Neil Dorfsman is an American sound engineer and producer best known for his work with Dire Straits, Bruce Hornsby, Mark Knopfler, Paul McCartney and Sting.
 He won Grammy Awards for Best Producer for Bruce Hornsby's "Scenes from the Southside" (1988) and Sting's "...Nothing Like the Sun" (1987), a Grammy Award for Best Engineer for Dire Straits' Brothers in Arms (1985), as well as a nomination for Best Engineer for Dire Straits's "Love Over Gold" (1982).
 Further, he recorded two tracks on Sting's "Brand New Day" (1999), which won a Grammy Award for Best Pop Album.
 He mixed the East Village Opera Company's "Olde School", which received a Grammy Nomination for Best Classical Crossover Album in 2009.
 In 1988 and 1998, Dorfman won a TEC Award for Engineer of the Year.
Dire Straits were a British rock band that formed in Deptford, London, in 1977 by Mark Knopfler (lead vocals and lead guitar), his younger brother David Knopfler (rhythm guitar and backing vocals), John Illsley (bass guitar and backing vocals), and Pick Withers (drums and percussion).
 Dire Straits' sound drew from a variety of musical influences, including jazz, folk, and blues, and came closest to beat music within the context of rock and roll.
 Despite the prominence of punk rock during the band's early years, their stripped-down sound contrasted with punk, demonstrating a more "rootsy" influence that emerged from pub rock.
 Many of Dire Straits' compositions were melancholic.
Private Investigations: The Best of Dire Straits & Mark Knopfler is the third compilation album by Dire Straits and British singer-songwriter and guitarist Mark Knopfler, released in 2005 by Mercury and Vertigo internationally, and Warner Bros. in the United States.
 Named after their 1982 hit single, the album consists of material by Dire Straits, with songs selected from the group's six studio albums (excluding the 1979 album "Communiqué") from 1978 up through the group's dissolution in 1995.
 It also features work from the solo career of the group's singer, songwriter, and guitarist Mark Knopfler, including some of his soundtrack material.
"The Bug" is a song written by Mark Knopfler and originally performed by Dire Straits on the final studio album by the band, "On Every Street" (1991).
 It was covered by Mary Chapin Carpenter in 1992 and also recorded on the albums "Blues Ballads" (1996) by The Alex Bollard Assembly and "Keep Your Hands to Yourself" (2002) by Mike Berry & The Outlaws.
The Mark Knopfler discography consists of recordings by British singer-songwriter and guitarist Mark Knopfler, not including his work with Dire Straits.
 Knopfler began recording apart from Dire Straits in 1983, when he released his first soundtrack album "Local Hero".
 That same year he produced his first album, "Infidels" for Bob Dylan.
 Between 1983 and 2002, Knopfler composed and released eight soundtrack albums.
 He also produced four additional albums for other artists, including "Land of Dreams" in 1988 for Randy Newman.
The British rock band Dire Straits were formed in 1977 by Mark Knopfler (lead vocals and lead guitar), John Illsley (bass guitar and vocals), David Knopfler (rhythm guitar and vocals), and Pick Withers (drums and percussion).
 During the next two decades, band membership changed to include Alan Clark (keyboards, 1980–95), Hal Lindes (guitar and vocals, 1980–85), Terry Williams (drums, 1982–89), Guy Fletcher (keyboards, 1984–95), Jack Sonni (guitar and vocals, 1985–88) and Chris White (saxophone, 1985-1995).
 Beginning in 1982, their touring lineup was enhanced by nine additional musicians—some of whom also appeared on Dire Straits albums.
 The 1985–1986 world tour which followed the album's release was phenomenally successful.
"Private Investigations" is a song by the British rock band Dire Straits from their album "Love over Gold".
 It reached number 2 in the United Kingdom (despite its length), and is one of their biggest chart successes in the UK.
 The track has appeared on the compilation albums "Money for Nothing" and "", and is the title track to the more recent 2005 compilation, "Private Investigations: The Best of Dire Straits & Mark Knopfler".
"Calling Elvis" is a song written by Mark Knopfler and performed by Dire Straits.
 It first appeared on the final studio album by the band, "On Every Street" (1991).
 It was released as the first single from that album, peaking at number 21 in the United Kingdom, and reaching the Top 10 in numerous other countries.
 It was included on the 2005 compilation "The Best of Dire Straits & Mark Knopfler: Private Investigations".
 A live version of the song also appears on the 1993 live album "On the Night".
Sultans of Swing: The Very Best of Dire Straits is the second greatest hits compilation by the British rock band Dire Straits, released on 19 October 1998 by Mercury Records internationally, and by Warner Bros.
 Records in the United States.
 The album was originally released, featuring liner notes by Robert Sandall, as both a one-disc edition and two-disc edition.
 The second disc contains live performances.
 The release is named after the band's 1978 hit single of the same name.
 The compilation was re-released together with a DVD in 2002.
 The DVD features the music videos of all the songs on the first disc, in addition to short interviews with Mark Knopfler about each song.
Alchemy: Dire Straits Live is a double album and the first live album by the British rock band Dire Straits, released on 16 March 1984 by Vertigo Records internationally, and by Warner Bros.
 Records in the United States.
 Recorded at the Hammersmith Odeon in London on 22–23 July 1983, the album features the band's best-known and fan-favourite songs from their first four albums, the ExtendedancEPlay EP and Knopfler's "Local Hero" soundtrack.
 Many of the songs have reworked arrangements and extended improvisational segments.
 The album cover is taken from a painting by Brett Whiteley.
 "Alchemy: Dire Straits Live" was remastered and re-released on 8 May 2001.

Question: "The Bug" is a song written by Mark Knopfler, on the final studio album and originally performed by Dire Straits a  British rock band that formed in Deptford, London, in which year?
Answer: 1977