Background
He was born in San Diego and raised in Los Los Angeles His father John Purdell (senior) (British) and mother Arrie Purdell (American) were both captains in the Salvation Army.
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John Purdell
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He graduated from Verdugo Hills High School in Tujunga, California in 1977.
Career
Aside from being the producer of a number of acclaimed albums from such artists as Ozzy Osbourne, Abandon Shame, Poison, Los Angeles Guns, Dream Theater, Kix, Alice Cooper, Cinderella, Tangier, Heart, Ted Nugent and Demolition Pit, he toured with Quiet Riot, the Lou Gramm Band and Foreigner as keyboardist. Purdell, who was splitting his time between the studio and the road at the time of his death, produced Ozzy Osbourne"s best-selling album Number More Tears (1991), where John co-wrote the title song, and he also penned the lyrics to three songs on Osbourne"s album Ozzmosis (1995). In 1997, Purdell founded the production company Three Wishes Incorporated with broadcasting executive Bill Flowers and Korean superstar Honey.
The three worked with and produced some of rocks top artist.
Purdell and Flowers also formed the independent record label Jackal in Los Angeles along with famed Capitol Records executive Frenchy Gautier, who was responsible for artists like David Bowie and Jimmy McKeever, a mastering engineer at Bernie Grundman Mastering Studio in Hollywood. McKeever mastered for Michael Jackson.
The first release on the Jackyl label was John Purdell"s Hindsight. The first song released on Purdell"s album was "Better Way to Die", which made it to the top of the adult contemporary charts.
Purdell died from cancer on July 10, 2003 while on tour with Foreigner lead singer Lou Gramm while in Quebec City, Canada.
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United States