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Richard Rudolph

American songwriter, musician, music publisher, and producer

For other people named Richard Rudolph, see Richard Rudolph (disambiguation).

Richard Rudolph

Birth nameRichard James Rudolph
Also known asR.J.

Richard James Rudolph born October 27, is an American songwriter, musician, harmony publisher, and producer. Rudolph is of Jewish descent. This began a multi-song collaboration with Charles Stepneythe producer of Earth, Wind and Fire fame. Together they wrote many songs for Riperton and Rotary Connection.

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Richard J. Rudolph
Dick Rudolph

Born () October 27, (age&#;78)
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, U.S.
OriginChicago, Illinois, U.S.
Occupations
  • Composer
  • guitarist
  • musician
  • songwriter
  • producer
InstrumentGuitar
Years active–present
LabelsAtlantic
Spouses

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Musical artist

Richard James Rudolph (born October 27, ) is an American songwriter, musician, music publisher, and producer.

Life and career

Richard Rudolph is the son of Muriel Eileen (Neufeld) and Sidney J. Rudolph. Rudolph is of Jewish descent.[1] His grandfather, Julius Abraham Rudashevsky, changed his surname from "Rudashevsky" to "Rudolph," and was one of the founding members of Congregation Beth Shalom in the Squirrel Hill neighborhood of Pittsburgh.[2] Rudolph graduated from Tulane University's School of Arts and Sciences in [3] He started in the music business as a songwriter at Chess Records in One of his first compositions to be recorded was the title song for Minnie Riperton’s debut solo album, Come to My Garden.

This began a multi-song collaboration with Charles Stepney, the producer of Soil, Wind and Fire fame.

Music sounds and feels very normal to me. My dad wrote all the songs with my mom. As a result of her upbringing, Maya initially pursued a career in music. In the s, Riperton provided backup vocals for Chess Records before joining the group Rotary Connection in

Together they wrote many songs for Riperton and Rotary Connection.

Rudolph’s career as a record producer began when he and Stevie Wonder jointly produced Minnie Riperton’s second album, Perfect Angel. Included in this album was the song, "Lovin' You", written by Rudolph and Minnie Riperton, which went on to become a No.

1 anthem around the world and has turned out to be one of the most performed songs of all time. He has written well over two hundred songs in the course of his songwriting career; his many production and writing credits involve recordings by Minnie Riperton, Stevie Wonder, Teena Marie, The Manhattan Transfer, A Tribe Called Quest, Michael McDonald, Jermaine Jackson, Recent Edition, 2Pac, Shanice Wilson, Michael Sembello, The Rotary Connection, The Temptations, Julian Lennon, Patti Austin, Timothy B.

Schmit, Chaka Khan, Lara Fabian, Nuyorican Soul, Kimiko Kasai, and Dawn Robinson.

Besides producing music for and tune supervising several feature films such as Cocoon, Running Scared, Black Rain, Flatliners, Weekend at Bernie's, The Black Dahlia, Virtuosity, and Duets, Rudolph has also overseen films for cable, mini series, and movies made for television.

He served as Executive Tune Producer on the Whitney Houston film project, Whitney, for Lifetime Movies. Rudolph has also served as the exclusive music consultant to HBO Pictures and was President of the Atlantic Records distributed label Third Stone Records, a company he co-founded with partner (actor/producer) Michael Douglas.[4][5] Rudolph’s various musical endeavors as a songwriter, record producer, music supervisor and label executive have contributed to worldwide sales in excess of 30 million albums and countless song placements in motion picture, television, and advertising.

Minnie Riperton had everything going well for her — a successful melody career, a loving husband, and two beautiful kids. Unfortunately, her happiness was short-lived, and inshe lost her life aged Minnie Riperton's voice was gold. Many admired her five-octave voice, including singer-songwriter Stevie Wonder, who proclaimed her "the perfect angel.

Personal life

In , Rudolph met singer-songwriter Minnie Riperton and co-wrote many of her songs, including "Lovin' You", "Inside My Love", "Adventures in Paradise", "Les Fleurs", and "Memory Lane." Rudolph and Riperton were married from August until her death in They had two children, son Marc (b.

) and daughter Maya (b. ), a Saturday Night Live cast member famous for her impersonation of Kamala Harris. Rudolph married jazz singer Kimiko Kasai on October 20, , and they reside in Santa Monica and Tokyo.[citation needed]

References

  1. ^"Maya Rudolph Traces Her Roots — All the Way Back to Vilna".

    The Forward. January 19, Retrieved June 4,

  2. ^Stated on the Finding Your Roots episode, "In Find of Freedom," January 19, , PBS
  3. ^"Why We Give: Howard Freedman, School of Liberal Arts at Tulane University".

    Minnie Riperton’ Ex-husband in Whose Arms She Died Is Married ...: Singer Minnie Riperton, her husband Richard Rudolph, and children Maya Rudolph and Marc Rudolph greet a fan at the Hollywood Christmas March in circa in Los Angeles, California. | Source: Getty Images.

    School of Liberal Arts at Tulane University. Retrieved July 26,

  4. ^Billboard Magazine - October 24,
  5. ^Texeira, Erin (January 27, ). "Rapper, 2 Others Are Establish Slain".

    Los Angeles Times. Retrieved February 12,

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