Cal Harris (engineer)
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TEC Award Nominee for outstanding creative achievement as recording engineer in 1985 |
Calvin Lawrence Harris was an American sound engineer and the head of the recording department at Motown.[1]
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Biography
Cal Harris Sr. was born on August 9, 1941, in Marshall, Michigan. He began his musical career at Gold Star Records, as in intern for The Beach Boys. His work for at Gold Star Records gained him the recognition to get hired by Motown Records in the late 1960s. At Motown he became the head of the recording department.
He died on August 14, 2017, in a California hospital due to natural causes.
Working at Motown Records
As the head of the recording department at Motown, Cal Harris Sr. was tasked with managing the team of sound engineers employed by Motown. As well as finding/hiring new engineers
With Lionel Richie, Cal Harris recorded Can't Slow Down, which went on to win the Grammy award for album of the year 1984.[8] Due to the success of the album he was also nominated for a TEC award in 1985.[9]
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References
- ^ "Motown Record Corp, 197 N.L.R.B. 1255 | Casetext". casetext.com. Retrieved 2022-02-23.
- ISBN 978-1-311-44154-6.
- ISBN 978-1-4402-2557-4.
- ISBN 978-0-472-11741-3.
- ^ "Pet Sounds Session List". albumlinernotes. Retrieved 2022-02-23.
- ^ "Former Motown Producer Arthur Stewart". Spreaker. Retrieved 2022-02-24.
- ^ "Norman Elder". tapeop.com. Retrieved 2022-02-24.
- ^ "Lionel Richie". www.grammy.com. Retrieved 2022-02-24.
- ^ "The TEC Awards 1985 Winners". legacy.tecawards.org. Retrieved 2022-02-23.