Ralph Schuckett, is an American keyboardist, songwriter, record producer and TV/film composer. He played with Clear Light, The Peanut Butter Conspiracy, Jo Mama, Carole King, Lou Reed, Todd Rundgren and Utopia, and, as a studio musician in both LA and NY, on albums by Carole King, James Taylor, Hall & Oates, Whitney Houston, George Benson, The Four Tops, Cher, Donna Summer, Kashif, Richie Havens, Patty Smyth, Phoebe Snow, The Manhattans, Rodney Crowell, Joan Osborne, Ellen Shipley, Elliott Murphy and many others. His string and brass arrangements can be heard on recordings by Billy Joel, George Benson, Michael Bolton, Joan Osborne, Bette Midler, Bonnie Tyler, Graham Parker and others. He produced or co-produced the albums Real by Belinda Carlisle and Tongues and Tails by Sophie B. Hawkins, and Rescue by Clarence Clemons, on which he also co-produced tracks with Bruce Springsteen. He has co-written themes for TV shows, including Kate & Allie and Another World. The latter became a pop and country hit, sung by Crystal Gayle and Gary Morris. 

March 2nd, 1948 in Los Angeles  /  Died:   Apr 7th, 2021 - aged 73