WBernard Russ Alben was an American advertising executive and composer. He served as the Vice President and Creative Director of Ogilvy & Mather from the early 1970s until his retirement in December 1981. Alben is credited with writing the Good & Plenty's Choo Choo Charlie jingle and creating the Timex watch advertising slogan, "It takes a licking and keeps on ticking."
WClotilde Arias Chávarri Anduaga de Ferrero was a Peruvian-American lyricist and composer.
WFahir Atakoğlu is a Turkish pianist and composer who has worked with a wide range of artists across many genres of music, ranging in style from symphonic scoring to advertising jingles. He was born in Istanbul, Turkey.
WTanishk Bagchi is an Indian music producer, composer, singer and lyricist.
WVanraj Bhatia is an Indian composer best known for his work in Indian New Wave cinema. He is also one of the leading composers of Western classical music in India.
WJoseph Brooks, born Joseph Kaplan, was an American composer, director, producer, and screenwriter. He was a prolific writer of advertising jingles and wrote the hit songs "My Ship Is Comin' In", "If Ever I See You Again", and "You Light Up My Life", the last for the hit film of the same name that he also wrote, directed, and produced. In his later years he became the subject of an investigation after being accused of a series of casting-couch rapes. He was indicted in 2009, but killed himself on May 22, 2011, before his trial.
WGary Michiel Daverne is a New Zealand musical arranger, composer, conductor, director and producer.
WLord David Paul Nicholas Dundas is an English musician and actor, best known for his chart success in the pop genre during the 1970s as well as his later career in film and television scores.
WAustin Gary is an American novelist, mostly known as a BMI award-winning songwriter for "The Car" by Jeff Carson and recordings by other country performers like Tammy Wynette and John Berry, and as associate producer of albums by Carson, Berry and Hank Williams, Jr.'s Hog Wild album. A Documentarian, his Martin Luther King Jr. documentary, "They Killed Martin: 3 Lives Forever Changed" is available on YouTube. Also a storyteller, he has appeared on Seattle Public radio station KUOW with personal stories about Thornton Wilder and the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr. and A Guide To Visitors—The Best Of Stories On Stage. He is also a noted high school teacher and a former advertising creative director, radio/television jingle composer, and newspaper editor. He is a member of PEN Canada.
WArjuna Harjai is an Indian composer, singer and musician working in Bollywood who is also known for composing popular advertising music.
WThe J's with Jamie was an American musical group specializing in commercial jingles in the 1950s and 1960s. The group's core members were Jamie and Joe Silvia, a married couple who played with a number of session musicians and other singers. They worked within the booming mid-20th century Chicago advertising industry in both radio and television with clients including well-known food companies, politicians, appliance manufacturers, and industry associations. The couple declined invitations to go on tour, opting to stay in Chicago with their family, but did record three albums for Columbia Records, including a combination of original songs and covers of standards and Broadway show tunes. At the 6th Annual Grammy Awards in 1964, The J's with Jamie were nominated in two categories: Best New Artist and Best Performance by a Vocal Group. Shortly before disbanding in 1967 to found a commercial production firm, the Silvias released another two albums as Jamie and the J. Silvia Singers.
WRicky Kej is an internationally renowned Grammy award winning Indian Music Composer and Environmentalist. He has performed at venues in over 30 countries including at the United Nations headquarters in New York and Geneva. Ricky Kej was named a UNCCD Land Ambassador at the COP14 to raise public awareness about the challenges of land degradation, desertification and drought. Ricky also serves as a UNESCO - MGIEP "Global Ambassador for Kindness", UNICEF Celebrity Supporter, and is an Ambassador for the Earth Day Network. In 2020, Ricky was named as a GQ Hero 2020 by GQ magazine.
WKim Kuusi is a Finnish composer best known for his advertising jingles.
WMichael A. Levine is an American composer, music producer and screenwriter born in Japan and currently based in Los Angeles. He is best known for his work in film and television.
WLeslee Lewis is an Indian singer and composer known for his work with Hariharan as the duo Colonial Cousins. They won the MTV Asia Viewer's Choice Award and then the U.S. Billboard Viewer's Choice Award for 'Colonial Cousins', their debut album. He conceived and created all the music for Coke Studio, MTV India debut season.
WAmaal Mallik is an Indian music director, composer, singer, performer and lyricist. He is the elder son of Daboo Malik and Jyothi Malik, and grandson of Sardar Malik. He is brother of singer Armaan Malik and nephew of music composer and singer Anu Malik. He debuted as a composer in 2014 by composing three songs for Salman Khan's Jai Ho, following it up with the song "Naina" from Khoobsurat.
WShantanu Moitra is an Indian score composer, musician and pianist who has composed songs for the Hindi film industry, and is most known for his scores in the films Parineeta (2005), Hazaaron Khwaishein Aisi (2005), Lage Raho Munnabhai (2006) and 3 Idiots (2009), and private albums, Mann ke Manjeere and Ab ke Saawan sung by Shubha Mudgal. In 2014, he received the National Film Award for Best Music Direction for Na Bangaaru Talli.
