Curt Boettcher

Who was Curt Boettcher?

Curt Boettcher was an American singer, songwriter, musician, and record producer from Wisconsin. He was a pivotal figure in the mid-1960s emergence of Sunshine pop, working with The Association, The Millennium, Sagittarius, Paul Revere and the Raiders, Tommy Roe, Elton John, Gene Clark, Emitt Rhodes, Tandyn Almer, and the Beach Boys, among others. Boettcher sang some background vocals on The Byrds' The Notorious Byrd Brothers album.

In an August 2013 New York Times feature, journalist Alexandra Molotkow summed up his quixotic legacy:

In his later years he recorded and worked under the names "Boetcher" and "Becher," before reverting to the original spelling of Boettcher.