[1] During his tenure at Mercury, he also worked with Philips Smash and Fontana Records, where he influenced the careers of artists including: Frankie Valli & the Four Seasons, Spanky and Our Gang, Roger Miller, and Jerry Butler.
This provided him the opportunity to work with artists, including : Howling Wolf, Muddy Waters, Chuck Berry and Minnie Riperton (and Rotary Connection).
He also tapped into his Philadelphia roots and was instrumental in bringing the production team of Gamble-Huff, to Chess with their Neptune Records label, where The O'Jays had their first hit, "One Night Affair."
While working in Europe, he entered into a venture with Trident Studios in London which achieved the discovery of Freddie Mercury and Queen, bringing their new sound to audiences in the United States.
This entity was Front Wheel Music[citation needed] and held the North American rights for English Punk Band, The Jam (led by Paul Weller), Robin Gibb,[10] and many others.
He also had a distribution agreement with Capitol records for Chalice, where he worked with artists including, Steven Fromholz[14] (from the redneck rock world in Austin, TX).
[1][8] While at Luke/Atlantic, Chackler also executive-produced two video releases, the first in conjunction with "Wayne’s World" director, Penelope Spheeris, which was titled "Rap's Most Wanted".
"Me So Horny" which was featured on 2 Live Crew’s album, "As Nasty As They Wanna Be" was a track that stirred attention when Tipper Gore and the Record Industry Association of America fought to censor music.
The first of now hundreds of thousands of records labeled with the Parental Advisory Sticker, the album project made headlines in the press while the artists defended their lyrics as freedom of expression, all the way to the US Supreme Court.
Moreover, the track, "As Nasty as They Wanna Be : The Uncensored Story of Luther Campbell of the 2 Live Crew" became one of hip-hop’s first tell-all novels.
In early 1990s, Chacker moved back to Los Angeles and became president and chief operating officer of Avenue Records (Rhino)[1][15] – Warner Bros., and the label’s roster expanded to include Pop, Urban, R&B, Dance, Jazz and World Music, and Hip Hop.
[23] Not long after launching 215, Chackler rejuvenated, he entered into a distribution agreement with Sony/RED,[17] which was one of the industry distributors in the United States at that time.
The first release, "Slammin'" by Jay Soto, soared to number 1 on the Radio & Record’s Smooth Jazz Charts and remained there for 40 weeks.
[1][24][25][26] He worked with artists from many different genres, including keyboardist Alan Hewitt, member Moody Blues, Jim Peterik, the founder of Survivor and Ides of March and grammy-winning rock legend, and the new sensation of #imEnough, The Mrs.
Chackler first met film director Tom Holland (his partner) when Lemel brought him in to develop the music and Soundtrack for what became the Fright Night movie.
Chackler also served as the music supervisor for other films with Holland, including : Child's Play and Fatal Beauty, where LeVert's, "Casanova" was originally featured.
[1] Back in Los Angeles, Chackler served as co-producer on other films, including John Carpenter's Village of the Damned and Original Gangstas".
[2] Chackler was featured in several books such as Hit Men, As Nasty as they Wanna Be, The Improbable Rise of Redneck Rock, and Stevie Nicks' Visions, Dreams & Rumors.