Editing Mike Post (section)

==Early musical career==
Post's first credited work in music was cutting demos using two singing sisters, Terry and Carol Fischer. With Sally Gordon, they went on to become [[The Murmaids]]. Their first single, "[[Popsicles and Icicles]]" (written by [[David Gates]]), was a number 3 hit song in January 1964.{{Citation needed|date=December 2022}}

Post also provided early guidance for the [[garage rock]] band [[The Outcasts (Texas band)|The Outcasts]] while in [[recruit training]] in [[San Antonio]], [[Texas]]. He was the songwriter and producer for both songs on the band's first single, released in 1965, and also arranged a local concert where they served as the back-up band.<ref>Review from ''Fuzz, Acid and Flowers'', partially reproduced on ''Dennysguitars.com/outcasts1.html''</ref>

He won his first of five [[Grammy Award]]s at age 23 for Best Instrumental Arrangement on [[Mason Williams]]' "[[Classical Gas]]",<ref name=Grammys>{{cite web |url=https://www.grammy.com/artists/mike-post/5806 |title=Mike Post |access-date=19 April 2024 |website=[[Grammy Awards]]}}</ref> a number 2 hit song in 1968. He is also credited as the [[record producer]] for Williams' LP that included that song, ''The Mason Williams Phonograph Record''.

Billed as the Mike Post Coalition, their track "Afternoon of the Rhino" became a sought-after [[Northern soul]] track.<ref>{{cite book |first=Stuart |last=Maconie |year=2004 |title=Cider With Roadies |edition=1st |publisher=Random House |location=London |isbn=0-09-189115-9 |page=69}}</ref> The single peaked at number 47 in the [[UK Singles Chart]] in August 1975.<ref>{{cite book |first=David |last=Roberts |year=2006 |title=British Hit Singles & Albums |edition=19th |publisher=Guinness World Records Limited |location=London |isbn=1-904994-10-5 |page=432}}</ref>

Post also worked with [[Kenny Rogers]]<ref name=tvacademy /> and produced the first three albums he recorded with his country/rock group [[Kenny Rogers and The First Edition]] (between 1967 and 1969). Post also produced [[Dolly Parton]]'s hit album ''[[9 to 5 and Odd Jobs]]'' in 1981. In 1997, he produced [[Van Halen]]'s ''[[Van Halen III]]'' album.