Editing Tim Hauser (section)

==Music career==
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In 1969, he formed the first version of The Manhattan Transfer with Gene Pistilli, Marty Nelson, Erin Dickins, and Pat Rosalia. The group had a jazz/R&B sound and recorded one album, ''Jukin' '', for [[Capitol Records]] under manager Richard Flanzer. This version of the group dissolved after one album.

Hauser drove a cab to support himself while pursuing a music career. Through this job, he met [[Laurel Massé]], a waitress and aspiring singer. He was again driving his cab when he picked up the conga player for the group Laurel Canyon who invited him to a party where he met [[Janis Siegel (singer)|Janis Siegel]]. With Massé they reformed The Manhattan Transfer. They needed a male singer, so they contacted [[Alan Paul]]. The four became The Manhattan Transfer on October 1, 1972.

After a car accident, Massé decided to leave the group and pursue a solo career, and in 1978 [[Cheryl Bentyne]] was hired to replace her. From then until Hauser's death, the line-up was mostly unchanged with only occasional substitutions due to illness. After his death, he was replaced by Trist Curless.

The Manhattan Transfer won the ''[[Down Beat|Downbeat]]'' and ''[[Playboy]]'' Readers' Polls every year in the 1980s for best vocal group. In 2007, they won the ''[[JazzTimes]]'' Readers' Poll for best vocal group. When [[Ahmet Ertegün]] founded the [[Rock and Roll Hall of Fame]], he selected Hauser to serve on the voting committee, a position he held for three years (1986–1989). In 1993, Hauser was awarded an honorary doctorate degree from the [[Berklee College of Music]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Honorary Degree Recipients|url=http://www.berklee.edu/about/honorary-degree-recipients|website=berklee.edu|accessdate=16 November 2014}}</ref>