Terrence Paul Melcher was an American record producer, singer, and songwriter who was instrumental in shaping the mid-to-late 1960s California sound and folk rock movements. His best-known contributio
Melcher in 1969
Melcher (left) in the studio with the Byrds' Gene Clark (center) and David Crosby in 1965
Melcher (center) with Bruce Johnston (left), Brian Wilson (right), and Tony Asher (back) in early 1966
Doris Day was an American actress and singer. With an entertainment career that spanned 75 years, Day was one of the most popular and acclaimed female singers of the 1940s and 1950s, with a parallel c
Terry Melcher
…is also known for his collaboration with Bruce Johnston and for his association with the Manson Family. Melcher was the only child of actress/singer Doris Day. His father was Day's first husband Al Jorden, and he was adopted by her third husband Martin Melcher. Most of his early recordings were with the vocal…
Day in a publicity portrait, 1960
Childhood home in Cincinnati
Day at the Aquarium Jazz Club, New York (1946)
Gordon MacRae and Day in Starlift (1951)