Editing Terry Melcher

{{short description|American record producer (1942–2004)}}
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{{Infobox person
| name        = Terry Melcher
| image       = TerryMelcher.jpg
| caption     = Melcher in 1969
| birth_name  = Terrence Paul Jorden
| alias       = Terry Day
| birth_date  = {{Birth date|1942|02|08}}
| birth_place = [[New York City]], U.S. 
| death_date  = {{Death date and age|2004|11|19|1942|02|08}}
| spouse = {{ubl|{{marriage|Melissa E. Brown|1974|1977|end=div}}|{{marriage|Jacqueline Carlin||1997|end=div}}|{{marriage|Terese Edwards|1998}}}}
| death_place = [[Beverly Hills, California]], U.S. 
| relatives = [[Doris Day]] (mother) <br /> Al Jorden (father)
|module = {{Infobox musical artist |embed=yes
| genre       = {{Flatlist|
*[[Rock music|Rock]]
*[[Pop music|pop]]}} 
| occupation  = Record producer, songwriter, singer
| associated_acts = {{Flatlist|
* [[California Music]]
* [[Bruce & Terry]]
* [[The Byrds]]
* [[Paul Revere & the Raiders]]
* [[The Rip Chords]]
* [[The Beach Boys]]
* [[Sagittarius (band)|Sagittarius]]}} }}
}}

'''Terrence Paul Melcher''' ({{né|'''Jorden'''}}; February 8, 1942 – November 19, 2004) was an American record producer, singer, and songwriter who was instrumental in shaping the mid-to-late 1960s [[California Sound]] and [[folk rock]] movements. His best-known contributions were producing [[the Byrds]]' first two albums ''[[Mr. Tambourine Man (album)|Mr. Tambourine Man]]'' (1965) and ''[[Turn! Turn! Turn! (album)|Turn! Turn! Turn!]]'' (1965) as well as most of the hit recordings of [[Paul Revere & the Raiders]] and [[Gentle Soul]]. He is also known for his collaboration with [[Bruce Johnston]] and for his association with the [[Manson Family]].

Melcher was the only child of actress/singer [[Doris Day]]. His father was Day's first husband Al Jorden, and he was adopted by her third husband [[Martin Melcher]]. Most of his early recordings were with the [[vocal surf]] acts [[the Rip Chords]] and [[Bruce & Terry]].  In the 1960s, Melcher was acquainted with [[the Beach Boys]] and later produced several singles for the group in the 1980s and the 1990s, including "[[Kokomo (song)|Kokomo]]" (1988), which topped U.S. record charts.

==Background==
Terrence Paul Jorden was born in New York City to singer/actress [[Doris Day]] and her first husband, trombonist Al Jorden. Known as "Terry",<ref name="telegraph">{{cite news| title=Obituaries: Terry Melcher| url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/1477227/Terry-Melcher.html| newspaper=[[The Daily Telegraph]]| access-date=August 23, 2011| date=November 23, 2004| archive-date=June 5, 2011| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110605000106/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/1477227/Terry-Melcher.html| url-status=live}}</ref> the boy was named by his mother after the hero of her favorite childhood comic strip, ''[[Terry and the Pirates (comic strip)|Terry and the Pirates]]''.<ref>{{cite magazine| title=Two Faces of Cincinnati| magazine=Cincinnati| date=January 1983| url=https://books.google.com/books?id=vx0DAAAAMBAJ&q=terry+and+the+pirates+doris+day&pg=PA94| access-date=August 23, 2011| author1=McKay, Robert| page=94| archive-date=July 20, 2021| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210720042804/https://books.google.com/books?id=vx0DAAAAMBAJ&q=terry+and+the+pirates+doris+day&pg=PA94| url-status=live}}</ref>

Before his birth, Day was planning to divorce Al Jorden because of his violent temper and alleged physical abuse. Jorden responded to his wife's pregnancy by demanding that she get an abortion. Shortly after giving birth, Day filed for divorce and left the infant with her mother in [[Ohio]] while she went back to touring with [[big band]]-leader [[Les Brown (bandleader)|Les Brown]]. After the divorce, Jorden visited his son infrequently and had little presence in his life.{{citation needed|date=November 2017}}

