Lou Adler

Lester Louis Adler born December 13 1933 is an American record and film producer and the coowner of the Roxy Theatre in West Hollywood California Adler has produced and developed a number of highprofile musical artists including the Grass Roots Jan Dean the Mamas the Papas and Carole King Kings album Tapestry produced by Adler won the 1972 Grammy Award for Album of the Year and has been called one of the greatest pop albums of all time Adler is an executive producer of The Rocky Horror Picture Show and discovered and produced comedy albums and films for Cheech Chong In 2006 he was awarded a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for his achievements in music He was inducted into the Rock Roll Hall of Fame in 2013 as the recipient alongside Quincy Jones of the Ahmet Ertegun Award