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Lou Adler

LOU ADLER

YEAR

2013

INDUCTED BY

Cheech & Chong

CATEGORY

Ahmet Ertegun Award

Why is Lou Adler in the Rock Hall? Let us count the ways.

He founded two record labels, managed Carole King, co-produced the Monterey International Pop Festival and produced The Rocky Horror Picture Show. Should we go on?

Lou Adler

Lou Adler

HALL OF FAME
ESSAY

By David Wild

Lou Adler’s name is instantly recognizable to most people. He is one of the most successful and well-known music producers of all time, an entertainment legend in his own right, identified inextricably with Los Angeles’ musical culture.

Often spotted at Los Angeles Lakers games sitting alongside his pal Jack Nicholson, this seriously cool figure has long been a pivotal pop-culture force in his own right.

Whatever your California dream happens to have been over the past half century, chances are he was somewhere behind the scenes, helping make it come true.

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