The net worth of Rod Temperton, an English songwriter, record producer, and musician, was $125 million.
As a songwriter for renowned artists like George Benson, Patti Austin, and Michael Jackson, Rod Temperton amassed a fortune.
The title track of Jackson’s “Thriller” album, which became the top-selling album of all time, is credited to his writing.
Born on October 15, 1947, in Cleethorpes, Lincolnshire, England, he attended the De Aston School in Market Rasen, where he created a musical ensemble for school competitions.
After graduating from high school, he attended his first school in Grimsby, where he worked for a frozen food company. Later that year, he joined the funk/disco group Heatwave, which was founded by Johnnie Walker, Jr. after an advertisement in the Melody Maker.
Too Hot to Handle, Boogie Nights, and Always and Forever are among the group’s most well-known hits.
Heatwave’s second album, Central Heating’s The Groove Line, released in 1979, was another huge success for the group.
Temperton left Heatwave in 1979 to pursue writing full-time, but he continued to write songs for the band and moved to Beverly Hills, California in 1980.
The color purple movie’s soundtrack featured a song called “Miss Celie’s Blues,” which he co-wrote and earned an Oscar nomination for his work.
Sadly, Rod Temperton passed away in October 2016 at the age of 66 after a short-lived battle with cancer.