Ron Slenzak is an American

United States

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 photographer, best known for photographing record album covers. Some of the album covers that he has photographed include Spitfire

Spitfire (Jefferson Starship album)

Spitfire is Jefferson Starship's 1976 follow-up to the chart-topping Red Octopus . This album quickly scaled the charts, spending six consecutive weeks at number three in Billboard and going platinum.-Track listing:-Personnel:...

(Jefferson Starship), Huey Lewis and the News (their self-titled debut album), It Must Be Magic

It Must Be Magic

It Must Be Magic is the fourth studio album by Teena Marie, released in 1981. It was her last album for Motown and the highest-selling of Marie's tenure with Motown...

(Teena Marie), Dreams

Dreams (Grace Slick album)

-Personnel:*Grace Slick – vocals, piano on "Garden of Man"*Ron Frangipane – conductor on "Dreams", "Seasons", "Let It Go", and "Garden of Man", Oberheim synthesizer player on "Dreams" and "Garden of Man"*Frank Owens – solo piano on "Dreams"...

(Grace Slick) and Throwin' Down

Throwin' Down

Throwin' Down is a Rick James album from 1982. It was released on the Gordy Records imprint of Motown Records. Although not as popular as Street Songs, "Throwin' Down" saw a collaboration with The Temptations and another RIAA certified Gold album from Rick James...

(Rick James).

Biography

Slenzak was born on January 29, 1948.

In the 1970s, he became one of the most sought after photographers of album covers. Throughout a career that spans nearly four decades, Slenzak has photographed album covers for a wide range of recording acts including Huey Lewis and the News

Huey Lewis and the News

Huey Lewis and the News is an American rock band based in San Francisco, California. They had a run of hit singles during the 1980s and early 1990s, eventually scoring a total of 19 top-ten singles across the Billboard Hot 100, Adult Contemporary and Mainstream Rock charts...

, Jefferson Starship

Jefferson Starship

Jefferson Starship is an American rock band formed in the early 1970s. The group is a spin-off from the iconic 1960s psychedelic/folk group Jefferson Airplane. The band has undergone several major changes in personnel and genres through the years while retaining the same Jefferson Starship name...

 and numerous Motown artists.

Currently, Slenzak is based in Venice, California.

