Jay Landers is an American record producer, songwriter, A&R executive, music publisher and writer of liner notes best known for his work with Barbra Streisand, Johnny Mathis, Frank Sinatra, Neil Diamond, and Hilary Duff.
[3] The Landers family lived in the Beverly Hills Post Office area in a World War II-era, Arts and Crafts style bungalow that was renovated by architect Steven Erhlich.
Landers pitched songs at The Entertainment Company which lead to recordings by Barbra Streisand, Diana Ross, Smokey Robinson, Stephanie Mills, Angela Bofill, among others.
Upon his promotion to Vice President of A&R, Landers relocated to New York, continuing his work with Streisand, Neil Diamond, James Taylor, Peabo Bryson, and others.
Landers brought the songs “Beauty and the Beast” from the Disney film and “A Whole New World” from Aladdin to Peabo Bryson after Barbra Streisand turned them down.
[3][6][7][8][9] Landers was the music supervisor on the 1992 film A League of Their Own, directed by Penny Marshall and starring Madonna and Tom Hanks, with the opening song written by Carole King.
Landers worked on the soundtracks for the Disney films Beauty and the Beast, Aladdin, Finding Nemo, The Lizzie McGuire Movie, and The Princess Diaries.
"[18] He is co-writer of the songs "What's On My Mind", "Don't Lie To Me", "Better Angels", "Love's Never Wrong", "The Rain Will Fall" and "Take Care of This House" on her Walls album,[19] a politically themed record inspired by her feelings about Donald Trump.
His goal is to “elevate the listening experience, by describing in facts and in more cerebral, impressionistic ways, what the artist and the music was like.”[25] Landers has written songs for Streisand, Bette Midler, Kristin Chenoweth, Katharine McPhee, Big Time Rush, Bianca Ryan, and Ruben Studdard, in addition to soundtrack work for Hannah Montana, Finding Nemo, and The Princess Diaries.