Bio
As an A&R man, music publisher and songwriter, JAY LANDERS works in many genres of music – with traditional vocalists, classical-crossover artists, pop, rock, urban and country singers, comedy, children’s music, Broadway Cast albums and Motion Picture Soundtracks.
To date, the projects he’s Executive Produced and A&R’d have sold in excess of 100 million copies in the U.S. alone. These recordings have garnered multiple Grammy awards (including 30 nominations in the Grammy’s “Best Traditional Pop Album” category), Emmy awards, Golden Globes and several Oscar “Best Song” winners.
EXECUTIVE PRODUCER / A&R – ALBUMS and INDIVIDUAL TRACKS
BARBRA STREISAND (Executive Producer for 27 albums to date. Music Supervisor for live concert performances, including #1 albums Encore: Movie Partners Sing Broadway, Partners, Love Is The Answer, Higher Ground and Back To Broadway.
JOSH GROBAN – 3 albums
NEIL DIAMOND – 3 albums
JOHNNY MATHIS – 13 albums
BETTE MIDLER – 5 albums
BARRY GIB
ANDREA BOCELLI
MARY J. BLIGE
ROD STEWART
FRANK SINATRA
NAT “KING” COLE
JULIO IGLESIAS – 2 albums
CELINE DION
PEABO BRYSON – 2 albums
ANNIE LENNOX
NATALIE COLE
HARRY CONNICK, JR.
BARRY MANILOW – 3 albums
DAVID FOSTER
CARLY SIMON
NEW KIDS ON THE BLOCK
RASCAL FLATTS
JAMES TAYLOR
MADONNA
REGINA BELLE
ROBERTA FLACK
MICHAEL McDONALD
BILLY JOEL
ART GARFUNKEL – 2 albums
BRYAN ADAMS
PATTI LaBELLE
ALISON KRAUSS
STING
KENNY LOGGINS
KIRK WHALUM
NANCY WILSON
CHRIS CORNELL
BONNIE RAITT
VINCE GILL
MICHAEL CRAWFORD
Il DIVO
N’SYNC
USHER
DOLLY PARTON
THE MANHATTAN TRANSFER
DONNA SUMMER
WYNONNA JUDD
LIZA MINNELLI
TONY BENNETT
WILLIE NELSON
BERNADETTE PETERS
JIMMY WEBB
KRIS KRISTOFFERSON
WARRANT
RAY DAVIES
LL COOL J
ZIGGY MARLEY
RAVI SHANKAR & GEORGE HARRISON
HILARY DUFF
MYLIE CYRUS
CHEETAH GIRLS
JESSE McCARTNEY
BRANDI CARLILE
JOHN MAYER
STEVIE WONDER
MICHAEL BUBLE
KENNY “BABYFACE” EDMONDS
BLAKE SHELTON
LIONEL RICHIE
JOHN LEGEND
ELTON JOHN
BROADWAY CAST ALBUMS
A FUNNY THING HAPPENED ON MY WAY TO THE FORUM (w/ Nathan Lane)
COMPANY (w/ Phil Ramone)
PASSION (w/ Phil Ramone)
CAROUSEL (w/ Audra McDonald)
THE ORCHESTRAL MISS SAIGON
Elton John/Tim Rice’s AIDA (w/ Chris Montan)
WEIRD ROMANCE (w/ Alan Menken)
FIVE GUYS NAMED MOE (w/ Richard Jay-Alexander)
THE GOODBYE GIRL (Marvin Hamlisch, w/ Martin Short & Bernadette Peters)
THE SWEET SMELL OF SUCCESS (Marvin Hamlisch w/ John Lithgow)
SOUNDTRACKS
BEAUTY & THE BEAST (end-title w/ Chris Montan)
ALADDIN (“A Whole New World”) (end-title w/ Chris Montan)
POCAHONTAS (“Colors Of The Wind”) (end-title w/ Chris Montan)
