ABSTRACT
Born in New York City, Gottehrer was an influential pop music executive and producer from the mid-1960s through the early 1980s. He began working as a demo engineer in New York, partnering with Jerry Goldstein to produce teen-pop hits “My Boyfriend’s Back” by the Angels, and “Hang on Sloopy” by the McCoys, among others. He then partnered with Seymour Stein to form Sire Records, producing the Climax Blues Band for the label. In 1975, he formed a brief partnership with producer/executive Marty Thau, leading to work with Blondie on their initial albums, as well as with downtown New York star Robert Gordon. In the early 1980s he achieved his biggest success overseeing the Go-Gos initial recordings. Later productions include work with Joan Armatrading and Richard Barone.
