Arthur "Artie" Fields (April 13, 1922 – October 14, 2009) was an American bandleader, songwriter, record producer and jazz trumpeter.
[2] In 1967, he opened Artie Fields Productions[3] in the old Alhambra Theater at 9428 Woodward Avenue in Detroit[citation needed] as well as Top Dog Records, located in the same building.
[5] Fields recorded songs in the 1970s for several American pop bands, as well as other recording artists, including the MC5, Parliament-Funkadelic, the Ohio Players, In early '69, the Rationals began sessions for their first LP the Detroit Emeralds, the Fantastic Four, Don Rondo, and Larry Santos.
[6] He also recorded the vocals for the 1973 Gladys Knight #1 hit single "Midnight Train To Georgia".
[8] Fields also wrote and recorded the famous Ziebart "It's Us, Or Rust" jingle (sung by Don Rondo).