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Rudolph’s career as a record producer began when he and [[Stevie Wonder]] jointly produced Minnie Riperton’s second album, ''[[Perfect Angel]]''. Included in this album was the song, "[[Lovin' You]]", written by Rudolph and Minnie Riperton, which went on to become a No. 1 song around the world and has turned out to be one of the most performed songs of all time. He has written well over two hundred songs in the course of his songwriting career; his many production and writing credits include recordings by Minnie Riperton, Stevie Wonder, [[Teena Marie]], [[The Manhattan Transfer]], [[A Tribe Called Quest]], [[Michael McDonald (singer)|Michael McDonald]], [[Jermaine Jackson]], [[New Edition]], [[2Pac]], [[Shanice Wilson]], [[Michael Sembello]], [[The Rotary Connection]], [[The Temptations]], [[Julian Lennon]], [[Patti Austin]], [[Timothy B. Schmit]], [[Chaka Khan]], [[Lara Fabian]], [[Nuyorican Soul]], [[Kimiko Kasai]], and [[Dawn Robinson]].
Besides producing music for and music supervising several feature films such as ''[[Cocoon (film)|Cocoon]]'', ''[[Running Scared (1986 film)|Running Scared]]'', ''[[Black Rain (1989 American film)|Black Rain]]'', ''[[Flatliners]]'', ''[[Weekend at Bernie's]]'', ''[[The Black Dahlia (film)|The Black Dahlia]]'', ''[[Virtuosity]]'', and ''[[Duets (film)|Duets]]'', Rudolph has also overseen films for cable, mini series, and movies made for television. He served as Executive Music Producer on the [[Whitney Houston]] film project, ''[[Whitney (2015 film)|Whitney]]'', for Lifetime Movies. Rudolph has also served as the exclusive music consultant to [[HBO Pictures]] and was President of the [[Atlantic Records]] distributed label Third Stone Records, a company he co-founded with partner (actor/producer) [[Michael Douglas]].<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=2REEAAAAMBAJ&dq=michael+douglas+third+stone+records&pg=PA12 Billboard Magazine - October 24, 1992]</ref><ref>{{cite web|last1=Texeira|first1=Erin|title=Rapper, 2 Others Are Found Slain|url=https://articleswww.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1996-01-27/local/-me-29279_1_friend29279-story.html|website=[[Los Angeles Times]]|date=January 27, 1996 |access-date=2017-02-12}}</ref> Rudolph’s various musical endeavors as a songwriter, record producer, music supervisor and label executive have contributed to worldwide sales in excess of 30 million albums and countless song placements in film, television, and advertising.
 
==Personal life==