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Spencer Proffer (born Salek Profesorski, December 25, 1948) is an American media and record producer. He is the CEO of Meteor 17, a convergence media production company based in Los Angeles, California, United States. Proffer produced the first hard rock record, Quiet Riot's ''Metal Health'', to reach number 1 on the ''Billboard'' 200 chart, selling six million albums. His ''Children of the Sun'' collaboration with Billy Thorpe, was the first rock record to spawn a computer animated laser choreography of an album in planetariums across North America. Proffer has produced and arranged over 200 albums, many of which have achieved gold and platinum selling status, produced/executive produced 17 films as well as supervised and produced music for 135 films and television.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Spencer Proffer )〕 Proffer co-produced a charitable concert and media event with Doc McGhee and Quincy Jones in 2005, for over 44,000 Marines and their families, headlined by Beyoncé Knowles, Destiny's Child and Kiss and hosted by Cedric the Entertainer. In 2012, he donated 25 scholarships,〔 to youth across North America to attend Space Camp in Huntsville, Alabama. ==Personal life== Proffer was born in Munich, Germany, and immigrated to the United States in 1954 at the age of six. He grew up in Los Angeles, California. He attended Fairfax High School and UCLA. In 1966, he won a performing and songwriting competition at UCLA which led to his first recording contract .〔Mix Magazine 1983 - Morling Manor Music & Media Online〕 In 1967, he co-wrote "Picture Postcard", recorded by Gary Lewis & the Playboys. By the time he was 21, he had 18 songs recorded as a songwriter. After college, he secured recording contracts for various recording groups for which he was the bandleader (Dunhill, MGM, and CBS). Proffer graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Political Science from UCLA at the age of 20 and enrolled at Loyola University School of Law. He was Executive Editor of the school's Law Review and a member of the St. Thomas More Law Honor Society. He wrote songs for the animated ''The Hardy Boys'' ABC television series and performed nights and weekends with his band, Proffer, Marmelzat and Reed (PMR). While in law school, he attracted the attention of Clive Davis, then CEO of CBS Records, and the group was signed to a recording contract on Columbia Records. After graduating law school in 1972 at 23, he accepted a position to work for Davis at CBS and moved to New York. He left CBS shortly after Davis' departure, to become National Executive Director and Head of Worldwide A+R at United Artists Records. While at UA, Proffer produced and co-produced a number of worldwide hit records ranging from Tina Turner's ''Acid Queen'',〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Who's Who at Pasha )〕 to the No. 1 hit "One Man Woman" by Paul Anka and Odia Coates. Proffer has two sons, Sterling and Morgan. He is married to Judith, former publisher of the ''L.A. Weekly'' and co-founder of the Sun Community Newspaper chain in Southern California. Judith is also founder and publisher of boutique book publishing imprint, Huqua Press. The couple reside in Encino, California. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Spencer Proffer」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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