Robin Batteau

Robin Batteau
Born January 12, 1948
Nationality American
Occupation Composer/Singer-songwriter
Known for Composer of well-recognized jingles and grammy award winning music

Robin Batteau (born 12 January 1948) is an American Grammy-winning, Emmy-winning, Clio-winning, and Oscar-nominated composer, singer-songwriter-soloist and music producer. Batteau is the son of Blanca Batteau and Dr. Dwight Wayne Batteau, of Harvard University and Tufts University. He is the brother of singer/songwriter David Batteau. He attended Phillips Academy in Andover[1] and graduated from Harvard University in 1969.[2] He is best known for the jingles he has created, such as I'm Lovin’ It for McDonald’s, This is Beer for Budweiser and The Heartbeat of America for Chevrolet.[3] He performed with David Buskin as Buskin and Batteau[4][5][6] but in April 2014 the duo split up. He recorded with Nanci Griffith, Tom Rush, and Marc Cohn.[7]

References

  1. ↑ Buskin & Batteau, Joyous Reprise, by Richard Cuccaro, Acoustic Live, ..."Robin's high school was the prep school at Andover, MA."..., Accessed April 11, 2013.
  2. ↑ "Jokes, Jingles, Stories and More from Robin Batteau, April 11 | Yale Law School". web.archive.org. Retrieved June 21, 2016.
  3. ↑ Michael Neill (December 21, 1987). "Despite Their Jingular Success, Buskin and Batteau Insist They'd Rather Be Just Folks". People Magazine.
  4. ↑ "Buskin and Batteau: An example of full-time artists". bricklin.com. Retrieved June 21, 2016.
  5. ↑ http://www.northjersey.com/arts_entertainment/78493982.html
  6. ↑ "WFMA - Buskin and Batteau". wfma.net. Retrieved June 21, 2016.
  7. ↑ "Robin Batteau Discography at CD Universe". cduniverse.com. Retrieved June 21, 2016.
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