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

201

Hugh Jones

84 records · 1975–2007

2,981.29

35.49/rec

202

George Michael

23 records · 1982–2012 · United Kingdom

2,974.31

129.32/rec

203

Leon Fort

33 records · 1971–2012

2,973.99

90.12/rec

204

Richard Perry

37 records · 1967–2007

2,963.87

80.10/rec

205

Trevor Horn

76 records · 1978–2018

2,959.82

38.95/rec

206

John Hughes

4 records · 1979–1984

2,956.05

739.01/rec

207

Deep Purple

18 records · 1969–2002 · United Kingdom

2,952.04

164.00/rec

208

Carl Craig

26 records · 1989–2010

2,932.54

112.79/rec

209

Paul A. Rothchild

35 records · 1965–2012

2,926.71

83.62/rec

210

Shep Pettibone

40 records · 1986–2009

2,924.61

73.12/rec

211

L.A. Johnson

7 records · 1972–2009

2,902.50

414.64/rec

212

Nick Launay

64 records · 1981–2024

2,899.15

45.30/rec

213

Genesis

33 records · 1972–2014 · United Kingdom

2,885.25

87.43/rec

214

Jeff Daniel

16 records · 1983–1994

2,881.10

180.07/rec

215

Thomas Erdelyi

11 records · 1976–1988

2,880.38

261.85/rec

216

Drexciya

10 records · 1992–2013

2,878.41

287.84/rec

217

Mad Mike

12 records · 1992–2007

2,876.08

239.67/rec

218

Michael Anthony Banks

12 records · 1992–2007

2,876.08

239.67/rec

219

Jimmy Page

24 records · 1969–2012 · United Kingdom

2,870.30

119.60/rec

220

Michael Wagener

41 records · 1981–2012

2,861.74

69.80/rec

221

Chad Kassem

34 records · 1958–2024

2,848.57

83.78/rec

222

Jac Holzman

31 records · 1961–2012

2,834.31

91.43/rec

223

Bryan Koniarz

50 records · 1955–2005

2,832.91

56.66/rec

224

John Lennon

24 records · 1966–2000 · United Kingdom

2,832.18

118.01/rec

225

Shel Talmy

44 records · 1964–1996

2,828.63

64.29/rec

226

Klaus Schulze

32 records · 1972–1997

2,822.22

88.19/rec

227

Eddie Kramer

43 records · 1967–2011

2,813.75

65.44/rec

228

David Sardy

57 records · 1991–2018

2,811.35

49.32/rec

229

James William Guercio

25 records · 1968–1981

2,804.74

112.19/rec

230

James Brown

47 records · 1963–1996

2,802.93

59.64/rec

231

Steve Hillage

46 records · 1975–2009

2,792.75

60.71/rec

232

Jerry Goldstein

27 records · 1965–1998

2,792.12

103.41/rec

233

Nigel Godrich

58 records · 1994–2024

2,791.34

48.13/rec

234

Don Was

85 records · 1972–2021

2,786.30

32.78/rec

235

The Cure

15 records · 1981–2004 · United Kingdom

2,785.10

185.67/rec

236

Babyface

63 records · 1987–2013

2,782.11

44.16/rec

237

Joey Beltram

16 records · 1990–2004

2,777.15

173.57/rec

238

Harris Johns

45 records · 1984–2009

2,752.21

61.16/rec

239

Fredrik Nordström

65 records · 1993–2019

2,750.67

42.32/rec

240

Luis Rodríguez

40 records · 1985–2004

2,739.15

68.48/rec

241

Gorillaz

13 records · 2001–2023 · United Kingdom

2,738.70

210.67/rec

242

Matt Block

31 records · 1969–2011

2,722.69

87.83/rec

243

A Tribe Called Quest

11 records · 1990–1998 · United States of America

2,716.93

246.99/rec

244

Rupert Hine

52 records · 1973–2003

2,714.54

52.20/rec

245

Malcolm McKenzie

32 records · 1973–1992

2,706.35

84.57/rec

246

Pat Metheny

28 records · 1979–2012 · United States of America

2,704.85

96.60/rec

247

Jean-Luc Young

40 records · 1960–1986

2,693.19

67.33/rec

248

Klaus D. Müller

20 records · 1972–1997

2,688.88

134.44/rec

249

Brian Slagel

46 records · 1983–2011

2,674.40

58.14/rec

250

Jerry Wexler

39 records · 1959–2004

2,673.68

68.56/rec