A great-ish songwriter/producer, whose megaheyday was the 60's - if you've never heard of him, you've at least heard his songs, like the much-hated "MacArthur Park" (I quite enjoyed the Richard Harris version, actually; later versions by The Four Tops and Donna Summer were also hits, but not quite the phenomenon that Harris' recording was). His roots were in rhythm and blues (he was once a newbie staff writer at Motown Records), but his fame came from well-crafted middle-of-the-road tunes, like "By the Time I Get to Phoenix" (Glen Campbell) and "Up, Up, and Away" (The Fifth Dimension).