Bob Shad

Bob Shad

Bob Shad (February 12, 1920 – March 13, 1985) was a music producer and record label owner. He produced the first album by Big Brother and the Holding Company (featuring Janis Joplin).

Shad's career as a producer began with Savoy Records and National Records in the 1940s, producing Charlie Parker in addition to blues and R&B material. He founded the first of several labels, Sittin' In With, in 1948, where he produced Lightnin' Hopkins, Sonny Terry and Brownie McGhee, Smokey Hogg, Peppermint Harris, Curley Weaver, and others. In 1951, he was named director of A&R at Mercury Records, where he founded the EmArcy label. There he produced, among others, jazz musicians Sarah Vaughan, Maynard Ferguson, the Clifford Brown/Max Roach quintet and Dinah Washington. He also worked in pop (with Patti Page, Vic Damone, and The Platters) and blues (with Hopkins again and Big Bill Broonzy). In 1964 he founded Mainstream Records, where he both reissued his old material and produced new recordings from the likes of Shelly Manne, Dizzy Gillespie, Roy Haynes, Buddy Terry, and Pete Yellin. His credits in rock and roll include the debut albums of both Janis Joplin and Ted Nugent.

Shad's grandson is the writer-director Judd Apatow.

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