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Chip Douglas: Producer of Pure Pop
As a member of The Turtles, Chip Douglas helped shape their biggest hit. Then he did the same for The Monkees.
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As a member of The Turtles, Chip Douglas helped shape their biggest hit. Then he did the same for The Monkees.

Nile Rodgers has been intertwined with some of the biggest hits of the last 40 years. How did it happen? And what if he hadn't taken them on?

Gary Paxton had great "ears" when it came to producing hits. But his wild personal life was both colorful --and dangerous.

Tommy James planned to record "Tighter, Tighter", but then decided this Brooklyn band could take it further, further.

Kim Fowley did it all. But his true, controversial genius came out as a producer of acts including The Runaways.