1. Terrence Paul Melcher was an American record producer, singer and songwriter who was instrumental in shaping the mid-to-late 1960s California Sound and folk rock movements.
16 Facts About Terry Melcher
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Terry Melcher is known for his collaboration with Bruce Johnston and for his association with the Manson Family.
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Terry Melcher subsequently attended Principia College in Illinois for a short time.
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Terry Melcher has been credited with helping to shape the sound of 1960s surf music in California.
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Terry Melcher was instrumental in signing Los Angeles band the Rising Sons, led by Taj Mahal and Ry Cooder.
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Wilson and Terry Melcher severed their ties with Manson, a move that angered Manson.
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Manson was reported to have visited the house on more than one occasion asking for Terry Melcher but was told that Terry Melcher had moved.
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Terry Melcher took to employing a bodyguard and told Manson prosecutor Vincent Bugliosi that his fear was so great he had been undergoing psychiatric treatment.
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Terry Melcher was described as the most frightened of the witnesses at the trial, even though Bugliosi assured him that "Manson knew you were no longer living [on Cielo Drive]".
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In reviewing police files and other data, O'Neill found evidence Terry Melcher was associating with Manson in the four month period after the Tate-Labianca murders but before Manson's arrest.
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Terry Melcher again acted as producer for the Byrds on Ballad of Easy Rider, their eighth album, released in November 1969.
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Terry Melcher later recorded two solo albums, Terry Melcher and Royal Flush.
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In 1985, Terry Melcher co-produced the cable show Doris Day's Best Friends and worked as the director and vice president of the Doris Day Animal Foundation.
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In 1988, Terry Melcher earned a Golden Globe nomination for co-writing the song "Kokomo" with John Phillips, Scott McKenzie and Mike Love.
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Terry Melcher later co-wrote and produced the band's 1992 studio album Summer in Paradise, which was the first record produced digitally on Pro Tools.
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On November 19,2004, Terry Melcher died at his home in Beverly Hills, California after a long battle with melanoma.