Producers

The bench

The people who made the records — 14,615 producers, ranked by the Groove of what they produced. Not by fame. By the work.

Sort Career Groove Per record Output

Career Groove across, per-record up. Right is volume; high is consistency; the corner is both.

The crown

Michael Cuscuna

354 records · 1954–2013

17,464.15

1,001

Ohio Players

8 records · 1972–1977

1,130.80

141.35/rec

1,002

Aerosmith

12 records · 1973–1998 · United States of America

1,130.53

94.21/rec

1,003

Lucy Jordache

17 records · 1959–1997

1,129.72

66.45/rec

1,004

Warryn Campbell

12 records · 1998–2008

1,129.24

94.10/rec

1,005

Tony Mansfield

25 records · 1980–1994

1,129.12

45.16/rec

1,006

Phil Collins

36 records · 1981–2010 · United Kingdom

1,129.11

31.36/rec

1,007

Esmond Edwards

29 records · 1961–2002

1,127.72

38.89/rec

1,008

De La Soul

14 records · 1989–2006 · United States of America

1,126.40

80.46/rec

1,009

Paul Kendall

32 records · 1986–2008

1,125.28

35.17/rec

1,010

Kool & the Gang

8 records · 1972–1986

1,124.90

140.61/rec

1,011

Poul Bruun

26 records · 1971–2008

1,123.11

43.20/rec

1,012

David Rowntree

21 records · 1981–2001

1,122.41

53.45/rec

1,013

Tony Hoffer

37 records · 1999–2015

1,121.42

30.31/rec

1,014

Darren Emerson

6 records · 1993–2008

1,120.06

186.68/rec

1,015

Ramon Zenker

30 records · 1993–2010

1,119.40

37.31/rec

1,016

Mark “Spike” Stent

37 records · 1987–2012

1,118.57

30.23/rec

1,017

Kai MacDonald

11 records · 1995–2002

1,118.48

101.68/rec

1,018

B.E.F.

13 records · 1981–1998

1,118.35

86.03/rec

1,019

Björn Ulvaeus

23 records · 1971–2008 · Sweden

1,117.79

48.60/rec

1,020

Joe Zawinul

15 records · 1974–2002

1,117.03

74.47/rec

1,021

DJ Scratch

14 records · 1990–2002

1,116.88

79.78/rec

1,022

Nils Stevenson

5 records · 1978–1979

1,114.35

222.87/rec

1,023

Duke Pearson

17 records · 1967–1995

1,114.12

65.54/rec

1,024

Tommy Newton

21 records · 1985–2021

1,113.39

53.02/rec

1,025

Derrick May

10 records · 1986–1999

1,113.20

111.32/rec

1,026

John Schroeder

13 records · 1969–1996

1,109.88

85.38/rec

1,027

David Oakes

10 records · 1984–2003

1,107.95

110.80/rec

1,028

Dimmu Borgir

10 records · 1994–2010 · Norway

1,106.78

110.68/rec

1,029

Andrew Weatherall

19 records · 1989–2007

1,105.63

58.19/rec

1,030

Tool

9 records · 1992–2019 · United States of America

1,105.27

122.81/rec

1,031

Bill Turjancik

6 records · 1983–1989

1,105.12

184.19/rec

1,032

Sven Väth

11 records · 1990–2006

1,102.87

100.26/rec

1,033

Darkthrone

7 records · 1993–2010 · Norway

1,102.14

157.45/rec

1,034

Jim Reid

17 records · 1984–2007

1,099.89

64.70/rec

1,035

Metal Fingers

9 records · 1999–2006

1,099.33

122.15/rec

1,036

Jim Messina

10 records · 1968–1976

1,099.17

109.92/rec

1,037

Dennis Munday

5 records · 1977–2005

1,098.27

219.65/rec

1,038

Miquette Giraudy

12 records · 1977–2008

1,096.11

91.34/rec

1,039

Jean-Yves Billet

9 records · 1961–2001

1,096.05

121.78/rec

1,040

Ben Watt

18 records · 1983–2002

1,095.87

60.88/rec

1,041

Tom Coster

6 records · 1973–1986

1,095.79

182.63/rec

1,042

Eric Radcliffe

12 records · 1980–2008

1,095.23

91.27/rec

1,043

Theo Parrish

8 records · 1996–2001

1,094.38

136.80/rec

1,044

Richard James Burgess

27 records · 1980–2011

1,093.83

40.51/rec

1,045

ATB

30 records · 1993–2012

1,091.87

36.40/rec

1,046

Nedra Olds‐Neal

12 records · 1955–2008

1,091.68

90.97/rec

1,047

Dave Fortman

29 records · 2000–2017

1,091.42

37.64/rec

1,048

The Flaming Lips

25 records · 1984–2015 · United States of America

1,091.39

43.66/rec

1,049

Ian MacKaye

28 records · 1982–2004

1,090.21

38.94/rec

1,050

Dallas Austin

39 records · 1991–2012

1,089.80

27.94/rec