Who Would You Say Was The Best Record Producer Ever

[soulster]

There are too many to narrow down to one. My list is gonna read like the who's who of the rock era, and I know I left a ton of great ones out, but here goes:

George Martin
Brian Holland-Lamond Dosier-Eddie Holland
Joe Wissert
Lou Adler
Phil Ramone
Jerry Fuller
Luther Dixon
Gary Katz
Burt Bachrach/Hal David
Dave Grusin
Norman Whitfield
Don Davis
Charles Stepney
Richard Carpenter
The Isley Brothers [[Chris Jasper)
Dennis Lambert/Brian Potter
Freddie Perren
Tommy LiPuma
Marvin Yancey/Chuck Jackson
Gus Dugeon
Felton Jarvis
Skip Scarborough
Hugh Padgham
Allen Jones
Bob Ezrin
Bernard Edwards
Nile Rodgers
Jimmy Miller
Quincy Jones
Eddie Kramer
Eddy Oxford
Thom Bell
Van McCoy
Kenny Gamble & Leon Huff
Peter Asher
Mickie Most
Roy Thomas Baker
Mick Jones
Leiber & Stoller
Arif Mardin
Jerry Wexler
Billy Davis
Maurice White
James Anthony Carmichael
Robert John "Mutt" Langue
The Bomb Squad
James William Guercio
Rick Rubin
Richard Perry
Narada Michael Walden
George Clinton
Ted Templeman
Bill Szymzick
Paul McCartney
John Lennon
George Harrison
Phil Spector
Brian Wilson
Curtis Mayfield
Butch Vig
Barry White
Giorgio Moroder & Pete Bellotte
David Cavanaugh
Tony Visconti
Michael Masser
Nick Ashford & Valarie Simpson
Harry Wayne Casey & Richard Finch
James Brown
Roberta Flack/Rubina Flake
Prince/Christopher/Jamie Starr
Rick James
Marvin Gaye
Teena Marie
Andrew Loog Oldham
General Johnson
Eugene Record
Issac Hayes
Jim Stewart
Steve Cropper

Are your heads spinning yet?