULA & K. FINGERS -"The Other Side"-Ruby Turner-/ CANDYMAN -"Melt In Your Mouth"- Candyman-/ LEMEL HUMES -"I'm A Good Woman Looking For A Good Man"- Sweet JORGE CASAS -"Coming Out Of The Dark"--/Emilio Estefan Obsession-/ Clay Ostwald -"You Can't Play With My Yo Yo"- Yo Yo-/Sir Jinx CAMUS MARC CELLI -"Contribution"-Mica Paris-/ Andres Levin ICE-T -"New Jack Hustler(Nino's Theme)"- lce-T-/D.J. Aladdin GREG CHARLEY -"Every Little Thing"- Kiara-/Jim Salamone John Winston INNOCENCE -"Let's Push It"- Innocence-/ Greg Charley THE INVINCIBLES -"Do You Want Me"- Salt-N-Pepa-/Hurby Luv Bug A.G. CLARKE -"Just A Little Bit Longer"-Maxi Priest-/ JIMMY JAM -"All True Man"-Alexander O'Neal-/ Terry Lewis "Wrap My Body ROBERT CLIVILLES -"Gonna "- C&C Music Factory-/ Dave Tighf'--/ Terry Lewis "State Of The World"--/ Terry Cole "Here We Go"- C&C Music Factory-/ Dave Cole "Let The Beat Hit 'Em"- Lewis ""--/ Terry Lewis "What Is This Thing Lisa Lisa & Cult Jam-/Dave Cole "Things That Make You Go Hmmm"- C&C Called Love?"-Alexander Music Factory-/ Dave Cole JAM MASTER JAY -"What's It All About"- Run-D.M.C.-/Run-D.M.C. DAVE COLE -"Gonna Make You Sweat"- C&C Music Factory-/Robert Clivilles ELLIS JAY -""- Troop & Levert-/ Vassal Benford "Here We Go"- C&C Music Factory-/Robert Clivilles "Let The Beat Hit 'Em"- Lisa JAZZIE B. -"Through"-Victoria Wilson-James-/ Lisa & Cult Jam-/ Robert Clivilles "Things That Make You Go Hmmm"- C&C -"Nights Like This"- -1 Music Factory-/Robed Clivilles -"The Places You Find Love"-Quincy Jones-/ ANDY COX -"Monie In The Middle"- Monie Love-/ David Steele "It's A KIPPER JONES -"Poor Elaine"-Kipper Jones-/ Reggie Stewart Shame(My Sister)"- Monie Love-/ David Steele DE'ROCK KAYO -""-Ralph Tresvant-/ TED CURRIER -"Head Over Heels"-Tony Terry-/ "With You"-Tony Terry-/ MICHAEL KELLY -"Turn It Up"- Oaktown's 3-5-7-/James Earley DAVID DAVINCHI -"Kraze"-Lazet Michaels-/ -" Justify My Love"- -/"It Ain't Over Til It's Over"-Lenny MILES JAYE DAVIS -"Sensuous"-Miles Jaye-/ Kravitz-/ DE LA SOUL -"Ring Ring Ring"- De La Soul-/ Paul DENNIS LAMBERT -"My Heart Is Failing Me"- Riff-/ "If You're Serious"- Riff-/ DEEE-LITE -"Groove Is In The Heart"- Deee-Lite-/ -""--/ "Main Course"-Freddie DENNY DIANTE -"What Comes Naturally"--/ Nick Mundy Jackson-/ DINO -"Gentle"- Dino-/ HAMZA LEE -"I Adore Mi Amor"- Color Me Badd-/Royal Bayyan DORIAN -"Thrill"- Dorian-/ GERALD LEVERT -"Written All Over Your Face"- Rude Boys-/Larry Marcus Jim DR. FREEZE -"She's Dope"- Bell Biv DeVoe-/ Howie Hersh "I Wanna Sex You Salamone Marc G "All Season"- Levert-/ Marc Gordon "Doesn't That Mean Up"- Color Me Badd-/ Something"-Geoff McBride-/Nick Martinelli Jim Salamone "Baby I'm Ready"- DR. ORE -"Something In My Heart"- Michel'le & Michael Holmes-/ "If"- Michel'le Levert-/ Marc Gordon & Michael Holmes-/ LEVERT SR. -"Don't Let Me Down"-The O'Jays-/ Walter Williams Terry GEORGE DUKE -"Call Me"-Phil Perry-/ "A Heart Is A House For Love"-The Stubbs Dwain Mit Dells-/ ANDRES LEVIN -"Contribution"-Mica Paris-/Camus Marc Cell! SHEILA E. -"Sex Cymbal"-Sheila E.