Chuck Britz

Charles "Chuck" Dean Britz (November 7, 1927 - August 21, 2000^[1]) was a recording engineer who most famously worked with Jan and Dean, Brian Wilson, and The Beach Boys on numerous albums between 1962 and 1967.

Britz was born in 1927 to Charles and Elsie Britz in Cameron, Oklahoma.^[1] He was involved in long-range photography with the Army Air Corps fifth reconnaissance squadron from 1945 to 1947.^[1] He began his career in the recording industry in 1952, recording big bands for the Armed Forces Networks and the Salvation Army Band. In 1960, Britz went to work at Western Recorders and began engineering numerous rock n' roll records. Britz met Brian Wilson when the Beach Boys were cutting demos at Western Recorders.^[2] Influential in Wilson's development as a musician, he would go on to record and mix most of the their hit records between 1963 and 1967.^[2][3][4] He also recorded music for TV and movies. Britz died of brain cancer in 2000.^[4][5]

References

1. ^ ^{a b c} "Chuck Britz". Chico, CA: Chico Enterprise-Record. August 23, 2000. 1031202C2C93898F. http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=CERB&p_theme=cerb&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=1031202C2CD7411D&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM. Retrieved 24 August 2009. 
2. ^ ^{a b} Schinder, Scott; Andy Schwartz (2008). Icons of Rock: An Encyclopedia of the Legends Who Changed Music Forever, Volume 1. Greenwood Press. pp. 105–106. ISBN 978-0-313-33845-8. http://books.google.ca/books?id=q-ET5tnh0MUC&dq=%22Chuck+Britz%22&as_brr=3&source=gbs_navlinks_s. Retrieved August 24, 2009. 
3. ^ Clark, William; Jim Cogan (2003). Temples of Sound: Inside the Great Recording Studios. Chronicle Books. p. 32. ISBN 0811833941. http://books.google.com/books?id=hO-KQ4o_B2MC&dq=%22Chuck+Britz%22+-inpublisher:icon&as_brr=0&source=gbs_navlinks_s. Retrieved August 24, 2009. 
4. ^ ^{a b} Badman, Keith; The Beach Boys (2004). The Beach Boys: The Definitive Diary of America's Greatest Band on Stage and in the Studio. Backbeat Books. p. 377. ISBN 0879308184. http://books.google.com/books?id=sLEMdjRhDgQC&dq=%22Chuck+Britz%22+-inpublisher:icon&as_brr=0&source=gbs_navlinks_s. Retrieved August 24, 2009. 
5. ^ Simons, Dave (2006). Analog Recording: Using Analog Gear in Today's Home Studios. Backbeat Books. p. 89. ISBN 0879308648. http://books.google.com/books?id=gYuMOUYwgvIC&dq=%22Chuck+Britz%22+-inpublisher:icon&as_brr=0&source=gbs_navlinks_s. Retrieved August 24, 2009. 

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Name	Britz, Chuck
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Date of birth	November 7, 1927
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Date of death	August 21, 2000
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