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Terrence P. "Terry" Melcher (born Terrence P. Jorden, February 8, 1942 – November 19, 2004) was an American musician and record producer, who was instrumental in shaping the California Sound and American West Coast rock music, particularly during the nascent counterculture era. He was the only child of actress/singer Doris Day; his father was Day's first husband Al Jorden. His major contributions were producing the Byrds' recordings of "Mr. Tambourine Man" and "Turn! Turn! Turn!". In the 1960s, Melcher was acquainted with the Beach Boys, helping connect Brian Wilson to ''Smile'' lyricist Van Dyke Parks. Melcher later produced several singles for the Beach Boys between the 1980s and the 1990s, including "Kokomo" (1988), which topped US record charts. In 1968, Dennis Wilson's associations with convict Charles Manson made Melcher a target of Manson's murder conspiracy. ==Early life== Melcher was born Terrence P. Jorden in New York City to trombonist Al Jorden and his wife, singer-actress Doris Day. Known as "Terry", the boy was named by his mother after the hero of her favorite childhood comic strip, ''Terry and the Pirates''. Before the birth, Day was planning to leave the abusive, violent Jorden. Outraged when he found out about her pregnancy, Jorden had demanded Day get an abortion. Shortly after giving birth, Day filed for divorce and left the boy with her mother in Ohio. Doris went back to touring with big band leader Les Brown and after the divorce, Jorden visited his son infrequently and had little presence in his life. After divorcing her second husband, saxophonist George Weidler, Day married Martin Melcher, who would become her manager and produce many of her films. Melcher adopted Terry, giving the child his surname. In his freshman and sophomore high school years, Terry attended the Loomis Chaffee School in Connecticut, then returned to California for his junior and senior years at Beverly Hills High. He subsequently attended Principia College in Illinois for a short time. After Martin Melcher's death in 1968, Day discovered that Martin had mismanaged or embezzled $20 million of her money. According to Terry, Martin also mistreated him as a child. 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「Terry Melcher」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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