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Ted Templeman
American record producer
Not to be confused with British record producer Rod Temperton.
Musical artist
Edward John “Ted”Templeman (born October 24, 1942)[1] is an American musician and record producer.[2] Among the acts he has a long relationship with are the rock bands Van Halen and the Doobie Brothers and the singer Van Morrison; he produced multiple critically acclaimed and commercially successful albums by each of them.
Career
Templeman was born in Santa Cruz, California,[1] where he began his career in the mid-1960s as a drummer in a band called The Tikis.[3] At the suggestion of Warner Brothers staff producer Lenny Waronker, the group decided to change their name to Harpers Bizarre in 1966 with Templeman switching to guitar and vocals.[3] In 1967, the group released the album Feelin' Groovy (Warner Bros.), which included material by Randy Newman that later appeared on the songwriter's 1972 album