After divorcing her second husband, saxophonist [[George William Weidler|George Weidler]], Day married [[Martin Melcher]], who would become her manager and produce many of her films. Melcher adopted Terry and gave him 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 School]]. He subsequently attended [[Principia College]] in Illinois for a short time. After Martin Melcher's death in 1968, Day discovered that he had mismanaged or embezzled $20 million from her, while Terry claimed that his stepfather had mistreated him as a child.<ref name="telegraph"/>

==Early career==
[[File:Terry Melcher Byrds in studio 1965.jpg|thumb|left|Melcher (left) in the studio with the Byrds' [[Gene Clark]] (center) and [[David Crosby]] in 1965]]

Melcher has been credited with helping to shape the sound of 1960s [[surf music]] in California.<ref>{{cite web |via=[[The Boston Globe]] |date=November 22, 2004 |url=http://archive.boston.com/news/globe/obituaries/articles/2004/11/22/terry_melcher_helped_create_surf_music_sound/ |title=Terry Melcher; helped create surf music sound |author1=Oliver, Myrna |newspaper=[[Los Angeles Times]] |access-date=March 3, 2020 |archive-date=March 1, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200301100429/http://archive.boston.com/news/globe/obituaries/articles/2004/11/22/terry_melcher_helped_create_surf_music_sound/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |work=[[Australian Broadcasting Corporation]] News |date=November 22, 2004 |url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2004-11-22/surf-music-producer-terry-melcher-dies/589618 |title=Surf music producer Terry Melcher dies  |access-date=March 3, 2020 |archive-date=November 29, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201129233422/https://www.abc.net.au/news/2004-11-22/surf-music-producer-terry-melcher-dies/589618 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |website=[[Spotify]] |url=https://open.spotify.com/artist/475VVD6Qmx48VSjrX6y1Xz |title=Terry Melcher, The son of Doris Day, Terry Melcher was a key player on the L.A. |access-date=March 3, 2020 |archive-date=June 2, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200602141825/https://open.spotify.com/artist/475VVD6Qmx48VSjrX6y1Xz |url-status=live }}</ref> In the early 1960s, Melcher and [[Bruce Johnston]] formed the vocal duet [[Bruce & Terry]]. The duo had hits like "Custom Machine" and "Summer Means Fun". Melcher and Johnston also created another group, [[The Rip Chords]], which had a top 10 hit with "[[Hey Little Cobra]]". Later, Johnston would join [[the Beach Boys]].<ref name=pc33/>

By the mid-1960s, Melcher had joined the staff of [[Columbia Records]] and went on to work with [[the Byrds]]. He produced their hit [[cover version]]s of [[Bob Dylan]]'s "[[Mr. Tambourine Man]]" and [[Pete Seeger]]'s "[[Turn! Turn! Turn!]]", as well as the corresponding albums [[Mr. Tambourine Man (album)|''Mr. Tambourine Man'']] and [[Turn! Turn! Turn! (album)|''Turn! Turn! Turn!'']]<ref name=pc33>{{cite web |author=Gilliland, John |url=https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc19792/m1/#track/2 |title=Show 33 – Revolt of the Fat Angel: American musicians respond to the British invaders. [Part 1] |website=University of North Texas Libraries |access-date=January 5, 2019 |archive-date=April 4, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190404003558/https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc19792/m1/#track/2 |url-status=live }}</ref>

Following conflicts with the band and their manager, Melcher was replaced as producer by [[Allen Stanton]] and then [[Gary Usher]], although he would work with the Byrds again on their ''[[Ballad of Easy Rider (album)|Ballad of Easy Rider]]'', ''[[Untitled (Byrds album)|(Untitled)]]'' and ''[[Byrdmaniax]]'' albums. Melcher also worked with [[Paul Revere & the Raiders]], [[Wayne Newton]], [[Frankie Laine]], [[Jimmy Boyd]], [[Pat Boone]], [[Glen Campbell]], [[Mark Lindsay]] and [[the Mamas & the Papas]]. He was instrumental in signing Los Angeles band the [[Rising Sons]], led by [[Taj Mahal (musician)|Taj Mahal]] and [[Ry Cooder]].<ref name="Raymond">{{cite web |website=Westcoast Rendez-Vous |url=http://noted.blogs.com/westcoastmusic/2004/11/terry_melcher_d.html |title=Terry Melcher dies, Terry Melcher passed away, legendary artist who worked with the Beach Boys, the Byrds, Ry Cooder |author=Raymond, Jean-Luc |date=November 21, 2004 |access-date=August 25, 2007 |archive-date=November 21, 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071121224520/http://noted.blogs.com/westcoastmusic/2004/11/terry_melcher_d.html |url-status=live }}</ref>

