Bill Szymczyk
Born William Frank Szymczyk
US producer and sound engineer, born on February 13, 1943 in Muskegon, Michigan.
Szymczyk joined the United States Navy in 1960, where he worked as a sonar technician. While in the Navy he took his first course in radio and television production. After leaving the Navy in 1964, he started out at a firm which produced demo recordings for Screen Gems Records and worked extensively with the Brill Building songwriting team. He also worked as an assistant to music producers and songwriters Quincy Jones and Jerry Ragovoy, eventually working his way up to chief engineer at Ragavoy's The Hit Factory studio in New York City.
