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PRODUCER TED TEMPLEMAN WILL PUBLISH AUTOBIOGRAPHY

NEW YORK (AP) – The music producer behind the Van Halen song “Jump” initially hated the song because he did not think it was Van Halen enough. Ted Templeman writes in his upcoming autobiography he thought the song was too pop and Eddie Van Halen’s keyboard part was nothing special. He knew Eddie had a personal investment in it, so Templeman put the song on hold and left for the day. Eddie and Alex Van Halen woke him up at 3 a.m. to say they were coming to get him to listen to what they had done with “Jump.” Templeman says at that point the song “really put the hooks into me.” Templeman also has produced for The Doobie Brothers, Van Morrison, Nicolette Larson and Eric Clapton. “Ted Templeman: A Platinum Producer’s Life in Music” comes out April 21.