[[File:At the pet sounds studio 1966.jpg|thumb|Melcher (center) with [[Bruce Johnston]] (left), [[Brian Wilson]] (right), and [[Tony Asher]] (back) in early 1966]]

Melcher performed on the Beach Boys' album ''[[Pet Sounds]]'', playing tambourine on "[[That's Not Me (Beach Boys song)|That's Not Me]]", "[[Good Vibrations]]" and "[[God Only Knows]]",{{citation needed|date=July 2021}} and was a board member of the Monterey Pop Foundation and a producer of the [[Monterey Pop Festival]] in 1967.<ref name="MontereyBoard">{{cite web |title=The History - The Big Idea |url=https://montereyinternationalpopfestival.com/pages/the-history |website=Monterey International Pop Festival |access-date=November 7, 2020 |quote=A Board of Governors was established that consisted of: Donovan; Mick Jagger; Paul McCartney; Jim McGuinn; Terry Melcher; Andrew Loog Oldham; Alan Pariser; Johnny Rivers; Smokey Robinson; Brian Wilson, John Phillips and Lou Adler |archive-date=November 28, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201128233613/https://montereyinternationalpopfestival.com/pages/the-history |url-status=live }}</ref>

==Manson Family==
{{Main|Manson Family}}
In 1968, Beach Boy [[Dennis Wilson]] introduced Melcher to ex-con and aspiring musician [[Charles Manson]]. Manson and his "family" had been living in Wilson's house at 14400 [[Sunset Boulevard]] after Wilson had picked up hitchhiking Manson family members [[Patricia Krenwinkel]] and Ella Jo Bailey. Wilson expressed interest in Manson's music and also recorded two of Manson's songs with the Beach Boys.<ref>{{cite news| first=Katie| last=Dowd| title=How the Beach Boys ended up recording a song written by Charles Manson| url=https://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/beach-boys-song-written-by-charles-manson-12371418.php| newspaper=[[San Francisco Chronicle]]| date=November 20, 2017| access-date=August 17, 2020| archive-date=August 9, 2020| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200809121613/https://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/beach-boys-song-written-by-charles-manson-12371418.php| url-status=live}}</ref> For a time, Melcher was interested in recording Manson's music as well as making a film about the family and their hippie commune existence. Manson met Melcher at [[10050 Cielo Drive]], the home that Melcher shared with his girlfriend, actress [[Candice Bergen]] and musician [[Mark Lindsay]].<ref name="Nancy Adamson">{{cite news| newspaper=[[Midland Reporter-Telegram]]| title=Mark Lindsay talks about new music, cats and Charlie Manson| url=http://www.mywesttexas.com/top_stories/article_471dbd11-a57f-5840-960b-ec33249c4f41.html| first=Nancy| last=Adamson| date=June 8, 2013| access-date=June 12, 2013| archive-date=July 3, 2013| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130703040017/http://www.mywesttexas.com/top_stories/article_471dbd11-a57f-5840-960b-ec33249c4f41.html| url-status=live}}</ref>

Manson eventually auditioned for Melcher but Melcher declined to sign him. There was still talk of a documentary being made about Manson's music but Melcher abandoned the project after witnessing Manson fighting with a drunken stuntman at [[Spahn Ranch]].<ref name=telegraph/> Wilson and Melcher severed their ties with Manson, a move that angered Manson.<ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.cielodrive.com/family/manson/index.html| title=Charles Manson| website=CieloDrive.com| access-date=March 17, 2017| archive-date=March 4, 2016| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304030050/http://www.cielodrive.com/family/manson/index.html| url-status=live}}</ref> Soon after, Melcher and Bergen moved out of the Cielo Drive home. The house's owner, Rudi Altobelli, then leased it to film director [[Roman Polanski]] and his wife, actress [[Sharon Tate]]. Manson was reported to have visited the house on more than one occasion asking for Melcher but was told that Melcher had moved.<ref name=telegraph/>

