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As an author and as a journalist, Richard Buskin has interviewed hundreds of celebrities, from Jack Lemmon,
Ginger Rogers, Phyllis Diller and Stefanie Powers to Mick Jagger, David Bowie, Roger Moore and Nicholas Cage,
while writing articles for magazines and newspapers around the world. Here are just a few samples of his feature stories...
Classic Tracks is an ongoing series of magazine articles
in which record producers and engineers talk
about the creation
of famous and/or important recordings. Published monthly in Sound On Sound (UK/US),
Sound & Recording (Japan) and Sound & Recording (Germany), this has so far featured the
following
interviewees and songs (which you can view by clicking on any of the names):
Jon Astley
The Who's "Who Are You"
Arthur
Baker
Afrika Bambaataa & the Soulsonic
Force's "Planet Rock"
Pete Bellotte, Giorgio Moroder
Donna Summer's "I Feel Love"
Bruce Botnick
The
Doors' “Strange Days”
Bill Bottrell
Michael Jackson's "Black or White"
Lou Bradley
Charlie Rich's "Behind Closed Doors"
Phill Brown
Bob Marley's "I Shot the Shefiff"
Ken
Caillat
Fleetwood Mac's "Go Your Own Way"
Mike Chapman
Blondie's "Hanging on the Telephone"
Steve Churchyard
The Pretenders' “Back on the Chain
Gang”
Roy Cicala
John Lennon's "Whatever Gets You Thru the Night"
Bob Clearmountain
Bryan Adams' “Run to
You”
Garry Cobain, Brian Dougans
Future Sound of London's "Papua New Guinea"
Vic Coppersmith-Heaven
The Jam's “The
Eton Rifles”
Jason Corsaro
Madonna's "Like a Virgin"
Chris Dickie
The Pogues' "Fairytale of New York"
Neil Dorfsman
Dire Straits' "Money For Nothing"
Jack Douglas
The New York Dolls' "Personality Crisis"
Tom Dowd, Ron & Howard Albert
Derek & the Dominoes' "Layla"
Lamont Dozier
The Four Tops' "Reach Out (I'll Be There)"
Mitch Easter
R.E.M.'s "Radio Free Europe"
John Fry
Big Star's “September
Gurls”
Stephen Hague
New Order's "True Faith"
Roy Halee
Paul Simon's "You Can Call Me Al"
Bill Halverson
Crosby, Stills & Nash's "Suite: Judy Blue Eyes"
Paul Hartnoll
Orbital's "Chime"
Mike Hedges
The
Cure's “A Forest”
Peter Henderson
Supertramp's "The Logical Song"
Bones Howe
The 5th
Dimension's “Aquarius/Let the Sunshine
In”
John Hudson
Tina Turner's "What's Love Got to Do With It"
Tommy James, Bruce Staple
Tommy James and the Shondells' "Crimson and Clover"
Gareth Jones
Depeche Mode's “People Are People”
Terry Johnson
The Flamingos' "I Only Have Eyes for You"
Bob Johnston
Bob Dylan's "Sad Eyed Lady of the Lowlands"
Jon Kelly
Kate Bush's “Wuthering
Heights”
Chris Kimsey
The Rolling Stones' "Start Me Up"
Glen Kolotkin
Joan Jett and the Blackhearts' "I Love Rock 'N' Roll"
Fernando Kral
The Ramones' "Pet Sematary"
Eddie Kramer
Jimi Hendrix's “All Along the
Watchtower”
Frank Laico
Miles Davis's "'Round Midnight"
Clive Langer & Alan Winstanley
Madness's "Our House"
Laurie Latham
Ian Dury and the Blockheads' "Hit Me With Your Rhythm
Stick"
John Leckie
The Stone Roses' "Fool's Gold"
Larry Levine
The Ronettes'
“Be My Baby”
Steve Lipson
Frankie Goes to Hollywood's "Relax"
Ian Little
Duran Duran's
“The Reflex”
James Lock
Luciano Pavarotti's "Nessun Dorma"
Alan Mair, John Burns
The Only Ones' "Another Girl, Another
Planet"
Terry Manning
The Staple Singers' "I'll Take You There"
Robert Margouleff
Devo's "Whip It!"
Julian Mendelsohn
Pet Shop Boys' "It's a Sin"
Jay Messina
Aerosmith's "Walk This Way"
Rodney Mills
Lynyrd Skynyrd's "Sweet Home Alabama"
Gil Norton
The Pixies' "Monkey Gone to Heaven"
Gary Olazabal, John
Fischbach
Stevie Wonder's "Pastime Paradise"
Hugh Padgham
The Police's "Every Breath You Take"
Alan Parsons
The Hollies' "The Air That I Breathe"
Les Paul
Les Paul & Mary Ford's "How High the Moon"
Mike Pela
Sade's “The Sweetest
Taboo”
Bill Price
The Sex Pistols' "God Save the Queen"
Karl Richardson
The Bee Gees' “Stayin'
Alive”
Nile Rodgers
Chic's "Le Freak"
Martin Rushent
The Human League's "Don't You Want Me"
Mark Saunders
Tricky's "Black Steel"
Al Schmitt
Natalie & Nat 'King' Cole's "Unforgettable"
Toby Scott
Bruce Springsteen's "Born in the U.S.A."
Hank Shocklee
Public
Enemy's "Black Steel in the Hour of Chaos"
John Simon
The Band's "The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down"
Eric Stewart
10cc's "I'm Not in Love"
Stephen Street
The Smiths' "The Queen is Dead"
Stock Aitken & Waterman, Mark McGuire, Phil Harding, Pete Hammond
Rick Astley's "Never Gonna Give You Up"
Billy Swan, Chip Young
Billy Swan's "I Can Help"
Bill Szymczyk
The Eagles' "Hotel California"
Shel Talmy
The Kinks' "You Really Got Me"
David Tickle
The Knack's "My Sharona"
Derek Varnals
The Moody Blues' "Nights in White Satin"
Tony Visconti
David Bowie's "Heroes"
Pip Williams
Status Quo's "Rockin' All Over the World"
Shelly Yakus
Van Morrison's "Moondance"
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