Terry Manning

Terry Manning
Manning in 2015
Background information
Birth nameTerry Don Manning
Genres
Occupations
  • Singer-songwriter
  • composer
  • multi-instrumentalist
  • record producer
  • photographer
  • audio engineer
  • mixing engineer
  • visual artist
Instruments
  • Keyboards
  • piano
  • guitar
Years active1963–present
Websiteterrymanning.com

Terry Manning is an American photographer, composer, singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, record producer, audio engineer, and visual artist. In a career spanning more than 50 years, he has worked with Led Zeppelin, Iron Maiden, Bryan Adams, ZZ Top, the Tragically Hip, Zeno, Jay Boy Adams, Booker T. & the MG's, Shakira, Isaac Hayes, Otis Redding, Rhino Bucket, Johnny Winter, the Fabulous Thunderbirds,[1] Big Star,[2] Johnny Taylor, Jason and the Scorchers, the Staple Singers, Molly Hatchet, George Thorogood, Al Green, Widespread Panic, Shania Twain, Joe Cocker, Joe Walsh, and Lenny Kravitz, among others.[3]

In 2013, Manning was inducted into the International Rockabilly Hall of Fame, the West Texas Music Hall of Fame, and the Bobby Fuller Four and Border Legends Cultural Center of El Paso, Texas. In October 2013, ECR Music Group released Manning's album "West Texas Skyline", a tribute to Bobby Fuller. In January 2015, ECR released Manning's album "Heaven Knows",[citation needed] and in 2019 ECR released a live Manning album, "Playin' In Elvis' House", recorded in Elvis Presley's first home on Audubon Avenue in Memphis.

  1. ^ Epic Records 1989
  2. ^ Benjamin, Kent H. (March 19, 2004). "Big Star Myths". The Austin Chronicle. Retrieved June 20, 2022. As Memphis legend Jim Dickinson has told me for years, a case could be made that the Big Star sound really came from producer Terry Manning, who served as mentor to both Bell and Chilton.
  3. ^ "Credits". allmusic.com. AllMusic. Retrieved 26 March 2015.