Who are some favorite song writers or music producers?

Rodney Lynn "Rod" Temperton (9 October 1949 – September/October 2016) was an English songwriter, record producer and musician. He initially made his mark as the keyboardist and main songwriter for the 1970s R&B, funk and disco band Heatwave, whose hit songs included "Boogie Nights" and "Always and Forever".

After being recruited by producer Quincy Jones, he wrote several internationally known songs performed by Michael Jackson, including "Thriller", "Off the Wall" and "Rock with You". He also wrote George Benson's hits "Give Me the Night" and "Love X Love", and Patti Austin and James Ingram's US number one duet "Baby, Come to Me", among many others.

Temperton wrote the soundtrack for Running Scared (1986 film).

Temperton won a Grammy Award in 1991 for his work on "Birdland", from Quincy Jones's album Back on the Block.

Nile Gregory Rodgers Jr. (born September 19, 1952) is an American record producer, songwriter, musician, composer, arranger and guitarist. He is the lead guitarist and co-founding member with Bernard Edwards of the band Chic, which has been active since 1976 and was one of the most successful groups of the disco era. He is famed for his "chucking" rhythm guitar style.

Although he recorded three solo albums during the 1980s and 1990s, and one as part of the short-lived group Outloud, Rodgers has found more success in collaboration as producer and performer with many artists including Sister Sledge, Diana Ross, Philip Bailey, Thompson Twins, Sheena Easton, David Bowie, Bryan Ferry, Duran Duran, Madonna, INXS, Britney Spears, Spoons, and more recently, Daft Punk, Pharrell Williams, Avicii, Disclosure, Sam Smith, Pitbull, Lady Gaga, Kylie Minogue, Max Pezzali, Nervo, Laura Mvula, Sigala, Keith Urban, Christina Aguilera and George Michael. On April 7, 2017, Rodgers was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and received an Award for Musical Excellence. He was appointed chairman of the Songwriters Hall of Fame in July, 2018

A Story about the meeting of two guys:
Kenny Gamble and Leon Huff.

Which became world famous for The Sound of Philadelphia (TSOP).

They had the record company called: Philadelphia Internation Records.

Became in the 70´s world famous for The O´Jays, The Three Degrees, Teddy Pendergrass, Patty Labelle, Lou Rawls, McFadden and Whitehead (Ain't No Stoppin Us Now).

By collaboration with other artists, they had also other hits with artists like Thelma Houston, The Jacksons, Third World & MFSB (Mother, Father, Sister Brother).

But they started already in the 60´s with the artists:
The Soul Survivors, The Intruders, Archie Bell and the Drells, Joe Simon, Wilson Pickett, Dusty Springfield.

Kenneth Gamble and Leon Huff were the architects of the Philly Sound and the founders of Philadelphia International Records which dominated popular black music in the 1970s and rivaled Motown to become America's second largest black-owned record company.