Selected Album Cover Credits

Album	Artist or Group	Label
Alfie	Alfie	Motown
Romance in the Night Romance in the Night Romance in the Night is a soft rock album of mostly covers by José Feliciano. It was released on the Motown label in 1983. The track "Let’s Find Each Other Tonight” was his first single to make the Country charts and was played by the same José Feliciano live on the 1996 movie Fargo by the Coen...	José Feliciano José Feliciano José Feliciano is a Puerto Rican singer, virtuoso guitarist and composer known for many international hits including the 1970 holiday single "Feliz Navidad".-Childhood:...	Motown
Sam Harris	Sam Harris Sam Harris (singer) Sam Harris is an American pop and musical theatre recording artist as well as a television, stage and film actor.-Singing:...	Motown
Sam-I-Am	Sam Harris Sam Harris (singer) Sam Harris is an American pop and musical theatre recording artist as well as a television, stage and film actor.-Singing:...	Motown
Frenzy	High Inergy High Inergy High Inergy was an American R&B and soul girl group who found fame on Motown Records in the late 1970s. They are best known for their hit, "You Can't Turn Me Off ".-History:...	Gordy
Hold On	High Inergy High Inergy High Inergy was an American R&B and soul girl group who found fame on Motown Records in the late 1970s. They are best known for their hit, "You Can't Turn Me Off ".-History:...	Gordy
Throwin' Down Throwin' Down Throwin' Down is a Rick James album from 1982. It was released on the Gordy Records imprint of Motown Records. Although not as popular as Street Songs, "Throwin' Down" saw a collaboration with The Temptations and another RIAA certified Gold album from Rick James...	Rick James Rick James James Ambrose Johnson, Jr. , better known by his stage name Rick James, was an American singer, songwriter, musician and record producer. James was a popular performer in the late 1970s and 1980s, scoring four number-one hits on the U.S. R&B charts performing in the genres of funk and R&B...	Gordy
Spitfire Spitfire (Jefferson Starship album) Spitfire is Jefferson Starship's 1976 follow-up to the chart-topping Red Octopus . This album quickly scaled the charts, spending six consecutive weeks at number three in Billboard and going platinum.-Track listing:-Personnel:...	Jefferson Starship Jefferson Starship Jefferson Starship is an American rock band formed in the early 1970s. The group is a spin-off from the iconic 1960s psychedelic/folk group Jefferson Airplane. The band has undergone several major changes in personnel and genres through the years while retaining the same Jefferson Starship name...	Grunt/RCA Grunt Records Grunt Records is a vanity label founded in 1971 by Jefferson Airplane and distributed by RCA Records. Initially created to sign local Bay Area acts, the label later was used only for Jefferson Starship and Hot Tuna releases. The label ended use in 1987 after Grace Slick left...
Kagny & the Dirty Rats	Kagny & the Dirty Rats Apollo (quintet) Apollo was an American R&B/disco group that recorded for Motown in the late 1970s. They are best known as the band of future music executives Benny Medina and Kerry Gordy.-History:...	Motown
KoKo-PoP	Koko-PoP	Motown
Secrets of Lonely Boys	KoKo-PoP	Motown
Huey Lewis and the News	Huey Lewis and the News Huey Lewis and the News Huey Lewis and the News is an American rock band based in San Francisco, California. They had a run of hit singles during the 1980s and early 1990s, eventually scoring a total of 19 top-ten singles across the Billboard Hot 100, Adult Contemporary and Mainstream Rock charts...	Chrysalis Chrysalis Records Chrysalis Records was a British record label that was created in 1969. The name was both a reference to the pupal stage of a butterfly and a combination of its founders names, Chris Wright and Terry Ellis...
It Must Be Magic It Must Be Magic It Must Be Magic is the fourth studio album by Teena Marie, released in 1981. It was her last album for Motown and the highest-selling of Marie's tenure with Motown...	Teena Marie Teena Marie Mary Christine Brockert, better known by her stage name Teena Marie, was an American singer, songwriter and producer...	Gordy
Mary Jane Girls Mary Jane Girls (album) Mary Jane Girls is the eponymous debut album released by the girl group, Mary Jane Girls on the Gordy record label in May 1983.The album was produced and written entirely by Rick James. Three singles were released and each enjoyed success on the Hot Black Singles charts: "Candy Man" , "All Night...	Mary Jane Girls Mary Jane Girls The Mary Jane Girls were an American R&B, soul, funk and disco group in the 1980s. They were protégées of singer Rick James. They are known for their hit songs "All Night Long", "Candyman" and "In My House".-Formation:...	Gordy
Just for You Just for You (The McCrarys album) Just for You is an R&B studio album by the Gospel group The McCrarys, which was released in 1980. The track "Any Ol' Sunday" was covered by Chaka Khan the following year under the title, "Any Old Sunday"...	The McCrarys The McCrarys The McCrarys was an American family Gospel and R&B group best known for the songs "You" , "Lost in Loving You," "Love on a Summer Night" and "Any Ol' Sunday .-History:...	Capitol Capitol Records Capitol Records is a major United States based record label, formerly located in Los Angeles, but operating in New York City as part of Capitol Music Group. Its former headquarters building, the Capitol Tower, is a major landmark near the corner of Hollywood and Vine...
Second To Nunn	Bobby Nunn Bobby Nunn (musician) Bobby Nunn is an American R&B producer, songwriter and vocalist, best known for his Top 15 US Billboard R&B chart hit single, "She's Just A Groupie."-Life and career:Nunn's big opportunity came through his association with Rick James...	Motown
The Right Choice	The Right Choice	Motown
The Genie	Rockwell Rockwell (musician) Rockwell is an R&B performer who was signed to the Motown label.-Biography:...	Motown
Dreams Dreams (Grace Slick album) -Personnel:*Grace Slick – vocals, piano on "Garden of Man"*Ron Frangipane – conductor on "Dreams", "Seasons", "Let It Go", and "Garden of Man", Oberheim synthesizer player on "Dreams" and "Garden of Man"*Frank Owens – solo piano on "Dreams"...	Grace Slick Grace Slick Grace Slick is an American singer and songwriter, who was one of the lead singers of the rock groups The Great Society, Jefferson Airplane, Jefferson Starship, and Starship, and was a solo artist, for nearly three decades, from the mid-1960s to the mid-1990s...	RCA RCA Records RCA Records is one of the flagship labels of Sony Music Entertainment. The RCA initials stand for Radio Corporation of America , which was the parent corporation from 1929 to 1985 and a partner from 1985 to 1986.RCA's Canadian unit is Sony's oldest label...