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{{short description|American songwriter}}
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'''Art Stewart''' is
==Background==
Stewart has been a staff engineer for Motown Records and had worked on sessions with Marvin Gaye and [[Diana Ross]].<ref>''Divided Soul: The Life Of Marvin Gaye'' by David Ritz [https://books.google.com/books?id=aAJLQW0oRlgC
Due to the thinning out of the staff of Motown, a downsizing plan, and after having been an engineer with the record label, Stewart later was working at a television station in the video production department.<ref>''Behind the Boogie: How I Became Guitarist for a Motown Legend'' - By Robert “Boogie” Bowles with Kathleen Greer Greeves [https://books.google.com/books?id=ymRw1D6-EpoC
He is also the president of music publishing company Famosonda Music / A. Stewart Publications which in the 1990s was located at [[Canoga Park, California]],<ref>''1990 Songwriter's market'' Edited by Mark Garvey [https://books.google.com/books?id=FoW0AAAAIAAJ&q=%22Art+Stewart%22Famosonda
==Producer==
===Rick James===
After hearing "[[Got To Give It Up]]" by Marvin Gaye and knowing that the session was produced by Stewart, Rick James was interested in him. As a producer, James found him to be modest and easy going, and with his work in the studio, he saw a flair that he
He co-produced Rick James's 1978 ''Come and Get It'' which was released in April 1978.<ref>''Motown Encyclopedia'' By Graham Betts [https://books.google.com/books?id=RG_LAwAAQBAJ
===Marvin Gaye===
Stewart had a working relationship with Marvin Gaye for nearly a decade.<ref>''Divided Soul: The Life Of Marvin Gaye'' By David Ritz [https://books.google.com/books?id=aAJLQW0oRlgC
===Other===
During the 1970s, one of the artists he co-produced for was Jack Ashford. he co-produced Ashfords ''Hotel Sheet'' album which was released in 1977 on the Magic Disc label.<ref>Funk My Soul [http://www.funkmysoul.gr/jack-ashford-1977-hotel-sheet/ Jack Ashford – 1977 – Hotel Sheet]</ref>
Other productions include the single for Jimmy Sterling, "Let's Do It", which was released in 1981 on Americom Records.<ref>''Billboard'' Sept. 12 1981 [https://books.google.com/books?id=ACUEAAAAMBAJ
He was engineer and producer on the ''Connections'' album by [[The Charades]], which was released in 2010.<ref>All Music [http://www.allmusic.com/album/connections-mw0002001283/credits The Charades, ''Connections'', Credits]</ref><ref>All Music [http://www.allmusic.com/album/connections-mw0002001283/releases
==Compositions, production (selective)==
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In the early 1970s Stewart worked on the ''[[Lady Sings the Blues (soundtrack)|Lady Sings The Blues]]'' album Diana Ross,<ref>Discogs [https://www.discogs.com/Diana-Ross-Lady-Sings-The-Blues/release/321873 Diana Ross – Lady Sings The Blues]</ref> and the ''Chameleon'' album by Frankie Valli & the Four Seasons, both released in 1972.<ref>Discogs [https://www.discogs.com/Frankie-Valli-The-Four-Seasons-Chameleon/release/8291948 Frankie Valli - The Four Seasons – Chameleon]</ref>
Stewart handled the engineering and remixing chores for the soundtrack album to the 1974 [[Fred Williamson]] film ''[[Hell Up in Harlem]]'' by [[Edwin Starr]].<ref>All Music [http://www.allmusic.com/album/hell-up-in-harlem-original-motion-picture-soundtrack-mw0000001040 Edwin Starr ''Hell Up in Harlem (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)'', AllMusic Review by Andrew Hamilton]</ref><ref>Discogs [https://www.discogs.com/Edwin-Starr-Hell-Up-In-Harlem-Original-Motion-Picture-Soundtrack/release/789132 Edwin Starr – Hell Up In Harlem (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)]</ref><ref>All Music [http://www.allmusic.com/album/hell-up-in-harlem-original-motion-picture-soundtrack-mw0000001040/credits Edwin Starr ''Hell Up in Harlem (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)'', Credits]</ref>
In the late 1970s, he recorded [[Bonnie Pointer]]'s ''Bonnie Pointer'' album which was released on Motown M7-911R1 in 1978.<ref>''Contemporary Music Almanac'' 1980-1981 - Ronald Zalkind [https://books.google.com/books?id=nSVGN3FrcgcC&q=%22Art+Stewart%22Bonnie+Pointer%22
==References==
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==External links==
* [https://beta.prx.org/stories/75396 Steve Edwards Soul Talking With Art Stewart]
* [https://www.discogs.com/artist/127383-Art-Stewart Discogs: Art Stewart]
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