Cryptic openly admits the group's artwork is done by Flynn ( among others ), under various names that, put together, become Pornographics, but the pseudonym is rarely spelled the same way twice ( examples: Porno Graphics, Pore No Graphix, Pore-Know Graphics ); and that Fox is the " sound engineer " – meaning that he is the main producer, engineer, master, and editor of all their recordings.

Stage Fright ( 1970 ) was engineered by musician / engineer / producer Todd Rundgren and recorded on a theatre stage in Woodstock, New York, but the fraying of the group's once-fabled unity was beginning to show.

Many believe that without the group's primary producer, Ced Gee, the golden era of sampling may have looked very different.

Once at the studio, producer Milt Gabler ( Uncle of actor Billy Crystal, who had produced Louis Jordan as well as Billie Holiday ), insisted the band work on a song entitled " Thirteen Women ( and Only One Man in Town )" ( previously written and recorded by Dickie Thompson ), which Gabler wanted to promote as the A-side of the group's first single for Decca.

Following the group's demise, Morrissey began work on a solo recording, collaborating with Strangeways producer Stephen Street and fellow Mancunian Vini Reilly, guitarist for The Durutti Column.

The liner notes were written by Mike Vernon who was the group's producer at the time, and claimed that Akkerman's lack of interest in the project was the reason the sessions fell through.

The group's second LP, Surrealistic Pillow, recorded in Los Angeles with producer Rick Jarrard in only thirteen days at a cost of $ 8000, launched the Airplane to international fame.

Recorded over a period of more than four months, with little input from nominal producer Al Schmitt, the new album demonstrated the group's growing engagement with psychedelic rock.

He is the group's primary songwriter, producer and vocalist, as well as frequent multi-instrumentalist.

The group's eponymous debut album was recorded in England in February 1972 with producer Glyn Johns and released on June 26, 1972.

Robinson is most notable for being the founder and front man of the popular Motown vocal group, The Miracles, for which he also served as the group's chief songwriter and producer.

Between 1960 and 1970, Robinson would produce 26 top forty hits with the Miracles as lead singer, chief songwriter and producer, including several top ten hits such as " You've Really Got a Hold on Me ", " Mickey's Monkey ", " I Second That Emotion ", " Baby Baby Don't Cry " and the group's only number-one hit during their Robinson years, " Tears of a Clown ", while other notable hits such as " Ooo Baby Baby ", " Going to a Go-Go ", " The Tracks of My Tears ", "( Come Round Here ) I'm The One You Need ", " The Love I Saw in You Was Just a Mirage " and " More Love " peaked at the top twenty.

In mid-1973, Katz, who was growing increasingly uncomfortable with the group's leaning towards jazz fusion, decided to leave to pursue a career as a producer ( for Lou Reed and others ).

The group's record producer, Mickie Most ( who controlled the band's output ), emphasized a simple, non-threatening, clean-cut image, although the band originally played R & B numbers.

Meanwhile, as the music industry was still reeling from the Milli Vanilli lip-syncing scandal, the group found themselves accused of lip-syncing by Gregory McPherson, a music teacher who was listed as an associate producer and string arranger on the group's third album, Step by Step.

Mack found the band the first tune they would record together ; he was credited as the producer for the group's first album, Hanky Panky.

The group's members remain musically active – Toki as a solo artist, Okii as a producer ( for Toki and others ), and Yano as a session drummer and producer.

The group's producer Azor would produce some songs on the album.

DJ Mark Luv was the group's first DJ, followed by producer J-Swift and then J Dilla.

In 1961, Gatlin changed the group's name to " the Oak Ridge Boys " because their producer, Bud Praeger, thought " Oak Ridge Quartet " sounded too old-fashioned for their contemporary sound.

It was the first with new producer Jimmy Bowen, and was the group's last album before the 1987 departure of William Lee Golden.

When 2 Live Crew's contracts with Luke Records ended in 1991, the group's producer ( and Luke Records ' in-house producer for the entire label ) Mr. Mixx left the group and returned to California.

Shortly after releasing Labelle, the group became the opening act for The Who, whose producer Kit Lambert had produced the group's Warner debut.

The group's members are Suffa ( Matt Lambert ), MC Pressure ( Daniel Smith ), and DJ Debris ( Barry Francis ) ( DJ Next is a former member ).

This lineup was signed to Creation Records, an independent record label founded by Alan McGee, and recorded the group's debut single, " All Fall Down ", which received positive reviews.

Unfortunately little of this group's music was documented due to contractual problems, Coltrane being signed to Prestige at the time.

Following his exit, Brown signed a contract with his former group's label, MCA, which had earlier promised Brown a solo deal if he had decided to leave New Edition and also signed with manager Steven Machat, who also worked with New Edition.

When Holt sung during the group's audition, however, the president changed his mind, and soon signed the group.

The group's 1990 self-titled album, The Geto Boys, caused Def American Recordings, the label to which the group was signed at the time, to switch distributors from Geffen Records to Warner Bros. Records ( with marketing for the album done by WB sister label Giant Records ) because of controversy over the lyrics.

The girls were signed to LaFace through a production deal with Pebbitone ( with Perri Reid taking the role of the group's manager ) ( see artist development deal ) and immediately went into the studio with producers Reid and Edmonds, Dallas Austin, Jermaine Dupri, and Marley Marl to produce their first album.

While signed to local Lupine Records, Diana Ross and Mary Wilson sang lead on the group's only 45 on that label, " Tears of Sorrow "/" Pretty Baby " though Ballard added a soprano whoop at the beginning of the latter track.

With the success of this song, the group's name was changed to Salt-N-Pepa ( which they had called themselves in the first verse of the song ) and they signed to the independent Next Plateau Records to record a full-length album.

Their first group album to prominently feature Flesh-n-Bone, whose presence was limited on previous releases because he had never signed with the group's label Ruthless Records.

The Fugees signed to Ruffhouse Records, which released the group's debut album, Blunted on Reality.

However, Mercury Records signed the band to a record deal in late 1966 and the group's debut album, Psychedelic Lollipop was released shortly thereafter.

In 1969, the group signed with Warner Bros. Records and recorded their fourth studio album Then Play On that year, featuring the group's newly recruited third guitarist Danny Kirwan, who featured prominently on the album.

By 2009, the group's membership had fallen somewhere around 70, the number signed up to its members-only email discussion group.

Originally signed by Simon Cowell and managed by Louis Walsh, the group's final line-up consisted of Shane Filan, Mark Feehily, Kian Egan and Nicky Byrne.

McEuen's older brother, William, was the group's manager, and he helped the band get signed with Liberty Records, which released the group's debut album, The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band during 1967.

Chopper would eventually leave the label and was followed by Babs sometime later leaving Ness the group's only member still signed to Bad Boy.

The group's regular singer was signed away to a contract with King Records, but Turner still refused to allow Brenston to take over as singer, so the saxophonist left to pursue a solo career, taking half the group with him.

The Beau Brummels signed with Autumn, where house producer Sylvester Stewart — later known as Sly Stone, of Sly & the Family Stone fame — produced the group's early recording sessions.

Goldner signed them to a contract and changed the group's name once more, this time to The Teenagers.

After the band was signed to a recording contract, the label changed the group's name to Edie Brickell & New Bohemians.

Founded in 1960 while the group's founding members performed together at their high school's glee club, they eventually were signed to Motown Records ' Tamla label in 1961.

On February 17, 2010, Dangerbird Records announced that it had signed Minus the Bear and that it will distribute the group's next release.