Jeff Porcaro
Rights position
| Company | Relationship | Ownership classification | Status | Verification | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Primary Wave Music | listed in artist directory | artist association only | current | verified | directory page |
“Artist association only” is the accurate classification for a directory listing. No composition or recording of this artist has a documented Primary Wave publishing or master ownership interest in the supplied dataset, and SPEC §10 forbids inferring one from the relationship.
Biography
Born in 1954, Jeff Porcaro was an American drummer, songwriter, and record producer. While he is best known for his work with the rock band TOTO, he is considered to be one of the most recorded session musicians of all time. Over the course of his career, he played on thousands of songs for hundreds of artists, including Sonny & Cher, Miles Davis, Steely Dan, George Benson, Eric Clapton, Barbra Streisand, Joe Cocker, Bruce Springsteen, Frankie Valli, and Elton John. Jeff also toured with Steely Dan and Boz Scaggs before co-founding TOTO with his childhood friend, David Paich. As a band, they released 14 studio albums and has sold over 40 million albums worldwide. Historically, few ensembles in the history of recorded music have individually or collectively had a larger imprint on pop culture than the members of TOTO. With thousands of credits and accolades to their names, the band remains the benchmark by which many artists base their sound and production. Their repertoire continues to be current, via high profile usage on both broadcast television and in films. They are one of the few 70’s bands that have endured changing trends and styles to enjoy a career with a multi-generational fan base.
Short biography only; no full biography is published for this artist.
Digital profiles and identifiers
| Scheme | Value | Confidence |
|---|---|---|
| Publisher profile | https://primarywave.com/artists/jeff-porcaro/ | high |
No MusicBrainz, Discogs, IPI, ISWC or ISRC identifier is present for any artist in this dataset. Those schemes exist in the schema and are unpopulated.
News mentions 1 post
| Date | Title | Matched by | Confidence | Words |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021-11-18 | PRIMARY WAVE ACQUIRE THE MUSIC MUSIC PUBLISHING CATALOG AND MASTER ROYALTIES OF JEFF PORCARO THE MUSIC PUBLISHING CATALOG AND MASTER ROYALTIES OF JEFF PORCARO – MULTI-GRAMMY WINNING SONGWRITER, DRUMMER, PRODUCER, AND CO-FOUNDER OF THE LEGENDARY ROCK BAND TOTO, IS THE LATEST ACQUISITION FOR PRIMARY WAVE MUSIC THE DEAL ENCOMPASSES JEFF’S INTEREST IN TOTO’S BIGGEST HITS INCLUDING “AFRICA,” “HOLD THE LINE,” “I’LL BE OVER YOU,” […] | title | medium | 666 |
“Matched by” and the confidence are carried through from the source extraction rather than flattened: a tag or tag+title match is high confidence, a title-only match is medium or low. A mention is not a transaction.
Associated repertoire (SPEC §22 category C)
No playlist embed
No Spotify playlist is embedded on this artist's page. 108 of 178 artists have one.
Identity and aliases
| Alias | Type | Confidence | Status | Method |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jeff Porcaro | source spelling | high | accepted | verbatim name as published in the Primary Wave artist directory |
A candidate alias is not used for matching until a reviewer accepts it. SPEC §12 forbids automatically merging low-confidence matches.