Bill Bottrell is an American music producer, songwriter and musician, probably best known for his Grammy Award-winning collaboration with Sheryl Crow. In the music industry, record producer designates a person responsible for completing a master recording so that it is fit for release. ... A songwriter is someone who writes the lyrics to songs, the musical composition or melody to songs, or both. ... Grammy Award The Grammy Awards (originally the Gramophone Awards), presented by the Recording Academy (an association of Americans professionally involved in the recorded music industry) for outstanding achievements in the recording industry, is one of four major music awards shows held annually in the United States (the Billboard Music Awards... Sheryl Suzanne Crow (born February 11, 1962) is an American blues rock singer, guitarist, bassist and songwriter. ...

In the late 1980s Bottrell worked with several major recording artists including Madonna and Michael Jackson. In the early 1990s he formed his own recording studio and founded a musical "think tank" which he called the "Tuesday Night Music Club". One of the resulting acts was Sheryl Crow, whose 1993 debut album (produced by Bottrell) was entitled Tuesday Night Music Club. Her single "All I Wanna Do" from that album won a Grammy Award for Record of the Year for Bottrell and Crow. Madonna at the Live 8 concert. ... For other people with the same name, see Michael Jackson (disambiguation) Michael Joseph Jackson (born August 29, 1958[1]), also known as The King of Pop or pejoratively as Wacko Jacko, is an American musician whose successful music career and controversial personal life have been at the forefront of pop... Tuesday Night Music Club is the debut album from American singer/songwriter Sheryl Crow. ... The Record of the Year is one of the two most prestigious Grammy Awards presented annually. ...

Bottrell has worked with many other artists, including Alisha's Attic, Rosanne Cash, Thomas Dolby, Five For Fighting, Lisa Germano, Kevin Gilbert, Shelby Lynne, Linda Perry, Tom Petty, and Toy Matinee. Alishas Attic was a British musical group in the late 1990s. ... Rosanne Cash (born May 24, 1955) is an American country singer and songwriter. ... Thomas Dolby Thomas Dolby (born Thomas Morgan Robertson October 14, 1958) is a British musician. ... Five for Fighting is the stage name of US singer-songwriter John Ondrasik. ... Lisa Germano is a songwriter, singer, and violinist. ... Kevin Gilbert (November 20, 1966 - May 17, 1996) was an American musician, born in Sacramento, California. ... Shelby Lynne (born Shelby Lynne Moorer, October 22, 1968, Quantico, Virginia) is an American country music singer and songwriter. ... Linda Perry Linda Perry (born April 15, 1965) is an American rock musician, songwriter, and record producer best known as the lead singer and primary songwriter of 4 Non Blondes and as the writer/producer of hit songs by a number of female singers. ... Tom Petty on the cover of Damn the Torpedoes. ... Toy Matinee was a short-lived progressive rock band, formed by producer/composer/keyboardist Patrick Leonard in collaboration with singer/lyricist Kevin Gilbert. ...

External links

• Bill Bottrell official website