-/ Peter Michael TERRY LEWIS -"All True Man"-Alexander O'Neal-/Jimmy Jam "Wrap My Body JAMES EARLEY -"I Don't Want TO Lose Your Love"- B Angie B-/ "Turn It Up"- Tighf'-Johnny Gill-/Jimmy Jam "State Of The World"-Janet Jackson-AJimmy Oaktown's 3-5-7-1 Michael Kelly Jam "Do What I Gotta Do"-Ralph Tresvant-/Jimmy Jam "What Is This Thing -"This Morning After I Made Love To You"-- Called Love?"-Alexander O'Neal-/Jimmy Jam /"Amazing Love"-Phil Perry-/"Are You Still In Love With Me"--/ ELIOT LEWIS -"The Real Thing"-Marion Meadows-/ EDDISON ELECTRIK -"This Must Be Heaven"-Omar Chandler-/Van Gibbs STEVE LINDSEY -"My Last Chance"-Marvin Gaye-/Marvin Gaye Zack Vaz JEFF LORBER -"Sweet Control"-Jon Lucien-/ EMILIO ESTEFAN -"Coming Out Of The Dark"-Gloria Estefan-/ Jorge Casas PETER LORD -"Rush Rush"--/V. Jeffrey Smith Clay Ostwald BRYAN LOREN -"Do The Bartman"--/ mm. WHO'S WHO IN R&B RECORD PRODUCTION The following is a list of producers who had at least one single in the Top 50 Black charts so far this year (1991). The producer's name is followed by the "Song Title" -Artist's name/ then the names of any co-producers.

HURBY LUV BUG -"Do You Want Me"- Salt-N-Pepa-/ The Invincibles LOUIL SILAS JR. -"Serious"- La Rue-/Vassal Benford CARL MACINTOSH -"UK Blak"-Caron Wheeler-/ SIR JINX -"You Can't Play With My Yo Yo"- Yo Yo-/ Ice Cube LARRY MARCUS -"Written All Over Your Face"- Rude Boys-/ Jim Salamone SKYLARK -"I Want 2B The 1 4U"- Whispers-/ Marc Gordon Gera "Heaven"- Rude Boys-/ Jim Salamone GREG SMITH -"North On South St."-Herb Alpert-/Herb Alpert TEENA MARIE -"Just Us Two"-Teena Marie-/ V. JEFFREY SMITH -"Rush Rush"-Paula Abdul-/ Peter Lord MARLEY MARL -"Mama Said Knock You Out"- LL Cool J-/ "Six Minutes Of JAKE SMITH -"Hold You Tight"-Tara Kemp-/ Tuhin Roy "Piece Of My Heart"- Pleasure"- LL Cool J-/ Tara Kemp-/ Tuhin Roy NICK MARTINELLI -"Doesn't That Mean Something"-Geoff McBride-/ Jim PARRISH SMITH -"Gold Digger"- EPMD-/Erick Sermon "Rampage"- EPMD- Salamone Gerald Levert "Don't Wanna Change The World"--/ /Erick Sermon THOMAS MCELROY -"Black Paradise"- Samuelle-/ Denzil Foster "Don't Go"- AARON SMITH -"You're Gonna Get Served"-Gene Rice-/ Stan Sheppard -/Denzil Foster "Anti-Funky World"-The Nation Funktasia-/ Denzil KEVIN SPENCER -"Is It Good To You"- Whispers-/Tsuyoshi Takayanagi Foster DAVID STEELE -"Monie In The Middle"- Monie Love-/Andy Cox "It's A CARL MCINTOSH -"Cheap Talk"- Loose Ends-/ Shame (My Sister)"- Monie Love-/Andy Cox BILL MEYERS -"My Only Love"-Barbara Weathers-/Maurice White ALTON STEWART -"When Will I See You Smile Again"- Bell Biv DeVoe-/ PETER MICHAEL -"Sex Cymbal"-Sheila E.