I didn't care whose name was on it, I just wanted to get in that Top Ten.
Son of Doris Day and her first husband Al Jorden, adopted by her third husband Martin Melcher.
As a producer for Columbia Records who once auditioned and turned down Charles Manson for a recording contract, Melcher was thought to have been the original target of the infamous Manson murders. Just a few months before the killings, Melcher and his then-girlfriend Candice Bergen had lived in the house where the murders occured. (Manson had visited Melcher there before, and learned he had moved in a subsequent visit; on the night Sharon Tate and her friends died, Manson had told his followers to kill anyone they found in the house, to send Melcher a "message".)
Produced The Byrds' number one smash hits, "Mr. Tambourine Man" and "Turn! Turn! Turn!" both in 1965
He has a son from his first marriage, Ryan.
Although very busy with his own career he found the time to help his mother Doris Day run her charitable organizations and the Doris Day Animal Foundation.
Took the surname of his adoptive father, Martin Melcher, when he was 10.
1 child, Ryan
As a member of the Rip Chords, scored a big hit in 1964 with "Hey Little Cobra."
As a producer, songwriter or session musician, he has worked with The Beach Boys, The Mamas and the Papas, Randy Newman, Taj Mahal, Paul Revere, The Byrds and Bobby Darin, among many other artists.
The only child of Doris Day. His father, Al Jordan, was a trombonist.
As staff producer for Columbia Records, he worked with such prolific talent as the The Byrds, Paul Revere and the Raiders, The Mamas and the Papas, Frankie Laine, Bobby Darin and Glen Campbell.
In the early 1960s, he formed the duo Bruce & Terry with Bruce Johnston, who later joined The Beach Boys. A couple of their minor hits were "Custom Machine" and "Summer Means Fun".
Very close to mom Doris Day, he helped see through her marital and financial woes and devoted himself to managing her projects, including the The Doris Day Animal League and Doris Day Animal Foundation.
Helping to shape the California surf, rock and folk music scene in the 1960s, he was a producer of records and shows such as the Monterey Pop Festival. He later co-wrote The Beach Boys' hit song "Kokomo" which was later used in the 1988 Tom Cruise movie Cocktail (1988).
Nominated for a Grammy and a Golden Globe along with co-writers Mike Love, Scott McKenzie and John Phillips, for the song "Kokomo" from the movie Cocktail (1988).
As The Byrds' producer, he played a major role in developing The Byrds' revolutionary fusion of rock and folk.
Is portrayed by Jeffrey Johnson in Helter Skelter (2004) (TV)
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