On August 8–9, 1969, the house was the site of [[Tate murders|the murders of Tate]] (who was eight months pregnant at the time), coffee heiress [[Abigail Folger]], hairdresser [[Jay Sebring]], writer [[Wojciech Frykowski]] and [[Steven Parent]] by members of [[Manson Family|Manson's "family"]]. Some authors and law enforcement personnel{{Who|date=October 2020}} have theorized that the Cielo Drive house was targeted by Manson as revenge for Melcher's rejection and that Manson was unaware that he and Bergen had moved out. However, family member [[Tex Watson|Charles "Tex" Watson]] stated that Manson and company did, in fact, know that Melcher was no longer living there,<ref>{{cite book |url=http://www.aboundinglove.org/sensational/wydfm/wydfm-014.php |chapter=Chapter 14: Helter Skelter I (August 8–9) |title=Will You Die For Me? |author=Watson, Charles D. |editor=Hoekstra, Chaplain Ray |publisher=Cross Roads Publications, Inc. |date=April 24, 1978 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100329161133/http://www.aboundinglove.org/sensational/wydfm/wydfm-014.php |archive-date=March 29, 2010 }}</ref> and Melcher's former roommate Mark Lindsay stated, "Terry and I talked about it later and Terry said Manson knew (Melcher had moved) because Manson or someone from his organization left a note on Terry's porch in Malibu."<ref name="Nancy Adamson"/>

At that time, Melcher was producing music by singer [[Jimmy Boyd]] for [[A&M Records]]. After initial tracks were recorded, the Manson murders occurred, reportedly prompting Melcher to go into seclusion and the session was never completed. When Manson was arrested, it was widely reported that he had sent his followers to the house to kill Melcher and Bergen. Manson family member [[Susan Atkins]], who admitted her part in the murders, stated to police and before a [[grand jury]] that the house was chosen as the scene for the murders "to instill fear into Terry Melcher because Terry had given us his word on a few things and never came through with them".<ref name=telegraph/> Melcher took to employing a bodyguard and told Manson prosecutor [[Vincent Bugliosi]] that his fear was so great he had been undergoing psychiatric treatment. Melcher was described as the most frightened of the witnesses at the trial, even though Bugliosi assured him that "Manson knew you were no longer living [on Cielo Drive]".<ref name=telegraph/>

In his 2019 book ''[[CHAOS: Charles Manson, the CIA, and the Secret History of the Sixties]]'', author Tom O'Neill reexamined the Manson case and found evidence Melcher may have been more closely involved with the Manson family than he admitted at trial.<ref>{{cite news| first=Steven| last=Phillips| date=July 12, 2019| url=https://www.latimes.com/books/la-ca-jc-review-chaos-charles-manson-dan-piepenbring-20190711-story.html| title=What Really Happened in the Manson murders? 'Chaos' casts doubt on Helter Skelter theory| newspaper=Los Angeles Times| access-date=May 14, 2021| archive-date=June 10, 2021| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210610115901/https://www.latimes.com/books/la-ca-jc-review-chaos-charles-manson-dan-piepenbring-20190711-story.html| url-status=live}}</ref> In reviewing police files and other data, O'Neill found evidence Melcher was associating with Manson in the four month period after the Tate-Labianca murders but before Manson's arrest. These documents, seemingly hidden by Bugliosi, undermined claims the Tate murders were intended to frighten Melcher in revenge for his refusal to record Manson's music. O'Neill also found documents indicating Melcher was [[statutory rape|having sex]] with 15-year-old Manson family member [[Ruth Ann Moorehouse]].<ref name="O'Neill">{{cite book| last=O'Neill| first=Tom| title=Chaos: Charles Manson, the CIA and the Secret History of the Sixties| url=https://books.google.com/books?id=zG92DwAAQBAJ| year=2019|publisher=Little, Brown| isbn=978-0-316-47757-4| access-date=July 18, 2021| archive-date=June 6, 2021| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210606182949/https://books.google.com/books?id=zG92DwAAQBAJ|url-status=live|pages=119–139}}</ref> Dean Moorehouse, Ruth Ann's father and a Manson Family member, had also resided at 10050 Cielo Drive with Melcher. [[Tex Watson]] was known to frequently visit the residence.{{sfn|O'Neill|2019|pp=117-119}}

