Terry Manning (December 29, 1947 – March 25, 2025) was an American photographer, composer, singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, record producer, audio engineer, and visual artist. In a career spanning more than 50 years, he has worked with Led Zeppelin, Iron Maiden, Bryan Adams, ZZ Top, the Tragically Hip, Zeno, Jay Boy Adams, Booker T. & the MG’s, Shakira, Isaac Hayes, Otis Redding, Rhino Bucket, Johnny Winter, the Fabulous Thunderbirds, Big Star, Johnny Taylor, Jason and the Scorchers, the Staple Singers, Molly Hatchet, George Thorogood, Al Green, Widespread Panic, Shania Twain, Joe Cocker, Joe Walsh, and Lenny Kravitz, among others.
In 2013, Manning was inducted into the International Rockabilly Hall of Fame, the West Texas Music Hall of Fame, and the Bobby Fuller Four and Border Legends Cultural Center of El Paso, Texas. In October 2013, ECR Music Group released Manning’s album “West Texas Skyline”, a tribute to Bobby Fuller. In January 2015, ECR released Manning’s album “Heaven Knows”, and in 2019 ECR released a live Manning album, “Playin’ In Elvis’ House”, recorded in Elvis Presley’s first home on Audubon Avenue in Memphis.
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After moving to Memphis, Tennessee, Manning worked for years at both Stax Records and Ardent Studios as an engineer and producer, recording and mixing. He was a principal part of Stax owner Al Bell’s production team for the Staple Singers, responsible for such hit records as “Heavy Makes You Happy”, “Respect Yourself”, and “I’ll Take You There”.
In 1970, Manning licensed release of his own solo album, Home Sweet Home, on Stax’s Enterprise label, re-released with extra tracks by Sunbeam in 2006. In the mid 1980s, Manning moved to London, and worked for a year at EMI’s Abbey Road Studios. In 1992, he moved to Nassau, Bahamas, to partner with Chris Blackwell in Compass Point Studios, which he operated for over twenty years.
Manning’s newest releases as a music artist are the ECR Music Group/Lucky Seven Records releases of his albums, West Texas Skyline: A Tribute To Bobby Fuller, released in October 2013, Heaven Knows, released in 2015, Planets, released in 2016, and his Playin’ in Elvis’ House, released in 2019. In January of 2025, Manning released his latest album, the fifteen song “Red And Black.”
In 1992, Manning moved to the Bahamas with his wife Sherrie Manning where he worked with Chris Blackwell at his studio. Sherrie died from cancer in 2013 in Nassau. In 2017, Manning married Janet Brunton and returned to El Paso, Texas. Manning had a stepson, Cory, and three children, Lucas, Michael, and Yuri. On March 25, 2025, Manning died aged 77.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terry_Manning
http://www.terrymanning.com/
Photo: Terry Manning | From his personal website | https://www.terrymanning.com
You should check his website out. You wouldn’t believe the artists he served as engineer for!