Michael Lloyd (music producer)
| Michael Lloyd | |
|---|---|
| Birth name | Michael Jeffrey Lloyd |
| Born |
November 3, 1948 New York City, United States |
| Occupation(s) | Record producer, musician, songwriter, music supervisor |
| Instruments | Piano, guitar, others |
| Years active | 1962 – present |
| Associated acts |
West Coast Pop Art Experimental Band The Osmonds Cotton, Lloyd and Christian Shaun Cassidy Leif Garrett others |
Michael Jeffrey Lloyd (born November 3, 1948) is an American record producer, arranger, songwriter and musician. After working with Mike Curb, Kim Fowley and others in the mid and late 1960s on musical projects including the West Coast Pop Art Experimental Band, and Steven Spielberg's first short film, Amblin', he became a highly successful producer of teen idol pop stars including The Osmonds, Shaun Cassidy, and Leif Garrett in the 1970s. During the 1980s, he supervised the music soundtrack for the movie Dirty Dancing, and produced the hit "(I've Had) The Time of My Life", as well as working with Belinda Carlisle, Barry Manilow, and many others. By his own account, he has earned over 100 gold and platinum records.
Born in New York City, Michael Lloyd learned classical piano and guitar as a child. By the age of 13, he formed his own band in high school, at the same time as continuing to take lessons in music theory and composition. He also started writing songs and pitching them to record labels in Los Angeles, including Tower Records, a subsidiary of Capitol. According to Lloyd's own account, Eddie Ray, the head of A&R at Tower, suggested that the teenage Lloyd work with Mike Curb, and the pair began collaborating on songs and record production. Other sources suggest that Lloyd and Curb were introduced to each other by Kim Fowley, who had signed Lloyd to a song publishing deal. Lloyd also recorded surf music as a member of the New Dimensions, a group that included Jimmy Greenspoon, later of Three Dog Night.
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