Ted Perlman

American musician, record producer, songwriter and arranger. Born November 21, 1953 in Brooklyn, New York. Has produced, played guitar, arranged, recorded and toured with major artists Whitney Houston, Harry Belafonte, Bob Dylan, Diana Ross, Burt Bacharach, Ronald Isley, Alessandra Rosaldo, The Manhattans, Blush, Ringo Starr, Joe Cocker, Chicago, rapper Young M.C., Jonathan Richman, Willie Colon & Hector Lavoe, Imelda Papin, Dr. Buzzard's Savannah Band and Engelbert Humperdink. All this has made Perlman proficient in a variety of musical styles - R&B, Rock, Hip-Hop, Soul, Classical, Pop, Latin, Rap, Country, World, etc.
Recent projects include producing the solo CD "Alessandra" by Mexican superstar Alessandra Rosaldo; a new release from The Manhattan Transfer; Dave Mason's "26 Letters, 12 Notes"; "God's Gardeners" - a CD of author Margaret Atwood; the first CD by 12-year old guitarist/singer Gypsy Rose; country singer Tesa James; A*TEENS star Sara Lumholdt; pop legend Neil Sedaka's latest release (featuring producer David Foster); Mexican rock-en-Espanol star Roberto Enrique; Bob Geldoff vocalist Zara; Catholic artist ValLimar Jansen; a solo CD from longtime Manhattan Transfer member Alan Paul; a CD from "Jersey Boys" Tony winner John Lloyd Young; a release from rock legend Benny Mardones; and Filipino singing superstar Imelda Papin. He programmed, arranged, & recorded the top-five platinum selling UK singles "Paradise" and "I Think I Love You" for Curb Records' singer Kaci. He produced & wrote the #1 European charting CD "Livin' On Love" for Peggi Blu.
Perlman won a Grammy for his work on "At This Time" by Burt Bacharach, and co-produced a song with Bacharach on Ronald Isley's CD "Here I Am". On "New Music From An Old Friend", Perlman played the guitar solo on Brian Wilson's "What Love Can Do" and co-produced "Still Remember" with Burt Bacharach. He mixed "The 5 Browns" duet w/Dean Martin. Perlman is also in production with actress/singer Gloria Loring on her new CD, and also working on a new CD for music icon Steve Lawrence with guests including country music superstars Garth Brooks & Trisha Yearwood.
Perlman has done extensive work in TV & Movies. He arranged, programmed, & recorded three songs in the Adam Sandler movie "I Now Pronounce You Chuck And Larry", ft. Lance Bass of *NSYNC. Perlman produced the song "Before We Say Goodbye" for MTV's "2gether"; produced, played and composed the score for the ABC-TV "World Stunt Awards"; co-wrote the main theme and cues for Showtime's "Full Frontal Comedy"; co-produced two songs in the Ellen Burstyn film "Walking Across Egypt"; and produced the title song for Jean-Claude Van Damme's film "Desert Heat". Perlman has conducted, played guitar, and arranged music for NBC, CBS, ABC, Fox, and other networks. He has done jingles for McDonald's, Appleby's, Burger King, Korean Airlines, Perrier and Coca-Cola.
Perlman frequently writes for music magazines including "Computer Music" and was the subject of the first podcast by "Electronic Musician". Celemony and Trident both filmed interviews with Perlman at his studio in Los Angeles.
Husband of soul singer Peggi Blu.

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