George Kerr (musician)

George Kerr is a musician and record producer who has worked with a multitude of recording artists during the 1960s and 1970s.

Background
The artists Kerr has worked with include, Florence Ballard, The Escorts, Linda Jones, The Moments, The O'Jays, and The Whatnauts. George Kerr has been connected with All Platinum Records and Sylvia Robinson. He was also a Motown recording artist As an artist he had a hit with "Hey Girl". He recorded an album for the All Platinum label, If This World Were Mine.

Career as producer and composer
Two of Kerr's productions were in Billboard's Soul Recommended section for the week ending August 25, 1973. They were "Your Gonna Need Somebody to Love (Wide You're Looking for Someone to Love" by Barbara Jean English and "I Wasn't There" by The Whatnauts.

He produced the single for the New Foundations. The song, Darling (You're All I Need)", a soul ballad which was released on Atlantic 45-3225. This New Foundations, a group from the United States had no connection with the English group, the New Foundations who released "Something for My Baby" / "I Need Your Love" on Pye 45533.

He produced "Baby (I’m Gonna Love You)" for Phyllis Hyman which was released in 1976.

Along with Rod Armstrong and Marvin Brown, Kerr produced an album that featured the groups, Softones & First Class. The album Together was released on the new label, Park-Way Records in 1980.