==Later years==
Melcher again acted as producer for [[the Byrds]] on ''[[Ballad of Easy Rider (album)|Ballad of Easy Rider]]'', their eighth album, released in November [[1969 in music|1969]].<ref name="timeless">{{cite book| author=Rogan, Johnny| pages=542–547| year=1998| title=The Byrds: Timeless Flight Revisited| edition=2nd| publisher=Rogan House| isbn=978-0-9529-5401-9}}</ref> The record peaked at No. 36 on the Billboard charts. At the time it was met with mixed reviews but is today regarded as one of the band's stronger efforts from the latter half of their career.<ref name="allmusic3">{{cite web| title=Ballad of Easy Rider review| website=[[Allmusic]]| url={{AllMusic|class=album|id=r3068|pure_url=yes}}|access-date=February 6, 2010}}</ref>

In the early 1970s, Melcher produced the Byrds' 9th and 10th albums ''[[Untitled (Byrds album)|(Untitled)]]'' and ''[[Byrdmaniax]]''. However, ''[[Byrdmaniax]]'' was not well-received as band member [[Gene Parsons]] referred to the album as "Melcher's Folly" because of its prominent overdubs of horns and strings, which were done without the band's knowledge. During this time, Melcher dabbled in real estate and served as the executive producer of his mother's CBS series, ''[[The Doris Day Show]]''. He later recorded two solo albums, ''Terry Melcher'' and ''Royal Flush''.<ref name=melcher/> Writing of the former in ''[[Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies]]'' (1981), [[Robert Christgau]] said:
<blockquote>
Most will find this producer's daydream sterile at best and noxious at worst but I like the song about his shrink and am fascinated by his compulsion to defend his Manson connections. With the requisite show of wealth and taste, he insists that he's only a spectator — why, he wouldn't even know about the [[hand jive]] if it weren't for ''[[Soul Train]]''. Alternate title: ''[[It's Alright, Ma (I'm Only Bleeding)|It's Alright Ma, I'm Only Watching]]''.<ref name="CG">{{cite book| last=Christgau| first=Robert| author-link=Robert Christgau| year=1981| title=[[Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies]]| publisher=[[Ticknor & Fields]]| isbn=978-0-8991-9026-6| chapter=Consumer Guide '70s: M| chapter-url=https://www.robertchristgau.com/get_chap.php?k=M&bk=70| access-date=March 7, 2019| via=robertchristgau.com| archive-date=June 29, 2017| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170629053222/https://www.robertchristgau.com/get_chap.php?k=M&bk=70|url-status=live}}</ref>
</blockquote>
In 1985, Melcher co-produced the cable show ''Doris Day's Best Friends'' and worked as the director and vice president of the Doris Day Animal Foundation. He and his mother, to whom he remained close throughout his life, also co-owned the Cypress Inn, a small hotel in [[Carmel-by-the-Sea, California]].<ref name=melcher>[http://www.blogofdeath.com/archives/001235.html Blog of Death: Terry Melcher] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070821235258/http://www.blogofdeath.com/archives/001235.html |date=August 21, 2007 }}, blogofdeath.com; accessed March 17, 2017.</ref>

