LONDON-- Songwriter and musician Rod Temperton, who wrote “Thriller” and other Michael Jackson classics as well as the rhythm and blues standard “Always and Forever,” has died of cancer in London at ...

LONDON — Rod Temperton, a British-born musician and songwriter with a singular knack for pop-funk who wrote the Michael Jackson classics "Thriller," ''Rock With You" and many other hits, has died of ...

Nate Dogg and Warren G in the “Regulate” music video (screen grab from YouTube) Last week the entire music world mourned the loss of all-time songwriting virtuoso Rod Temperton. While he’s most known ...

Rod Temperton, pop music’s “invisible man” behind a string of influential and highly successful songs in the 1970s and 80s, including Michael Jackson‘s hit “Thriller”, and who was nominated for two ...

Rod Temperton has been called pop music's "Invisible Man" because few knew his name. But his songs were megahits in the 1970s and 80s. Along with big hair, wide lapels and bell bottoms, his music ...

Reporting from London — Rod Temperton, a British-born musician and songwriter with a singular knack for pop-funk who wrote the Michael Jackson classic “Thriller,” “Rock With You” and many other hits, ...

Rod Temperton, a British-born musician and songwriter with a singular knack for pop-funk who wrote the Michael Jackson classics "Thriller," ''Rock With You" and many other hits, has died of cancer in ...

The former member of Heatwave also worked with Quincy Jones on the Oscar-nominated song "Miss Celie's Blues" from 'The Color Purple.' By Gil Kaufman, Billboard Legendary songwriter Rod Temperton, best ...

Rod Temperton, a British-born musician and songwriter with a singular knack for pop-funk who wrote the Michael Jackson classics “Thriller,” “Rock With You” and many other hits, has died of cancer in ...

Rod Temperton has been called pop music's "Invisible Man" because few knew his name. But his songs were megahits in the 1970s and 80s. Along with big hair, wide lapels and bell bottoms, his music ...