Bill Bottrell
| Bill Bottrell | |
|---|---|
| Born | October 27, 1952 |
| Origin | United States |
| Occupation(s) | Record producer, songwriter, musician |
| Website | BillBottrell.com |
William A. "Bill" Bottrell (born October 27, 1952) is an American record producer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist, probably best known for his Grammy Award-winning collaborations with Michael Jackson, Madonna, Electric Light Orchestra and Sheryl Crow.
Between 1967 and 1970, Bottrell attended Crescenta Valley Senior High in La Crescenta, California,he spent his junior year(1968/1969 @ The Frankfurt International School in Oberursel, West Germany.He graduated in 1970 from Crecentia Valley Senior High.He attended the University of California, Santa Barbara between 1970 and 1972, studying for a Bachelor's Degree in Music.
In 1974, he married Elizabeth Jordan, whom he met in high school. That same year, Bottrell got his first job in music, as an engineer at California Recording Studio in Hollywood. In 1978, he moved over to Soundcastle Studios in Silverlake, where he met Jeff Lynne, who eventually hired him to engineer for ELO. In 1979 his daughter Adrianne was born. The 1980s were spent freelance engineering between Europe and Los Angeles, with clients including: The Jacksons, ELO, Michael Jackson, Madonna, George Harrison, Starship and Tom Petty. Daughter Laura was born in 1983. He worked for Michael Jackson at his house in Encino between 1984 and 1986, recording tracks for Bad. In 1988, Bottrell co-produced his first record, Aliens Ate My Buick by Thomas Dolby. In 1989, Michael Jackson asked him to co-produce, engineer and write songs for his album Dangerous, co-writing and rapping on the album’s biggest hit, "Black or White". The song spent 7 weeks at number one on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 chart in the fall of 1991.
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