In 1988, Melcher earned a [[Golden Globe Award|Golden Globe]] nomination for co-writing the song "[[Kokomo (song)|Kokomo]]" with [[John Phillips (musician)|John Phillips]], [[Scott McKenzie]] and [[Mike Love]]. Recorded by the Beach Boys, the song was featured in the 1988 [[Tom Cruise]] film ''[[Cocktail (1988 film)|''Cocktail'']]'' and hit No. 1 (the band's career fourth overall) on the [[Billboard Hot 100|''Billboard'' Hot 100]]. The single was certified gold with U.S. sales of more than one million copies.<ref name=melcher/> Melcher later co-wrote and produced the band's 1992 studio album ''[[Summer in Paradise]]'', which was the first record produced digitally on [[Pro Tools]].<ref>{{cite web| title=Summer In Paradise| url=http://albumlinernotes.com/Summer_In_Paradise.html| access-date=January 14, 2022| website=albumlinernotes}}</ref>

==Death==
On November 19, 2004, Melcher died at his home in [[Beverly Hills, California]] after a long battle with [[melanoma]].<ref name="telegraph"/><ref>[http://www.dorisdaytribute.com/news-terrymelcherdies.htm Doris Day's beloved son Terry Melcher dies at 62...] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190508161003/http://www.dorisdaytribute.com/news-terrymelcherdies.htm |date=May 8, 2019 }}, dorisdaytribute.com, November 25, 2004.</ref><ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Devenish |first=Colin |date=November 22, 2004 |title=Terry Melcher Dead at 62 |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/terry-melcher-dead-at-62-91584/ |access-date=November 26, 2022 |magazine=Rolling Stone |language=en-US}}</ref>

==Discography==

{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable"
|+ Singles 
|-
! scope="col" class="unsortable" | Act
! scope="col" | Release
! scope="col" | Catalogue
! scope="col" | Year
! scope="col" class="unsortable" | Notes #
|-
! scope="row" | Terry Day
| "That's All I Want" / "I Waited Too Long"
| [[Columbia Records|Columbia]] 4-42427
| 1962
| 
|-
! scope="row" | Terry Day
| "Be A Soldier" / "I Love You, Betty"
| Columba 4-42678
| 1963
| <ref>{{cite book| title=Surf & Hot Rod Music of the 60's: Collectors Quick Reference| author=Cozzen, R. Duane| chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_25gCgAAQBAJ&q=%22Terry+melcher%22That%27s+All+I+Want%22Columbia+4-42427&pg=PA32| page=32| chapter=BRUCE & TERRY, Bruce Johnston & Terry Melcher, Singles (45's)| date=August 11, 2015| isbn=978-1-3294-0033-7| access-date=December 4, 2020| archive-date=July 20, 2021| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210720042813/https://books.google.com/books?id=_25gCgAAQBAJ&q=%22Terry+melcher%22That%27s+All+I+Want%22Columbia+4-42427&pg=PA32| url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="Page 815">{{cite book| title=Goldmine Standard Catalog of American Records: 1950-1975| first=Tim| last=Neely| date=August 31, 2006| page=[https://books.google.com/books?id=2hw5AQAAIAAJ&q=%22Terry+Day%22 Page 815]| isbn=9780896893078| url=https://books.google.com/books?id=2hw5AQAAIAAJ&q=%22Terry+Day%22| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210720042818/https://books.google.com/books?id=2hw5AQAAIAAJ&dq=%22Terry+Day%22That%27s+All+I+Want%22Billboard&focus=searchwithinvolume&q=%22Terry+Day%22| archive-date=July 20, 2021}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row" | Terry Melcher &  [[Bruce Johnston]] 
| "Take It To Mexico (Tulsa County Blue)" / "Rebecca" 
| [[RCA Victor]] NB-10238 
| 1975
| <ref>''[[Cash Box (magazine)|Cash Box]]'', May 17, 1975 - [https://www.americanradiohistory.com/Archive-Cash-Box/70s/1975/CB-1975-05-17.pdf Page 23 ''cash box/singles reviews''] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210720042701/https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Cash-Box/70s/1975/CB-1975-05-17.pdf |date=July 20, 2021 }}</ref>
|-
! scope="row" | Terry Melcher
| "Fire In A Rainstorm" / "So Right Tonight"
| RCA Victor NB-10587
| 1976
| <ref name="Page 815"/>
|-
|}

==References==
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==External links==
* [http://www.ryanmelcher.com Ryan Melcher's website]
* {{allmusic}}
* {{IMDb name|0577457}}

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