Gregory Fulginiti (born February 13, 1951, Cape May Court House, New Jersey) is an American recording and mastering engineer. With Bob Heimall's recommendation, Greg began his career in the mailroom at Elektra Records in 1969. During his tenure at Elektra, he was promoted into the A&R / Engineering Dept. and mentored with Mark Abramson, John Haeny, Paul & Terry Rothchild, Peter K. Siegel, Shelley Snow and Bob Zachary. In 1971 he was recruited by Bob Ludwig at Sterling Sound to learn disk mastering. He traveled west to Artisan Sound Recorders in 1979 and advanced to managing director and chief engineer. He returned to New York in 1992 and joined the engineering staff at Masterdisk until his retirement in 1996. February 13 is the 44th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1951 (MCMLI) was a common year starting on Monday; see its calendar. ... Audio mastering is the process of preparing and transfering recorded audio to a medium for future duplication. ... Elektra Records is an American record label owned by Warner Music Group, and today operates under Atlantic Records Group. ... Mark Abramson is a noteworthy record producer at Elektra Records. ... Bob Ludwig (b. ... Artisan Sound Recorders was one of Southern Californias premier disk mastering facilities. ... Masterdisk is an audio-visual/multimedia company in New York City. ...

He is best known for his work with Aerosmith, Louis Armstrong, Fred Astaire, Count Basie, Pat Benatar, Chuck Berry, The Black Crowes, John Coltrane, Bob Dylan, Ella Fitzgerald, Peter Gabriel, Grateful Dead, David Grisman, Heart, Jimi Hendrix, Buddy Holly, Chris Isaak, Elton John, B.B. King, Kiss, John Lennon, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Madonna, Steve Martin, Ennio Morricone, Joe Pass, Oscar Peterson, Bonnie Raitt, Rick Springfield, Muddy Waters, Whitesnake, The Who, Neil Young, 100 albums for Norman Granz's Pablo Records and the re-issue series of the Chess and Impulse catalogues. He worked on numerious movie soundtracks including; Beverly Hills Cop, Birdy, Children Of A Lesser God, Dangerous Liaisons, The Glass Menagerie, Hannah and Her Sisters, In The Mood, The Killing Fields, The Last Emperor, The Mission, Parenthood, Pennies From Heaven, Risky Business, The River, The Rocky Horror Picture Show, Silverado, The Stuntman, The Untouchables and Who Framed Roger Rabbit. Aerosmith is a prominent American rock band, regarded by some as Americas Greatest Rock and Roll Band. [1][2] Although they are known as the bad boys from Boston, none of the bands members are actually from that city. ... Louis Daniel Armstrong (August 4, 1901[1] – July 6, 1971) (also known by the nicknames Satchmo, for satchel-mouth, and Pops) was an American jazz musician. ... Fred Astaire (May 10, 1899 – June 22, 1987), born Frederick Austerlitz in Omaha, Nebraska,[1] was an American film and Broadway stage dancer, choreographer, singer and actor. ... William Count Basie (August 21, 1904 – April 26, 1984) was an American jazz pianist, organist, bandleader, and composer. ... This does not cite its references or sources. ... Charles Edward Anderson Chuck Berry (born October 18, 1926 in St. ... The Black Crowes are a blues-oriented hard rock jam band that have sold over 15 million albums and were hailed by Melody Maker as The Most Rock n Roll Rock n Roll Band in the World. The band has toured with acts such as Aerosmith, ZZ Top, Jimmy Page... John William Coltrane (September 23, 1926 – July 17, 1967), nicknamed Trane, was an American jazz saxophonist and composer. ... Bob Dylan (born Robert Allen Zimmerman, May 24, 1941), is an American singer-songwriter, author, musician, and poet who has been a major figure in popular music for five decades. ... Ella Fitzgerald (April 25, 1917 – June 15, 1996), also known as Lady Ella (the First Lady of Song), was considered one of the most influential jazz vocalists of the 20th Century. ... Peter Brian Gabriel (born February 13, 1950, in Chobham, Surrey, England) is an English musician. ... The Grateful Dead were an American rock band formed in 1965 in San Francisco. ... David Grisman David Grisman (born 1945 in Hackensack, New Jersey) is a noted bluegrass/newgrass mandolinist and composer of acoustic music. ... Heart is an American rock band which came out of Newport High School in Bellevue, Washington. ... This article or section is not written in the formal tone expected of an encyclopedia article. ... Charles Hardin Holley (September 7, 1936 – February 3, 1959), better known as Buddy Holly, was an American singer, songwriter, and a pioneer of rock and roll. ... Chris Isaak. ... Sir Elton Hercules John , CBE[1][2] (born Reginald Kenneth Dwight on 25 March 1947) is a multiple Grammy- and Academy Award-winning English pop/rock singer, composer and pianist. ... Riley B. King aka B. B. King (b. ... Kiss (sometimes typeset KISS, to fit the official logo) is an American rock band formed in New York City in 1973. ... John Winston Ono Lennon, MBE (October 9, 1940 – December 8, 1980), (born John Winston Lennon, known as John Ono Lennon) was an iconic English 20th century rock and roll songwriter and singer, best known as the founding member of The Beatles. ... Lynyrd Skynyrd (pronounced lĕh-nérd skin-nérd) or (IPA pronunciation: ) is a U.S. Southern rock band, described by All Music Guides Stephen Thomas Erlewine as the definitive Southern rock band, fusing the overdriven power of blues-rock with a rebellious, Southern image and a hard... Madonna Louise Ciccone Ritchie (born August 16, 1958), better known as simply Madonna, is a six-time Grammy[1] and one-time Golden Globe award winning American pop singer, songwriter, record and film producer, dancer, actress, author and fashion icon. ... Stephen Glenn Martin (born August 14, 1945) is an American comedian, writer, producer, actor, musician and composer. ... Ennio Morricone (born November 10, 1928; sometimes also credited as Dan Savio or Leo Nichols) is an Italian composer especially noted for his film scores. ... Joe Pass (born Joseph Anthony Passalaqua, January 13, 1929, New Brunswick, New Jersey, USA, died May 23, 1994, Los Angeles, California), was a jazz guitarist. ... Oscar Emmanuel Peterson, CC, CQ, O.Ont. ... Bonnie Raitt, (born November 8, 1949) is an American Blues-R&B singer, songwriter, and guitarist who was born in Burbank, California, the daughter of Broadway musical star John Raitt. ... Rick Springfield (born Richard Lewis Springthorpe on August 23, 1949 in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia) is a songwriter, musician and actor. ... This article includes a list of works cited but its sources remain unclear because it lacks in-text citations. ... This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... The Who is an English rock band formed in 1964. ... Neil Percival Young[1] OM (born November 12, 1945, Toronto, Ontario) is a Canadian singer-songwriter, guitarist, and film director. ... Norman Granz (Los Angeles, USA, August 6, 1918 - Geneva, Switzerland, November 22, 2001), was an American jazz music impresario and producer. ... Pablo Records was a record label founded by Norman Granz in 1973. ... Beverly Hills Cop (1984) is an American comedy film directed by Martin Brest and starring Eddie Murphy. ... Look up birdy, birdie in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... Children of a Lesser God is a 1986 film that tells the story of a speech teacher at a school for the deaf who falls in love with a sign language-using deaf woman. ... Dangerous Liaisons is a 1988 film directed by Stephen Frears. ... The Glass Menagerie is a play by Tennessee Williams. ... Hannah and Her Sisters is a 1986 romantic comedy film which tells the intertwined stories of an extended family, told mostly during a year that begins and ends with a family Thanksgiving dinner. ... This article is about the big band-era song popularized by Glenn Miller. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... This acticle is related to a 1987 film. ... 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The Untouchables is a 1987 film, directed by Brian De Palma, based on the 1959 ABC television series, which, in turn, was based on Eliot Nesss autobiographical account of his efforts to bring Al Capone to justice. ... Who Framed Roger Rabbit is a 1988 film produced by Amblin Entertainment and The Walt Disney Company (on its Touchstone Pictures banner), combining animation and live action. ...

