Albhy Galuten
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Albhy Galuten is a Grammy Award winning American music producer, composer, musician, orchestrator and technology executive.
He produced 18 number 1 singles with songs and albums selling over 100,000,000 copies. He has won 2 Grammies, a Dramalogue award (theatre) and a BMI award (as a songwriter).
His music productions include the soundtracks "Saturday Night Fever," the theme song "Grease" and songs or albums for Jellyfish, Olivia Newton-John, Barbra Streisand (Guilty), Dionne Warwick (Heartbreaker), Andy Gibb, Kenny Rogers & Dolly Parton (Islands In The Stream), Samantha Sang (Emotion), Diana Ross (Chain Reaction), Eric Clapton (Knockin' on Heavens Door), Titanic love Affair and The Bee Gees (9 number one songs).
Albhy also contributed playing or orchestration skills to recording artists Wishbone Ash, Bill Wyman, Eric Clapton, Rod Stewart, Aretha Franklin, The Eagles, Kenny Loggins, Petula Clark, No Doubt (director of paradigm).
Albhy is currently a technology executive at Sony Corp and has been an executive at Universal Music Group (Sr. VP, Advanced Technology) and Ion (VP, New Technology). In his various roles as a technology executive Albhy has filed patents, developed corporate technology strategy, negotiated technology deals and worked in the development of standards including the Content Reference Forum (Chairman) and the Coral Consortium (Vice President).
As an inventor Albhy is noted for having created the first commercial drum loop ("Stayin' Alive", Bee Gees), the enhanced CD and patents on content distribution and resolution.
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