Lou Adler in Hollywood

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	Lou's friend Jack Nicholson
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Jan and Dean		Darryl Hannah

Lou Adler was a prominent pop music entrepreneur from the late 50's up until the mid-70's. His name is associated
with many well-known rock-and-roll acts, particularly those from the West Coast.
In the late 1950's Adler was in partnership with Herb Alpert as managers of the up-and-coming rock-and-roll act,
Jan & Dean. Adler also wrote songs, often under the name Barbara Campbell; Sam Cooke's Only Sixteen is his
composition.
He worked for music publisher Screen Gems and for various record labels, including Colpix and Dimension. He
became involved in the careers of Shelley Fabares [whom he married in 1964] and Carole King. In 1964 he started
Dunhill Productions, which later became a record label, and recruited P. F. Sloan and Steve Barri to write and
produce songs. One prominent artist signed to Dunhill was former New Christy Minstrel Barry McGuire. McGuire
recorded a song that had been written by Sloan and on which he was backed by the original members of the Grass
Roots: Eve Of Destruction reached the top of the charts late in 1965. The top act at Dunhill was the Mamas and
Papas, who placed six songs in the top ten in 1966 and 1967.

Lou Adler also produced some acts that were not associated with Dunhill, such as Johnny Rivers. He continued his
relationship with Jan & Dean. He sold Dunhill to ABC in 1966 and became involved with the production of the
Monterey Pop Festival. In 1967 Adler launched the Ode label, which had its first big hit with San Francisco [Be
Sure To Wear Flowers in Your Hair] by Scott McKenzie; McKenzie went on to co-write the number one hit
Kokomo for the Beach Boys in the late 80's. The Ode label also produced Spirit which had a top forty hit with I Got
A Line On You in 1969.
The most successsful act produced by Lou Adler at Ode was yet to come. Former Brill Building songwriter Carole
King became very hot as a performer in 1971 with her number one hit It's Too Late on Ode. Other hits followed for
King which were produced by Lou Adler and released on the Ode label: I Feel The Earth Move, So Far Away,
Sweet Seasons, Been To Canaan, Jazzman, Nightingale. Carole King won four Grammys in 1971.
After the mid-70's Lou Adler became less involved in the music business. His contributions to rock-and-roll in the
50's, 60's and 70's were enormous.

Herb Albert and Lou Adler	Herb Albert, Lou Adler, Michele Phillips & Jack
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Yeper...it is Jack

Darryl Hannah

Jack Nicholson and Michele Phillips

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Lou Adler, executive producer of THE ROCKY HORROR PICTURE SHOW has always been on the pulse of
America's youth explosion of rock and roll and pop culture. He was the producer of Carole King's award winning
and best selling album tapestry". He also produced all the albums by "The Mamas and the Papas", one of the most
popular groups of the 60s. He and John Phillips produced the 1967 hit documentary MONTEREY POP, which
introduced the world to Janis Joplin and Jimi Hendrix. He also produced the early "Cheech and Chong" albums and
produced and directed their first hit film UP IN SMOKE. He also produced the cult films BREWSTER MCCLOUD
and SHOCK TREATMENT. Lou lives in Malibu and is the owner of Ode Records and is very involved today in the
fields of children's entertainment and gospel music.

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