Darryl Payne’s music career started in 1976. He has dedicated 6 decades of producing and writing music. Various Billboard Number One Producer Awards are credited to this Dance Music Legend. Darryl has produced over 5000 releases. Darryl accomplished the rare feat of producing 5 different artists on the Billboard Charts at the same time. Over 500 artists have sampled music produced by Darryl Payne.

 

Warner Brothers, Sony/BMG, EMI, Epic, Jive, and Virgin have commercially released music produced by Darryl. Various Gold Records are displayed in his office.

 

He created The Legends of Classic Soul Concerts in 2004. This series featured Dennis Edwards Temptations, The Dramatics, The Whispers, The Chi-Lites,

The Manhattans, The Four Tops and many more.

 

Darryl has already introduced new produced music to the world this year.