In a career spanning three decades, Fulginiti was nominated for the TEC Awards by Mix Magazine six times, earned 175 Gold and Platinum Awards, 25 Multi-Platinum Awards, mastered over 100 Number One Records and 135 Grammy nominees, including the 1990 "Best Album of the Year" winner-Bonnie Raitt's "Nick Of Time". Bonnie Raitt, (born November 8, 1949) is an American Blues-R&B singer, songwriter, and guitarist who was born in Burbank, California, the daughter of Broadway musical star John Raitt. ...

Gil Bateman and Fulginiti were instrumental in Jac Holzman's signing the band Gulliver to Elektra Records. In addition, Fulginiti contributed the bands name. Gulliver comprised of Daryl Hall, Jim Helmer, Tim Moore and Tom Sellers. Hall achieved international success with John Oates in Hall & Oates. Jac Holzman founded Elektra Records in 1950 and Nonesuch Records in 1964. ... Gulliver could refer to: The main character of the story Gullivers Travels by Jonathan Swift Gulliver, Michigan, a place in the United States of America Actress Dorothy Gulliver A fictional character from the Nintendo Animal Crossing game series A band signed to Elektra Records. ... Gulliver could refer to: The main character of the story Gullivers Travels by Jonathan Swift Gulliver, Michigan, a place in the United States of America Actress Dorothy Gulliver A fictional character from the Nintendo Animal Crossing game series A band signed to Elektra Records. ... -1... This article does not cite its references or sources. ...

Bob Ludwig and Fulginiti spearheaded the effort to encourage NARAS to regognize the contribution of mastering engineers in the recording process. Bob Ludwig (b. ... Naras stands for The National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences, or simply The Recording Academy. ...

The tune "Fulginiti" on the album entitled "Stephane Grappelli / David Grisman"-"Live" was dedicated to him by his friend David Grisman. Stephane Grappelli (January 26, 1908 - December 1, 1997) was a pioneer jazz violinist who founded the quintet of the Quintette du Hot Club de France with Django Reinhardt. ... David Grisman David Grisman (born 1945 in Hackensack, New Jersey) is a noted bluegrass/newgrass mandolinist and composer of acoustic music. ... David Grisman David Grisman (born 1945 in Hackensack, New Jersey) is a noted bluegrass/newgrass mandolinist and composer of acoustic music. ...

Fulginiti is also known as "The Pope of Hollywood". This moniker is attributed to prominent American record producer Keith Olsen. Keith Olsen is a record producer who co-produced the Fleetwood Mac album Fleetwood Mac, which was released in 1975. ...

He studied at New York University Film School, The New School For Social Research and The Lee Strassberg Theater Institute. He has been a frequent panelist at music industry seminars given at UCLA, the Dick Grove School of Music and Idelwild Community College.[[Category:American engineers|Fulginiti, Greg]