David Anderle

David Anderle (July 9, 1937 – September 1, 2014) was an American A&R man, record producer, and portrait artist. He is best known for his business associations with the Beach Boys during the production of the band's unfinished album Smile and the formation of the group's company Brother Records. Anderle also worked for MGM, Elektra, and A&M Records, and later acted as music supervisor on films including The Breakfast Club, Pretty in Pink (1986), Good Morning, Vietnam (1987), and Scrooged (1988).

Background David Anderle was born in eastern Los Angeles and raised in nearby Inglewood. He graduated in June 1955 from Fairfax High School in Los Angeles, where his schoolmates included Herb Alpert, Jerry Moss, and producer Shel Talmy. and session musician Van Dyke Parks.

The Beach Boys

Through his cousin Bill Bloom, who had been friends with the Wilson brothers as children, Anderle was introduced to Brian Wilson in early 1965, although the two were not closely acquainted until mid-1966, when the Beach Boys were recording the "Good Vibrations" single. According to Anderle, "I decided to become associated with Brian because his music was killing me. I loved it. Then, all of a sudden, there were new elements in his life. A lot of the contacts I had made here in the so-called underground started paying attention ..."

Anderle later said that he felt his relationship with Wilson was never the same afterward. The last time Wilson was visited by Anderle to discuss business matters, Wilson refused to leave his bedroom. Frustrated by Wilson's behavior, Anderle disassociated from the group and Brother Records by April 1967. In 1971, Anderle became the first to allege, in print, that the remark "don't fuck with the formula" was spoken by Beach Boy Mike Love. Another conversation between Anderle and Williams, from 1997, was published in the form of a chapter in Williams' book How Deep Is the Ocean?.

Later work In 1968, Anderle moved to Elektra Records, where he worked with such acts as Judy Collins, David Ackles, the Doors, Bread and Love. In 1970, he joined A&M Records, working as a staff producer and A&R person for the company set up by Herb Alpert and Jerry Moss. His production credits included albums for Rita Coolidge, Amy Grant, Delaney and Bonnie, Kris Kristofferson, Aaron Neville, Chris De Burgh, Rhinoceros, Ozark Mountain Daredevils, Doc Holliday and the Circle Jerks.

Death Anderle retired in 1999.