Herb Middleton   – 4/21/25

“Herb Middleton is an amazing, a consummate and prolific musician, producer, and songwriter! ” – Maxine Jones (Former EnVogue Member)

Herb Middleton is a legendary world renown multi platinum record producer, songwriter and musician. He plays multiple instruments, such as the bass, drums, keys, guitar and various percussion instruments. His training as a producer and songwriter began under the tutor-ledge of Loris Holland, a producer of artists like Mariah Carey, Lauryn Hill and many others. Dedra Tate, who Herb refers to as one of his “career angels” was the first executive to give Herb the opportunity to produce in a big studio on his own and invited him down to Motown Records in the early 90’s to meet several executives. His career as an independent songwriter on a mainstream level began when Teddy Riley took an interest in him as a producer. As a result of meeting Teddy at Future Studios in Virginia Beach at the right time, he ended up co writing a song titled “One More Night” with Teddy and the late Bernard Belle. His first biggest self produced hit was “Telling Me Stories” by Big Bub, a former lead singer of the 90’s group “Today” ”Telling Me Stories” drew the ears of another executive known then as Sean “Puffy” Combs, which led to a meeting at Uptown Records weeks from Diddy’s exit from the company. Herb’s working relationship grew with Diddy as he became one of the first seeds of producers at the birth of Bad Boy Ent. Herb Middleton is well respected throughout the industry as an A-List producer that in the past has produced classics for artists such as Total feat Biggie, Mary J Blige, Faith Evans, SWV, Ann Nesby, Al Green, Nas, Teddy Pendergrass and many others. He currently is working on a project with Maxine Jones, a former member of EnVogue. Herb has shown his flawless ability to cross genre’s with his production skills while continuing to create timeless music.