Barry Beckett
 | Born |
| February 4, 1943 in Birmingham, AL | |
| Active Decades | |
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As a keyboardist with the Muscle Shoals Rhythm Section, Barry Beckett can be heard on hits on Stax Records (The Staple Singers' "I'll Take You There," number one R&B for four weeks, number one pop in spring 1972, and on Paul Simon's "Kodachrome," number two pop for two weeks in spring 1973). As a producer, Beckett's credits include Mary Macgregor (the gold single "Torn Between Two Lovers," number one pop for two weeks in late 1975), Alabama's "If I Had You," Kenny Chesney's "When I Close My Eyes," and Bob Dylan (the LPs Dylan, Slow Train Coming, Saved), and Neal Mccoy's "No Doubt About It."
The years spent recording hits with the renowned group of studio musicians with producer Rick Hall at Alabama-based Fame Recording Studio helped Beckett to hone an organic approach to pop music. An approach that colored his producing in later years was having each record (whether it's for a solo recording artist, a group, or a band) sound as if it was done by a band, not just a bunch of uninvolved, clock-watching hack musicians.
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The years spent recording hits with the renowned group of studio musicians with producer Rick Hall at Alabama-based Fame Recording Studio helped Beckett to hone an organic approach to pop music. An approach that colored his producing in later years was having each record (whether it's for a solo recording artist, a group, or a band) sound as if it was done by a band, not just a bunch of uninvolved, clock-watching hack musicians.
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