Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Songwriter Rod Temperton has passed away last week after "a brief aggressive battle with cancer," according to chairman of music ...

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 ...

Rod Temperton, the British songwriter who penned hits for Michael Jackson, Herbie Hancock, and more, passed away at the age of 66 following a battle with cancer. Warner/Chappell CEO Jon Platt ...

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 ...

For a foundational architect of late ’70s and early ’80s dance music and a crafter of more than a dozen Hot 100 Top 20 hits, Rod Temperton is striking in his anonymity. Largely, that’s by design: ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. This article originally appeared on PEOPLE.com. Rod Temperton, perhaps best known for penning Michael Jackson's iconic track ...

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 ...

LONDON (AFP) - The British songwriter behind Michael Jackson's icon hit Thriller, Rod Temperton, has died at the age of 66, his music publisher announced on Wednesday (Oct 5). Jon Platt, chairman and ...

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 ...