He is perhaps best known for his production and uncredited guest appearance on Michael Jackson's 1991 single "Black or White", which peaked the Billboard Hot 100.
A Grammy Award recipient and six-time nominee, he has also produced for musical acts such as Madonna, Tom Petty, Electric Light Orchestra, Sheryl Crow, Elton John, and Five for Fighting, among others.
[2] In 1978, he moved over to Soundcastle Studios in Silverlake, where he met Jeff Lynne, who eventually hired him to engineer for ELO.
That year, Bottrell built his own recording studio, Toad Hall Studio, next door to the Pasadena Playhouse[3][4][5] in Pasadena, California and founded a weekly jam session called the "Tuesday Night Music Club".
[6] One of the resulting acts was Sheryl Crow, whose 1993 debut album (produced and co-written by Bottrell) was entitled Tuesday Night Music Club.