Ted Templeman

Edward John Templeman (born October 24, 1942) is an American musician and record producer. Among the acts with whom he has had a long relationship are the rock bands Doobie Brothers and Van Halen and the singer Van Morrison; he produced multiple critically acclaimed and commercially successful albums for each of them.

Templeman was born in Santa Cruz, California, where he began his career in the mid-1960s as a drummer in a band called The Tikis. At the suggestion of Warner Bros. staff producer Lenny Waronker, the group decided to change their name to Harpers Bizarre in 1966, with Templeman switching to guitar and vocals. In 1967, the group released the album Feelin' Groovy (Warner Bros.), which included material by Randy Newman that later appeared on the songwriter's 1972 album Sail Away. Harpers Bizarre disbanded in 1970.

In September 1970, Templeman began working in an entry-level A&R position for Warner Bros. Records, auditioning demo tapes by unknown artists. It was then that he discovered the San Jose-based biker band the Doobie Brothers, and produced their eponymous The Doobie Brothers debut album, followed the next year by the Doobies' Toulouse Street album, which achieved platinum record status on the strength of the hit single "Listen to the Music". After the success of Toulouse Street, Templeman was promoted to staff producer at Warner Bros. Records and continued a long professional relationship with the Doobie Brothers, producing many more hit singles and albums for the group.

Much of his production work throughout his career was done in collaboration with recording engineer Donn Landee at Sunset Sound Recorders in Hollywood, California.

In 1973, Templeman produced another classic and eponymous album, Montrose, which was released in October of that year. The group was founded by guitarist and bandleader Ronnie Montrose (who had worked with singers such as Van Morrison and Edgar Winter), and an up-and-coming singer, Sammy Hagar, who brought songs like "Bad Motor Scooter" and "Make It Last" to the guitarist. (In the following decade, Templeman produced albums for Hagar's solo project and later as lead singer with Van Halen.) It was during this period that he was made a vice president at the record label.

Biography summary from English Wikipedia.