Temperton died last week in London following “a brief aggressive battle with cancer,” Warner/Chappell music publishing’s Jon Platt told the BBC. “His family is devastated and requests total privacy at ...

LONDON – Rod Temperton, a British-born musician and songwriter with a singular knack for pop-funk who wrote the Michael Jackson classics “Thriller,” “Rock With You” and many other hits, died of cancer ...

Rod Temperton has been called pop music's "Invisible Man" because few knew his name. But his songs were megahits in the 1970s and 80s. Along with big hair, wide lapels and bell bottoms, his music ...

Before working for the King of Pop, Temperton played keyboards and was the primary songwriter for Heatwave, including the group’s hit singles “Boogie Nights” and “Always and Forever.” He performed ...

Rod Temperton, a British-born musician and songwriter with a singular knack for pop-funk who wrote the Michael Jackson classics "Thriller," ''Rock With You" and many other hits, has died of cancer in ...

Temperton wrote some of the most iconic pop songs of the 1970s and '80s, including Michael Jackson's "Thriller" and "Rock With You." 'Thriller' Songwriter Rod Temperton Dies At 66 Rod Temperton has ...