WRishikesh Pandey better known by his stage name RishiKing is an Indian music composer, rapper, filmmaker and screenwriter. Rishikesh is the founder of the motion picture production company Hribom Productions and music company Folk Culture. His films and songs have a mixture of awareness and solutions for the society that brought him recognition and praise from the Government of India. He changed the way of rapping in India and gave new direction to the society through rap. He along with P Narahari IAS launched the musical program Swachhta Ke Sur in 2020 under Swachh Bharat Mission to make people aware through music, which included Bollywood singer Shaan, Shankar Mahadevan, Javed Ali, Payal Dev and Dev Negi.
WAshok Patki is an Indian music director and composer; working predominantly in Marathi cinema, theatre and television. He is best known for his very popular compositions like "Mile Sur Mera Tumhara", "Purab Se Surya Uga". Patki has also composed over 5000 jingles and has been awarded with Indian National Film Award for Best Music Direction at 54th National Film Awards in 2006 for a Konkani film, Antarnaad.
WAllahrakha Rahman, known professionally as A. R. Rahman, is an Indian composer, singer, and music producer who works predominantly in Tamil and Hindi movies. In 2010, the Indian government awarded him the Padma Bhushan, the nation's third-highest civilian award. Among Rahman's awards are six National Film Awards, two Academy Awards, two Grammy Awards, a BAFTA Award, a Golden Globe Award, fifteen Filmfare Awards and seventeen Filmfare Awards South. In 2013, he introduced 7.1 surround sound technology to South Indian films.
WAmartya Bobo Rahut is an Indian singer-songwriter, music producer and an independent artist from Mumbai, India. Bobo has composed and produced music for films & albums such as, Drive, Tu Hai Mera Sunday, Aurangzeb, Uttarayan, Tumhari Sulu, Rewind – Nine Lost Stories, Om The Fusion Band, etc.
WRam Sampath is an Indian composer, music producer and musician, who started his career composing advertising jingles for Mumbai-based advertising industry, subsequently he started composing for pop albums like Tanha Dil (2000) by Shaan, before composing for films like Khakee, Delhi Belly (2011), Talaash (2012), Raees etc.
WFlavio Enrique "Kike" Santander Lora is a Colombian-American composer, record producer, arranger and entrepreneur. He is considered to be one of the principal Latino composers of the day, having worked with artists such as David Bisbal, Cristian Castro, Thalía, Chayanne, Diego Torres, Davi Wornel, Alejandro Fernández, Olga Tañón, Bacilos, José Luis Rodríguez «El Puma» and Gloria Estefan among others. Santander has composed more than 710 songs and has sold over 25 million albums worldwide. His work as songwriter and producer includes themes such as Let's Get Loud by Jennifer Lopez, Abriendo puertas by Gloria Estefan, Me Estoy Enamorando by Alejandro Fernández, Mi Vida Sin Tu Amor by Cristian Castro, and Premonición by David Bisbal, as well as many songs recorded by artists such as Thalía, Natalia Oreiro, Gisselle, Edith Márquez, Luis Miguel, Soledad Pastorutti and the Spanish song for Eurovision Song Contest 2004, amongst others.
WShankar–Ehsaan–Loy is an Indian musical trio consisting of Shankar Mahadevan, Ehsaan Noorani and Loy Mendonsa. They have composed music for over 50 soundtracks across five languages - Hindi, Tamil, Telugu, Marathi and English. Amongst the most critically acclaimed Indian musicians, the trio have won numerous awards, including National Film Award (India), Filmfare Awards, IIFA Awards. They are often referred to as the "Amar Akbar Anthony" of the Hindi film music industry.
WGopisundar C. S. is an Indian music director, programmer, singer, songwriter, actor and performer who works prominently in Malayalam, Tamil and Telugu industries. He started his career composing music for television commercials, as has nearly 5,000 jingles to his credit. As a keyboard programmer, he has collaborated with many music directors including the composer duo Vishal–Shekhar. He has won several accolades for his soundtrack albums and film scores, including a National Film Award, a Kerala State Film Award, and two Filmfare Awards South.
WShane Theriot is an American guitarist, composer and Grammy award-winning producer based in New Orleans, LA. He is currently the musical director, guitarist and band leader for Hall & Oates, as well as musical director/guitarist for the television show Live From Daryl's House, featuring Daryl Hall. Theriot's versatility in both the studio and stage has led to work with many artists in virtually all styles of music. As a composer for TV his original music has been used by ESPN, HBO, Showtime Networks, and others. He is the author of several books on guitar styles including "New Orleans Funk Guitar Styles" and other instructional DVDs.
WChristopher Chiyan Tin is an American composer of concert music, film, and video game scores. His work is primarily orchestral and choral, often with a world music influence. He has won two Grammy Awards for his classical crossover album Calling All Dawns.
WGlyn Tucker Jnr was a leading figure in the New Zealand music industry for more than twenty years. Following an early career as a singer/songwriter in The Gremlins (1965–1968) he founded Mandrill Recording Studios in Auckland in 1975, and produced and engineered hundreds of New Zealand songs in the late seventies, eighties and early nineties.