Albhy Galuten | |
---|---|
![]() | |
Background information | |
Birth name | Alan Bruce Galuten |
Born | Hartsdale, New York, United States | December 27, 1947
Occupation(s) | |
Instrument(s) | Piano, keyboards, synthesizer, guitar |
Albhy Galuten (born Alan Bruce Galuten; December 27, 1947) is an American technology executive and futurist, Grammy Award-winning[1] record producer, composer, musician, orchestrator and conductor. He has numerous inventions and has produced 18 number 1 singles with songs and albums selling over 100,000,000 copies.[2] He has won two Grammy Awards, a Dramalogue award, and a BMI Citation of Achievement.
Career
Musical career
Galuten attended Berklee College of Music.[3]
Galuten's record productions include the soundtracks Saturday Night Fever, the theme song "Grease," the Eric Clapton recording of "Knockin on Heaven's Door" and albums for Jellyfish, Olivia Newton-John, Barbra Streisand (Guilty), Dionne Warwick (Heartbreaker), Andy Gibb, Kenny Rogers and Dolly Parton, Samantha Sang, Diana Ross, Eric Clapton, Jesse Ed Davis, Titanic Love Affair and the Bee Gees. He also formed a production team with Barry Gibb and Karl Richardson under the name Gibb-Galuten-Richardson.[4]
Galuten also contributed playing or orchestration skills to recording artists Wishbone Ash, Bill Wyman, Eric Clapton, Rod Stewart, Aretha Franklin, Eagles, Kenny Loggins, Petula Clark and No Doubt. He is also credited with playing the first synthesizer in reggae.[5]
His US singles include 13 number ones:
- "You Should Be Dancing" – Bee Gees
- "I Just Want to Be Your Everything" – Andy Gibb
- "How Deep Is Your Love" – Bee Gees
- "Stayin' Alive" – Bee Gees
- "(Love Is) Thicker Than Water" – Andy Gibb
- "Night Fever" – Bee Gees
- "Shadow Dancing" – Andy Gibb
- "Grease" – Frankie Valli
- "Too Much Heaven" – Bee Gees
- "Tragedy" – Bee Gees
- "Love You Inside Out" – Bee Gees
- "Woman in Love" – Barbra Streisand
- "Islands in the Stream" – Kenny Rogers with Dolly Parton
Other hit singles include "Knockin’ on Heaven’s Door" (Eric Clapton), "Love So Right" (Bee Gees), Guilty (Barbra Streisand), "What Kind of Fool" (Barbra Streisand), "Emotion" (Samantha Sang), "I Can't Help It" (Olivia Newton-John & Andy Gibb), "Heartbreaker" (Dionne Warwick), "Chain Reaction" (Diana Ross), "Eaten Alive" (Diana Ross), "Eyes That See In the Dark" (Kenny Rogers)
Technology executive
He is a Founder at Agora Media[6] and a Senior Fellow, Technology Initiatives at Intertrust Technologies.[7] He has been a vice president at Sony and a Senior Vice President at Universal Music Group and a vice president at Ion. In his various roles as a technology executive, Galuten has filed patents, developed corporate technology strategy, negotiated technology deals and worked in the development of standards including the Content Reference Forum (chairman) and the Coral Consortium (Vice President).
Inventor
As an inventor, Galuten is noted for having created the first commercial drum loop[8] ("Stayin' Alive", Bee Gees), the Enhanced CD, and has numerous patents in the areas content distribution and resolution, customer care, User Interface design, emotion-based algorithmic music generation, and media aggregation and optimization.
- US6918059 – Method and system for handling errors in a distributed computer system
- US7209892 – Electronic music/media distribution system
- US7574434 – Method and system for navigating and selecting media from large data sets
- US7624046 – Electronic music/media distribution system
- US8626732 – Method and system for navigating and selecting media from large data sets
- US9159370 – Distributing media using a portable digital device compatible with optical drive devices
- US9811799 – Distributed customer support credits
- US10136189 – Method and system for re-aggregation and optimization of media
- US10820027 – Method and system for re-aggregation and optimization of media
- US11328700 – Dynamic Music Modification
- US11563504 – Methods and systems for performing and recording live music using audio waveform samples
- US11616589 – Methods and systems for performing and recording live music near live with no latency
- US11941530 – Creating diversity in artificial intelligence and machine learning
See also
References
- ^ "Albhy Galuten". www.grammy.com. Retrieved 2023-01-05.
