Bob Thiele

Born: July 27, 1922 in Brooklyn, New York
Died: January 30, 1996 in Manhattan, New York.
American record producer and record label founder.

Married to Teresa Brewer.
Father of Bob Thiele Jr., who is also a record producer.

Thiele began his career with a jazz radio show at age 14. In 1939, aged 17, he created the Red Baron, which folded not long after his death.

Thiele also was also a songwriter, bandleader, arranger and photographer. He is credited with co-writing "What A Wonderful World." Thiele wrote a memoir about his life in music, What A Wonderful World: A Lifetime Of Recordings, published by Oxford University Press on May 4, 1995. Also credited as photographer (Impulse Records).

Please Note: Productions released after 1996 (unless they are reissues of either full albums or individual songs) are most likely to be those of his son, as he's occasionally credited without the Jr. suffix.