Jack Daugherty (musician)

Jack Daugherty (August 13, 1930 - February 2, 1991) was a musician and producer who is best known for being the music producer of the band The Carpenters.

Early work

For most of his early professional career, Daugherty had worked as a trumpeter in Woody Herman's band. By the 1960s, he had all but retired from the music business, working in public relations at North American Aviation, an aircraft company with a location operating in the Los Angeles area. He went on to produce three albums: Jack Daugherty and the Class of Nineteen Hundred and Seventy One (referred to by Sounds as "a supersession of the finest studio musicians in Hollywood"^[1]), on A&M Records, Carmel by the Sea, on the Monterey Label, and Romance, on Columbia Records, Japan, as his last known project.

The Carpenters

Though no longer actively involved in music, Daugherty still kept an open network with other performers throughout the years. One was John Pisano, guitarist of Herb Alpert's band The Tijuana Brass, and still a part of the A&M Records roster. Daugherty is credited with getting a demo tape of Karen and Richard Carpenter's work to Herb Alpert through Pisano.

He produced The Carpenters from 1969 with the release of Offering and continued until 1972, with the release of A Song for You. These early recordings carry the credit "Produced by Jack Daugherty / Jack Daugherty Productions".

Albums 1969 OFFERING – Ticket To Ride 1. Invocation 2. Your Wonderful Parade 3. Someday 4. Get Together 5. All Of My Life 6. Turn Away 7. Ticket To Ride 8. Don’t Be Afraid 9. What’s The Use 10. All I Can Do 11. Eve 12. Nowadays Clancy Can’t Even Sing 13. Benediction  :

Producer: Jack Daugherty, Engineer: Ray Gerhardt, Guest Artists: Herb Alpert, Special Credits: Bass: Joe Osborn and Bob Messenger, Guitar: Gary Sims, Shaker: Herb Alpert, Art Director: Tom Wilkes, Photography: Jim McCrary

1970 CLOSE TO YOU 1. We've Only Just Begun 2. Love Is Surrender 3. Maybe It's You 4. Reason To Believe 5. Help 6. (They Long To Be) Close To You 7. Baby It's You 2:50 8. I'll Never Fall In Love Again 9. Crescent Noon 10. Mr. Guder 11. I Kept On Loving You 12. Another Song

Producer: Jack Daugherty, Arrangements & Orchestration: Richard Carpenter, All Vocals: Karen and Richard Carpenter, Drums: Karen Carpenter and Hal Blaine, Keyboards: Richard Carpenter, Bass: Joe Osborn and Danny Woodhams, Woodwinds: Jim Horn, Bob Messenger, Doug Strawn, Engineer: Ray Gerhardt and Dick Bogert Art Direction: Tom Wilkes, Photography: Kessel/Brehm Photography, Ludwig drums and Wurlitzer pianos A&M Records

1971 CARPENTERS 1. Rainy Days & Mondays 2. Saturday 3. Let Me Be The One 4. (A Place To) Hideaway 5. For All We Know 6. Superstar 7. Druscilla Penny 8. One Love 9. Bacharach/David Medley 10. Sometimes Arranged and Orchestrated by Richard Carpenter Engineered by Ray Gerhardt and Dick Bogert Assistant: Norm Kinney All Vocals: Karen and Richard Carpenter Keyboards: Richard Carpenter Bass: Joe Osborn and Bob Messenger Reeds: Bob Messenger, Douglas Strawn, Jim Horn Drums: Hal Blaine and Karen Carpenter Wurlitzer Electric Piano and Ludwig Drums used Album Concept and Design by Craig Braun Inc. Art Direction by Roland Young Photography by Guy Webster Produced by Jack Daugherty Productions

1972 A SONG FOR YOU 1. A Song For You 2. Top Of The World 3. Hurting Each Other 4. It's Going To Take Some Time 5. Goodbye To Love 6. Intermission 7. Bless The Beasts And Children 8. Flat Baroque 9. Piano Picker 10. I Won't Last A Day Without You 11. Crystal Lullaby 12. Road Ode 13. A Song For You (Reprise)