- ^ Trust, Gary (2022-08-24). "The Songwriters & Producers With the Most Billboard Hot 100 No. 1s". Billboard. Retrieved 2023-01-05.
- ^ Small, Mark (1 June 2002). "On the Watchtower". Berklee College of Music. Archived from the original on 23 June 2019. Retrieved 2023-01-05.
- ^ "Revisiting The 'Saturday Night Fever' Soundtrack (1977) | Retrospective Tribute". Albumism. Retrieved 2020-07-03.
- ^ Cumbo, Fikisha (25 July 2011). "First Synthesizer in Reggae". South Florida Caribbean News. Kingston, Jamaica. Archived from the original on 12 May 2022.
- ^ "Founders". Agora Media. Archived from the original on 4 January 2023. Retrieved 2023-07-16.
- ^ "Leadership Team". Intertrust Technologies. 29 July 2017. Retrieved 2023-07-16.
- ^ Nicolaou, Kyriacos (18 January 2021). "Humour and sadness in Bee Gees retrospective". Cyprus Mail. Archived from the original on 5 January 2023. Retrieved 2023-01-05.
External links
- Brothers Gibb – Interview Archived 2014-05-17 at the Wayback Machine
- Song list
- Albhy Galuten in the All Music Guide
- Playboy Article: The Rise and Fall and Rise of the Brothers Gibb
- Veracity in Journalism: Sony Seeks to Patent Method for Measuring Journalists’ Accuracy
- Grammy Awards: Albhy Galuten
- On the iPod: Farewell to the iPod
- More Than a Woman in Chateau D’Heuroville: ‘More Than A Woman’: The Story Of The Bee Gees’ ‘Saturday Night Fever’ Classic
- Writing with Clapton on Slowhand: El análisis más completo de 'Slowhand' de Eric Clapton por su 45º aniversario
- Drum loop in Bee Gees doc: Humour and sadness in Bee Gees retrospective
- Bee Gees doc: The Irish woman who wed a Bee Gee: ‘It was like being married to the family’
- Bee Gees doc: ‘The Bee Gees: How Can You Mend a Broken Heart’: Film Review
- Living eyes and leaving: 40 Years Ago: The Bees Gees Break Away From Disco on ‘Living Eyes’
- Bee Gees doc: The Bee Gees: So Much Drama
- Academy of Country Music Award: 35 Years Ago, ‘Islands In the Stream’ Won an ACM Award
- ACM: Islands in the Stream
- Clapton in the Washington Post: The Irish woman who wed a Bee Gee: ‘It was like being married to the family’
- Billboard #1s, 13th most successful producer: The Songwriters & Producers With the Most Billboard Hot 100 No. 1s
- Eagles credit: Six Best Eagles Songs Never Played Live
- Streisand’s Emotion: Barbra Streisand Wanted Her MTV in 1984 and Created ‘Emotion’
- Sammy Hagar, I never said goodbye: Sammy Hagar: ‘I Never Said Goodbye’
- Andy Gibb, Thicker Than Water w/ Walsh: The Number Ones: Andy Gibb’s “(Love Is) Thicker Than Water”
- Referenced in Layla Box Set: Layla And Other Assorted Love Songs: 40th Anniversary Editions Due This Month
- Influence on Pakistani artist Mahmood Khan: Mahmood Khan — only Pakistani artist to record original songs with a Symphony Orchestra
- Berklee: On the Watchtower
- Berklee Press: Albhy Galuten tells his story Archived 2014-05-17 at the Wayback Machine
- Berklee Career Jam: Albhy Galuten
- IEEE: Consortium Shared Identity Over an Enterprise Blockchain