Larry Butler (producer), Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Larry Butler (producer)

American country music producer, songwriter

Date of Birth: 26-Mar-1942

Place of Birth: Pensacola, Florida, United States

Date of Death: 20-Jan-2012

Profession: composer, record producer, songwriter

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Aries

Larry Butler (March 26, 1942 – January 20, 2012) was a country music producer/songwriter.
From the mid-1970s through the 1980s, he worked with Kenny Rogers.
Many of his albums with Rogers went either gold or platinum and accumulated many millions of sales around the world.
These albums include Kenny Rogers (1976), The Gambler (1978), Gideon (1980) and I Prefer The Moonlight (1987).
Rogers and Butler maintained a friendship outside of show business.
Butler also produced Rogers' 1993 album If Only My Heart Had A Voice.
He also participated in Rogers 2006 retrospective DVD The Journey. Butler is the only Nashville producer to win the Grammy Award for Producer of the year.