DESCRIPTION:
BOBBY WHITESIDE-Career Highlights
WRITER, ARRANGER, PRODUCER, CONDUCTOR, SINGER, PUBLISHER-ENGINEER

• CHESS RECORDS-Hired by the legendary Leonard Chess to start a white pop division of Chess Records during the mid 60s- assistant producer-helped on sessions with blues greats, Howling Wolf, Muddy Waters,Willie Dixon,Billy Stewart,Minnie Ripperton,Etta James giving Bobby heavy r&b / blues roots.
*PRODUCER/WRITER/ARRANGER-many of the early rock groups during the : Flock, Rivieras,Family,Shames etc
*SAY IT SOFTLY-produced wrote arranged and sang top 10 in 1965
*BITTERSWEET STORIES- [ARTIST --arranger-- producer- engineer] only white artist signed by Curtis Mayfield [Superfly]-Bittersweet Stories album Curtom Records/Warner Bros 1974-
*LIVE PERFORMANCE-extensive stage experience clubs & concerts
*COMIN IN AND OUT OF YOUR LIFE -Co-wrote this records 1981 number 1 record by Barbara Streisand [sold over 9
MILLION]
*CONDUCTED +ARRANGED a 76 piece Hollywood orchestra for a Streisand [live] where she recorded 2 more of his songs.
*WROTE SONGS on three platinum Streisand albums a platinum and a gold Johnny Mathis album in the 80's :other songs recorded by Walter Jackson, Paul Anka, the Dells. Ray Goodman & Brown. Rex Smith,Rachel Dennison and Nana Mouscouri in Europe.
*ARRANGED for, produced and conducted numerous orchestras in NY/LA/Chicago/London [including London Symphony Orchestra] for film, corporate and recording projects
*WORKED WITH top singers / musicians / artists in New York, LA, Chicago, London, Memphis,Atlanta, Nashville England & Australia. [Some of the great talent included: Skunk Baxter,Elliott Randall/Steve Gadd/ Richard Tee/ Paul Schaeffer/Cj Vanston/ Billy Cobham/Brecker Brothers / Shelley Mann/ Ray Brown/
Barrett Deems/ Johnny Winter /Ron Oates / Charlie McCoy/ Jimmy Nichols/ Morris Jennings. Louis Satterfield [Chess]
Cornell DuPree / Eric Gale/ Hal Blaine/Urbie Green /Johnny Frigo/ Thom Bresch/ Bruce Gaitch/James Newton Howard/ Harold Wheeler/ Jerry Hey and Seawind/ Phil Upchurch/Curtis Mayfield, the Impressions/ Barbara Streisand/ Phil Ramone/
Jeff Beck/ Earl Palmer/ Harvey Mason/ Tower of Power Horns/
Rick Marotta/Tom Scott/ Patti Austin, Lee Greenwood , Pete Cetera and Davy Jones from the Monkeys, Singers Unlimited, Robert Bowker Linda November,so many more of the best of Chicago New ¥ork ,LA and London ...just too many to mention.
*ARTIST DEVELOPMENT-worked as manager/ publisher/ producer helped start the careers of many including Tiffany and Survivor
*RADIO AND TV COMERCIALS-wrote, recorded, arranged ,produced 12 million dollars worth of commercials for 1000 different clients.
*ADVERTISING AWARDS: 3 Clio awards,14 clio nominations,Windy City ,Best in the West, Music City , Awards from New York, Hollywood ,London , Chicago, Cannes Film Festival.to name a few
*THEME MUSIC-created theme music for CBS sports, childrens shows, network news, and numerous radio and television stations
NASHVILLE- moved to Nashville in 1994 to focus on writing, production publishing, and among the things that happened: .GUYS DO IT ALL THE TIME by Mindy McCready on BNA went #1, [ album went double platinum[with over 1.6 million airplays] and is on 6 compilations. Cletus Judd cut WIVES DO IT and Randy Travis cut BRINKS TRUCK & DON'T EVER SELL YOUR SADDLE made the Randy Travis inspirational album and was used on TOUCHED BY AN ANGEL; Many pop songs on projects in Europe (he has produced, aranged,conducted ,sung on,played on and engineered over 8000 sessions) COMING IN AND OUT OF YOUR LIFE re-released on the Streisand classics album and sold another 2 million.