LILO & STITCH (end-title w/ Chris Montan)
CHICKEN LITTLE (end-title w/ Chris Montan)
THE EMPEROR’S NEW GROOVE (end-title w/ Chris Montan)
REMEMBER THE TITANS (w/ Kathy Nelson)
COOL RUNNINGS
THE PRINCESS DIARIES (w/ Mitchell Leib)
THE PRINCESS DIARIES 2 (w/ Mitchell Leib)
A CINDERELLA STORY
RAIN MAN (w/ Barry Levinson)
THE MUPPET’S TREASURE ISLAND (w/ Barry Mann, Cynthia Weil & Hans Zimmer)
ELLA ENCHANTED (end-title w/ Anne Hathaway & Jesse McCartney)
A LEAGUE OF THEIR OWN (Penny Marshall w/ Madonna’s end-title song “This Used To Be My Playground”)
DEFENDING YOUR LIFE (w/ Michael Gore)
THUMBELINA (w/ Barry Manilow)
A VERY BRADY SEQUEL (w/ Steve Tyrell)
KIM POSSIBLE
THAT’S SO RAVEN
THE PROUD FAMILY
THE SANTA CLAUS 2 (end-title w/ Hilary Duff)
Francis Ford Coppola’s DRACULA (end-title w/ Annie Lennox)
THE GODFATHER III (end-title w/ Harry Connick, Jr.)
CADDYSHACK II (w/ Michael Dilbeck, Kenny Loggins)
CLOUDY WITH A CHANCE OF MEATBALLS (w/ Lia Vollack – end-title performed by Miranda Cosgrove)
GEPPETTO (end-title w/ Stephen Schwartz)
Nickelodeon’s SPECTACULAR (w/ Matthew Gerrard and Robbie Nevil)
HIGH SCHOOL MUSICAL (track “Get Your Head In The Game”)
THE ICE PRINCESS (w/ Mitchell Leib)
THE MUSIC MAN (starring Matthew Broderick & Kristin Chenoweth)
FAME TV Series (3 albums w/ Maureen Crowe)
BEVERLY HILLS, 90210 (select cuts)
LIZZIE McGUIRE TV Soundtrack (w/ Elliot Lurie)
THE LIZZIE McGUIRE MOVIE (w/ Andre Recke)
THE CHEETAH GIRLS (w/ Debra Martin Chase)
HANNAH MONTANA
iCARLY (w/ Maria Egan)
BIG TIME RUSH (w/Maria Egan)
THE PROMISE (w/ Christian Bale)
SONGWRITING
MILEY CYRUS
BARBRA STREISAND
JESSE McCARTNEY
RAVEN-SYMONE
HILARY DUFF
MIRANDA COSGROVE
BIG TIME RUSH
KRISTIN CHENOWETH
BIANCA RYAN
BETTE MIDLER
THE CHEETAH GIRLS
JOHNNY MATHIS & GLADYS KNIGHT
DISNEY PRINCESSES
THE U.S. MILITARY WIVES
VICTORIA JUSTICE
CODY KAREY
RHYDIAN
THE BEU SISTERS
PIXAR CARS
FINDING NEMO OCEAN FAVORITES
LILIO & STITCH ISLAND’S FAVORITES
LA VIDA MICKEY
RUBEN STUDDARD
MUSIC PUBLISHING CREDITS include recordings by:
BON JOVI
BARBRA STREISAND
DIANA ROSS,
BETTE MIDLER
CELINE DION
JOSH GROBAN
MIRANDA COSGROVE
BIG TIME RUSH
JOHNNY MATHIS
SMOKEY ROBINSON
COCK ROBIN
RUBEN STUDDARD
IL VOLO
RUBEN STUDDARD
PUBLISHING COMPANIES
Halaron Music (ASCAP) Administered by Wixen Music Publishing, Inc.
Jay Landers Music (ASCAP) Administered by Wixen Music Publishing, Inc.
Nurk Twins Music (BMI) Administered by Wixen Music Publishing, Inc.
des Chalets Music (BMI) Administered by Warner/Chappell Music