Awards & Winners

Bruce Fairbairn

Date of Birth 30-December-1949
Place of Birth Vancouver
(British Columbia, Canada, Greater Vancouver, Metro Vancouver, Lower Mainland)
Nationality Canada
Also know as Fairbairn, Bruce, Bruce Earl Fairbairn
Profession Musician, Record producer, Trumpeter
Bruce Earl Fairbairn was a Canadian musician and international record producer from Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. He was active as a producer from 1976 to 1999 and is considered one of the best of his era. His most successful productions are Slippery When Wet and New Jersey by Bon Jovi, Permanent Vacation, Pump, and Get a Grip by Aerosmith, and The Razors Edge by AC/DC, all of which sold at least five million copies each. He was originally a trumpet player and then started a career as a record producer for Canadian rock band Prism. He won the Canadian music industry Producer of the Year Juno Award 3 times. He produced albums for many famous international artists such as Loverboy, Blue Öyster Cult, Bon Jovi, Poison, Aerosmith, AC/DC, Scorpions, Van Halen, Chicago, The Cranberries, INXS, KISS and Yes. His style was notable for introducing dynamic horn arrangements into rock music productions. Fairbairn died suddenly on May 17, 1999 due to unknown causes. He is no relation to American actor Bruce Fairbairn of the mid-1970s television series The Rookies.

Awards by Bruce Fairbairn

Check all the awards nominated and won by Bruce Fairbairn.

1999


Nominations 1999 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Jack Richardson Producer of the Year Award Within","I Finally Found My Way

1997


Nominations 1997 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Jack Richardson Producer of the Year Award Free to Decide","When You're Gone

1993


Nominations 1993 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Grammy Award for Producer of the Year, Non-Classical

1991


Nominations 1991 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Jack Richardson Producer of the Year Award Thunderstruck","Dorianna

1990


Jack Richardson Producer of the Year Award
Honored for : Pump

Nominations 1990 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Jack Richardson Producer of the Year Award Pump

1989


Nominations 1989 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Jack Richardson Producer of the Year Award The Movie","Stick to Your Guns","Livin' On A Prayer

1987


Nominations 1987 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Jack Richardson Producer of the Year Award You Give Love a Bad Name","Livin' On A Prayer

1983


Nominations 1983 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Jack Richardson Producer of the Year Award Worlds Away","She Controls Me

1982


Jack Richardson Producer of the Year Award
Honored for : Working for the Weekend, When It's Over

Nominations 1982 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Jack Richardson Producer of the Year Award Working for the Weekend","When It's Over

1981


Nominations 1981 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Jack Richardson Producer of the Year Award Young And Restless","Satellite

1980


Jack Richardson Producer of the Year Award
Honored for : Armageddon

Nominations 1980 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Jack Richardson Producer of the Year Award Armageddon