Michael Brooks (2)

Born: November 15, 1935, Tooting, London, England, UK
Died: November 20, 2020, Newark, New Jersey, USA

Michael Brooks is a music historian, archivist, consultant, and producer. He started his career in 1971 by doing a Columbia, which got him his first Grammy nomination.

Among the historical reissues he has produced are boxed sets of the works of Bing Crosby.

In 2019, the Michael Brooks Collection - his personal archive of over 10,000 records - was acquired by the University of California Santa Barbara Performing Arts Library.

Career:
- 1987-present: Producer/archivist for Sony Music. Winner of six Grammy Awards as producer, co-producer or liner-note author.
- 1981: Became chief producer for Time Life Music's mail-order record division.
- 1977: Returned to CBS as reissue producer for its Columbia special products division.
- 1976: Left CBS to work for Hammond at his short-lived music company, SNUM.
- 1971: Producer John Hammond hired Brooks to work on jazz reissues at CBS Records.
- 1960: Began career as book trade editor and advertising executive.