Spencer Proffer
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Spencer Proffer during ABC interview
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Salek Profesorski December 25, 1948 Munich, Germany |
| Nationality | American |
| Occupation | Media and record producer |
| Years active | 1972-present |
| Spouse(s) | Judith Anne Proffer |
| Children | Sterling David Proffer, Morgan Samuel Proffer |
Spencer Proffer (born Salek Profesorski, December 25, 1948) is an American media and record producer. He is the CEO of Meteor 17, a convergence media production company based in Los Angeles, California, United States. Proffer produced the first heavy metal record, Quiet Riot's Metal Health, to reach number 1 on the Billboard 200 chart, selling six million albums. His Children of the Sun collaboration with Billy Thorpe, was the first rock record to spawn a computer animated laser choreography of an album in planetariums across North America. Proffer has produced and arranged over 200 albums, many of which have achieved gold and platinum selling status, produced/executive produced 17 films as well as supervised and produced music for 135 films and television.
Proffer co-produced a charitable concert and media event with Doc McGhee and Quincy Jones in 2005, for over 44,000 Marines and their families, headlined by Beyoncé Knowles, Destiny's Child and Kiss and hosted by Cedric the Entertainer. In 2012, he donated 25 scholarships, to youth across North America to attend Space Camp in Huntsville, Alabama.
In 2016, he completed production of Chasing Trane, The John Coltrane Documentary. The film addresses the life and socio cultural impact of John Coltrane and his music on the world. Denzel Washington performs the voice of Coltrane and there are appearances from President Bill Clinton, Common, Santana, Wynton Marsalis along with along with many of the living musicians who performed with Coltrane throughout his career (e.g. Sonny Rollins, McCoy Tyner).
Proffer was born in Munich, Germany, and immigrated to the United States in 1954 at the age of six. He grew up in Los Angeles, California. He attended Fairfax High School. In 1967, he co-wrote "Picture Postcard", recorded by Gary Lewis & the Playboys. By the time he was 21, he had 18 songs recorded as a songwriter. After college, he secured recording contracts for various recording groups for which he was the bandleader (Dunhill, MGM, and CBS).
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