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Patrick Peter Owen Adams (March 17, 1950 – June 22, 2022) was an American music arranger and record producer. He earned 32 gold and platinum records.[1]
He was known primarily for his production, songwriting and engineering work on the New York-based Salsoul Records, Prelude Records and major record labels as well as his associations with various recording artists such as Black Ivory (1970s),[2][3] Inner Life, Jocelyn Brown,[4] Loleatta Holloway, R. Kelly, Keith Sweat, Teddy Riley, Salt-N-Pepa, Leroy Burgess, Caress, The Universal Robot Band, Logg, Phreek, and Musique.[5] In addition, Adams worked with rap, hip-hop/R&B and dance/club acts such as Coolio, Cathy Dennis, Keith Sweat, Teddy Riley, R. Kelly, Eric B. & Rakim, Salt-N-Pepa,[3] Shades of Love and together with Gregory Carmichael at the studio-based disco unit Bumblebee Unlimited, the producer of Lady bug in 1978.[6]
He owned and operated PAPMUS (Patrick Adams Productions Music) in New York City.[7]
Adams was one of three children born in Harlem, New York to Fince and Rose Adams; his father was a merchant seaman.[8][7] He had two natural children; two daughters (C. Joi Sanchez and Tira Adams) and a step-son (Malcolm A. Holmes), though he never married.[8] Adams died on June 22, 2022, in Manhattan, from cancer, at age 72.[8][9]
Albums
- Black Ivory - Don't Turn Around (1971)
- Debbie Taylor - Comin' down on you (1972)
- Caress - Caress (1977)
- Herbie Mann - Supermann (1978)
- Patrick Adams Presents Phreek (1978) (with Phreek)
- Inner Life - "I'm Caught Up" (1979)
- Inner Life - Inner Life (1980)
- Inner Life - Inner LifeII (1982)
- Rainbow Brown - Rainbow Brown (1981)
- Thomas & Taylor - True Love (1985)
Songs
Production credits:(selected)
- Inner Life - "I'm Caught Up" (1979)
- Musique - "In the Bush" (1978)
- The Universal Robot Band - "Dance and Shake Your Tambourine" (1976)
- Musique - "Keep On Jumpin'" (1978)
- Inner Life - "Ain't No Mountain High Enough"[10] (1981)
- Debbie Taylor - "Romance Without Finance" (1972)
- JJ Barnes - "You Owe It to Yourself" (1973)
- Phreek - "Weekend" (1978)
- Rainbow Brown - "Till You Surrender" (1981)
- Bumblebee Unlimited - "Lady Bug" (1978)
- The Universal Robot Band - "Doing Anything Tonight" (1978)
- Phreek - "May My Love Be with You" (1978)
- The Main Ingredient - "Everything Man" (1977)
- The Eight Minutes - "Looking for a Brand New Game" (1973)
- Venus Dodson - "Shining" (1979)
- Cloud One - "Disco Juice" (1977)
- Four Below Zero - "My Baby's Got E.S.P." (1976)
- Paper Dolls - "Get Down Boy" (1979)
- Personal Touch - "It Ain't No Big Thing" (1976)
- Marta Acuna - "Dance, Dance, Dance" (1977)
- Sammy Gordon and the Hip Huggers - "Making Love" (1976)
- Sine - "Happy Is the Only Way" (1977)
- Mary Clark - "Take Me I'm Yours" (1980)
- Donna McGhee - "I'm a Love Bug" (1978)
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