Jerry Fuller

63 on the Billboard Hot 100, and earned him an invitation to appear on American Bandstand. Fuller wrote for Ricky Nelson, who had top hits with "Travelin' Man", "A Wonder Like You", "Young World", and "It's Up to You". From 1967-1971, Fuller worked as a music producer at Columbia Records and, in 1970, he started his own Moonchild production company.

• Name — Jerry Fuller • Birth Name — Jerrell Lee Fuller • Born — 19 November 1938 • Birthplace — Fort Worth, Texas, U.S. • Died — 18 July 2024 • Place of death — Los Angeles, California, U.S. • Years Active — 1959–2018 • Genre — Country, pop, doo-wop, soul • Label — Challenge Records, Columbia • Occupation — Songwriter, record producer

Jerrell Lee Fuller was born in Fort Worth, Texas on November 19, 1938, to a musical family. He and his brother Bill performed as a duo in their home state, recording for the local Lin label, before Jerry branched out on his own and began writing his own material. In 1959, he moved to Los Angeles, California, and secured a performing contract with Challenge Records.

In 1967, he moved to Columbia Records as a producer. His first discovery was Gary Puckett and The Union Gap, whom he found in a San Diego bowling alley lounge. He wrote and produced the group's hits "Young Girl" (a UK No. 1; Can. No. 1), "Lady Willpower" (Can No. 1), and "Over You" (Can No. 5). He also produced Mark Lindsay, The Peanut Butter Conspiracy, and O.C. Smith, for whom he produced the hits "The Son of Hickory Holler's Tramp" (Can No. 20) and "Little Green Apples" (Can No. 6). He remained with Columbia until 1971. In 1970 he started Moonchild production company, writing and producing the hit "Show and Tell" for Al Wilson in 1973 (Can No. 7).

In Fuller's later years, he recorded his own renditions of many of the songs he worked on, and released them in a three-volume album series between 2016 and 2018.

In 1965, Fuller married Annette Smerigan, and they had two children; the couple had first been introduced by Glen Campbell. Fuller died from lung cancer at his home in Sherman Oaks, Los Angeles, on July 18, 2024, at the age of 85.

• Year — Album — Label • 1960 — Teenage Love — Lin

• Year — Single — Chart Positions — Album • US — US Country — CAN — CAN Country • 1959 — "Betty My Angel" — 90 — — — — — — — Teenage Love • "Tennessee Waltz" — 63 — — — 13 — — • 1961 — "Guilty of Loving You" — 94 — — — — — — • "Shy Away" — 71 — — — — — — • 1973 — "Lazy Susan" — — — — — 80 — — — Singles only • 1979 — "Salt on the Wound" — — — 98 — — — — • "Lines" — — — 90 — — — 60