caption website associated_acts years_active birth_place label background birth_date instrument genre image article_title name occupation
alan parsons in 2006 -lsb- http://www.alanparsonsmusic.com/ alan parsons music -rsb- the alan parsons project 1967 -- present london , england legacy march 2010 , arista , fox , mercury , frontiers solo_singer 20 december 1948 keyboards vocals , flute , synthesizer , guitar , bass guitar , rock , progressive rock alanparsons1.jpg alan parsons
 alan parsons audio , director engineer , composer , musician , record producer
alan parsons

alan parsons -lrb- born 20 december 1948 -rrb- is an english audio engineer , songwriter , musician , and record producer .
he was involved with the production of several significant albums , including the beatles ' `` abbey road '' and `` let it be '' , and the art rock band ambrosia 's debut album `` ambrosia '' as well as pink floyd 's `` the dark side of the moon '' for which pink floyd credit him as an important contributor .
parsons ' own group , the alan parsons project , as well as his subsequent solo recordings , have also been successful commercially .