-/Sheila E. Timmy Gatling MARCUS MILLER -"Power Of Love"--/Luther Vandross "Don't REGGIE STEWART -"Poor Elaine"-Kipper Jones-/Kipper Jones Want To Be A Fool"-Luther Vandross-/Luther Vandross -"Work tt(Like A)9 To 5"- Altitude-/ DWAIN MITCHELL-"Don't Let Me Down"-The O'Jays-/ Sr. Walter MIKE STOCK -"Make It Easy On Me"- Sybil-/ Peter Waterman Matt Aitken Williams Terry St MIKE STONE -"Kissing You"-Keith Washington-/Keith Washington JAY MITCHELL -"Keep Your Butt At Home"- Saxxy-/ TERRY STUBBS -"Don't Let Me Down"-The O'Jays-/Eddie Levert Sr. Walter MONTE MOIR -"Somebody's Crying"-The Force MD's-/ Williams Terry St NICK MUNDY -"What Comes Naturally"-Sheena Easton-/Denny Diante CARL STURKEN -"P.A.S.S.I.O.N."- Rythm Syndicate-/ Evan Rogers NEWKIRK -"Let Me Show You"-The Black Flames-/ "Let Me Show You"-The AL B. SURE! -"No Matter What You Do"-AI B. Sure! & -/ Kyle West Black Flames-/ "Had Enuf?"-AI B. Sure!-/ Devante Swing "Just Ask Me To"--/ DONALD NEWKIRK -"Let Me Show You"-The Black Flames-/ Kyle West ROLAND ORZABAL -"Get Here"-Oleta Adams-/ Dave Bascombe "Circle Of SURFACE -"All I Want Is You"- Surface-/ "Never Gonna Let You Down"- One"-Oleta Adams-/ Dave Bascombe Surface-/ CLAY OSTWALD -"Coming Out Of The Dark"-Gloria Estefan-/Emilio Estefan KEITH SWEAT -"I'll Give All My Love To You"-Keith Sweat-/ "Your Love - Part Jorge Casas Clay 2"-Keith Sweat-/ "This Must Be Heaven"-Omar Chandler-/Van Gibbs Eddison RAY PARKER, JR. -"She Needs To Get Some"-Ray Parker Jr.-/ Electrik Keith Swe PEBBLES -"Always"- PebblesVLA. Reid Babyface Pebbles DEVANTE SWING -"Had Enuf?"-AI B. Sure!-/AI B. Sure! -"Make It With You"-Teddy Pendergrass-/ Terry Price TSUYOSHI TAKAYANAGI -"Is It Good To You"- Whispers-/ Kevin Spencer "It Should've Been You"-Teddy Pendergrass-/ Terry Price "I Find Everything GARY TAYLOR -"Love U 2 The Limit"-The Mac Band-/ "I'm Coming Back"- In You"-Teddy Pendergrass-/ Terry Price Lalah Hathaway-/ SHEP PETTIBONE -"If My Brother's In Trouble"-Jeffrey Osborne-/ TROY TAYLOR -"I Wanna Come Back Home"- Today-/ Charles Farrar FELTON PILATE -"Spark Of Love"- Special Generation-/ "So Much Love"- HOWIE TEE -"Come On Let's Move It"- Special Ed-/ "Treat 'Em Right"- Chubb B Angie B-/ Rock-/ "The Chubbster"- Chubb Rock-/ MICHAEL J. POWELL -"Fairy Tales"-Anita Baker-/ KEITH THOMAS -"Addictive Love"-Bebe & Cece Winans-/ TERRY PRICE -"Make It With You"-Teddy Pendergrass-/Teddy Pendergrass "It TONY! TONI! TONE! -"Whatever You Want"- Tony! Toni! Tone!-/ Should've Been You"-Teddy Pendergrass-/Teddy Pendergrass "I Find Every- TOO SHORT -"Short But Funky"- Too Short-/ Keenan Foster thing In You"-Teddy Pendergrass-/Teddy Pendergrass ROGER TROUTMAN -"In Your Eyes"-Shirley Murdock-/ PRINCE -"Melody Cool"-Mavis Staples-/"Gett Off"- Prince-/ The N.P.G. LUTHER VANDROSS -"Power Of Love"-Luther Vandross-/ Marcus Miller PRINCE PAUL -"Ring Ring Ring"- De La Soul-/De La Soul "Don't Want To Be A Fool"-Luther Vandross-/ Marcus Miller D.J. QUIK -"Born And Raised In Compton"-D.J. Quik-/ "Tonite"-D.J. Quik-/ -"Play That Funky Music"- Vanilla Ice-/ Tommy Quon TOMMY QUON -"Play That Funky Music"- Vanilla Ice-/Vanilla Ice JIMMY VARNER -"Getting Back Into Love"-Gerald AlstonVStan Sheppard READY FOR THE WORLD -"Straight Down To Business"- Ready For The ZACK VAZ -"My Last Chance"-Marvin Gaye-/Marvin Gaye Steve Lindsey World-/ Zack Vaz L.A. REID -"Backyard"- Pebbles & Salt-N-Pepa-/ Babyface "Miracle"-Whitney RIG WAKE -"Someday"--/ Houston-/ Babyface "Exclusivity"- Damian Dame-/ Babyface "Always"- Peb- NARADA MICHAEL WALDEN -"All The Man That I Need"--/ bles-/ Babyface Pebbles "I Don't Wanna Cry"-Mariah Carey-/"How Can I Ease The Pain"-Lisa Fischer-/ SYDNEY REYNOLDS -"Daddy's Little GirP'-Nikki D-/ "Emotionally Yours"-The O'Jays-/ "Everyday People"--/ TEDDY RILEY -"I Like The WayfThe Kissing Game)"- Hi 5-/ "Do Me Right"- Guy-/ KEITH WASHINGTON -"Kissing You"-Keith Washington-/ Mike Stone "Let's Chill"- Guy-/ "Do Me Right"- Guy-/ "Don't Leave Me"-The Wmans-/ "Now PETER WATERMAN -"Make It Easy On Me"- Sybil-/Mike Stock Matt Aitken That We've Found Love"- Heavy D. & The Boyz-/ BRUCE WEEDEN -"Tik Tok"-Lorenzo Smith-/Mike Forte EVAN ROGERS -"P.A.S.S.I.O.N."- Rythm Syndicate-/Carl Sturken KYLE WEST -"No Matter What You Do"-AI B. Sure! & Diana Ross-/AI B. Sure! RONIN INC. -"Summer Breeze"-Nicki Richards-/ "Just Ask Me To"-Tevin Campbell-/AI B. Sure! TUHIN ROY -"Hold You Tight"-Tara KempVJake Smith "Piece Of My Heart"- LENNY WHITE -"Naked"-Nicki Richards-/ Tara Kemp-/Jake Smith MAURICE WHITE -"My Only Love"-Barbara Weathers-/ Bill Meyers RUN-D.M.C. -"What's It All About"- Run-D.M.C.-/ Jam Master Jay E.F. WHITE -"I Can't Wait Another Minute"- Hi 5-1 SD50 -"Pop Goes The Weasel"- 3rd Bass-/ WALTER WILLIAMS -"Don't Let Me Down"-The O'Jays-/Eddie Levert Sr. JIM SALAMONE -"Written All Over Your Face"- Rude Boys-/Larry Marcus Terry Stubbs Dwain Mi Marc Gordon Gera "Every Little Thing"- Kiara-/ John Winston Greg Charley PETER WILLIS -""- Spunkadelic-/ "Doesn't That Mean Something"-Geoff McBride-/Nick Martinelli Gerald Lev MIKE WILSON -"Another Sleepless Night"-Shawn Christopher-/ "Heaven"- Rude Boys-/Larry Mar ANGELA WINBUSH -"Baby Don't Cry"-Lalah Hathaway-/ REX SALAS -"Just Want To Hold You"-Jasmine Guy-/ JOHN WINSTON -"Every Little Thing"- Kiara-/Jim Salamone Greg Charley JIMMY SCOTT -"Never Been In Love Before"-Marva Hicks-/ -"Gotta Have You"-Stevie Wonder-/ ERICK SERMON -"Gold Digger"- EPMD-/ Parrish Smith "Rampage"- EPMD-/ GARY WOOTEN -"Tell Me"- Wooten Bros.-/ Parrish Smith CLAUS ZUNDEL -"Ain't No Sunshine"--/ STAN SHEPPARD -"Getting Back Into Love"-Gerald Alston-/ Jimmy Varner "You're Gonna Get Served"-Gene Rice-/Aaron Smith MATT SHERROD -"This House"-Tracie Spencer-/ Paul Sherrod "This Time Make It Funky"-Tracie Spencer-/ Paul Sherrod PAUL SHERROD -"This House"-Tracie Spencer-/Matt Sherrod "This Time Make It Funky"-Tracie Spencer-/Matt Sherrod