Arranged and Orchestrated by: Richard Carpenter All Vocals: Karen and Richard Carpenter Keyboards: Richard Carpenter Bass: Joe Osborn Drums: Hal Blaine and Karen Carpenter Tenor Sax, Flute, and Alto Flute: Bob Messenger Bass Flute: Tim Weisberg Guitar: Louie Shelton Lead Guitar: Tony Peluso Steel Guitar: Red Rhodes Oboe and English Horn: Earl Dumler Bassoon: Norm Herzberg Engineered by Ray Gerhardt, Assistant: Roger Young Special Thanks to Ron Gorow

• Tim Weisberg appears through the courtesy of A&M Records

Intermission inspired by Crucifixus - Antonio Lotti ca. 1667-1740 Baldwin Piano, Ludwig Drums, Wurlitzer Electric Piano Art Direction: Roland Young Photography: Jim McCrary Produced by Jack Daugherty Productions

1973 SINGLES 1. ** We've Only Just Begun 2. *** Top Of The World 3. ** Ticket To Ride 4. ** Superstar 5. ** Rainy Days And Mondays 6. ** Goodbye To Love 7. * Yesterday Once More 8. ** It's Going To Take Some Time 9. * Sing 10. ** For All We Know 11. ** Hurting Each Other 12. ** (They Long To Be) Close To You

• Produced by Richard and Karen Carpenter
  • Produced by Jack Daugherty
    • Produced by Richard and Karen Carpenter and Jack Daugherty

Arranged and Orchestrated by Richard Carpenter

Daugherty's last project was his own music album, ROMANCE, which was presented by Skip Ishii and released by Columbia Records in Japan:

ALBUM Jack Daugherty ROMANCE Arranger + Producer + Keyboards: Jack Daugherty Recording + Mixing Engineer: Geoff Gillette Computer Programmer: Robby Robinson Art Direction + Design: Yumiko Ishii Photography: Sherry Etheredge Japan Presentation: Skip Ishii 1990 Nippon Columbia Co., Ltd. Monterey Records

1. THERE’S NO BUSINESS LIKE SHOW BUSINESS Irving Berlin-Irving Berlin Music (ASCAP) Doug Norwine - alto sax Chuck Findley – trumpet Rhett Lawrence – computer programmer

2. I PROMISE YOU Jack Daugherty – Fan Shell Music (ASCAP) Tim Stone – vocal Clydene Jackson – background vocal Carmen Twilley - background vocal Terry Young - background vocal Gayle Levant – harp Marni Johnson – french horn Jerry Watts – bass

3. ONCE UPON A MOONBEAM Jack Daugherty – Fan Shell Music (ASCAP) Ramon Stagnaro – acoustic guitar Lee Ritenour – electric guitar Alex Acuna – percussion

4. CLOSE ENOUGH FOR LOVE John Mandell and Paul Williams – Warner Bros. Music (ASCAP) Kevyn Lettau – vocal Lou Levy – piano Mike Shapiro – percussion Gayle Levant – harp

5. FLY ME TO THE MOON Hart Howard – Hampshire House Music Lee Ritenour – electric guitar Jerry Watts – bass Mike Shapiro – drums & percussion

6. LET’S TALK IT OVER Jack Daugherty/Dana Papazian – Concept & Additional Lyrics- Fan Shell Music (ASCAP) Jaye Rising – vocal Larry Pierson - background vocal Marie Pierson - background vocal Vinnie D’Onofrio – guitar

7. THE SECRET Jack Daugherty – Fan Shell Music (ASCAP) Doug Norwine - alto sax Chuck Findley – flugelhorn

8. SNAKE DANCE Jack Daugherty – Fan Shell Music (ASCAP) Chuck Findley – trumpet Ron Starr – tenor sax Alex Acuna – percussion Ramon Stagnaro – guitar John Pena – bass

9. I’M STILL IN LOVE WITH YOU Jack Daugherty – Fan Shell Music (ASCAP) Tim Stone – vocal Doug Norwine - alto sax Gayle Levant – harp Jerry Watts – bass Mike Shapiro – drums & percussion

10. WHEN YOU WISH UPON A STAR Ned Washington & Leigh Harleigh (ASCAP) Chuck Findley – trombone, flugelhorn, slide trumpet, trumpet Rhett Lawrence – computer programmer

Daugherty did put his differences with the band aside and attended the funeral of Karen Carpenter in 1983. He died on February 2, 1991 of complications during coronary bypass surgery.

References

• Coleman, Ray. The Carpenters: The Untold Story. HarperCollins, New York, 1994. ISBN 978-0-06-018345-5