Chuck Britz

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title: "Chuck Britz" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["1927-births", "2000-deaths", "american-audio-engineers", "people-from-le-flore-county,-oklahoma", "united-states-army-air-forces-soldiers", "united-states-army-air-forces-personnel-of-world-war-ii", "20th-century-american-male-musicians", "deaths-from-brain-cancer-in-california", "20th-century-american-engineers"] description: "American recording engineer" topic_path: "history" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chuck_Britz" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

::summary American recording engineer ::

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name	Chuck Britz
image	Pet Sounds Mixing.jpg
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caption	Brian Wilson with Britz recording Pet Sounds, early 1966
birth_name	Charles Dean Britz
birth_date
birth_place	Cameron, Oklahoma
United States
death_date
death_place	Paradise, California
United States
occupation	Recording engineer
website
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| name = Chuck Britz | image = Pet Sounds Mixing.jpg | image_size = | landscape = | alt = | caption = Brian Wilson with Britz recording Pet Sounds, early 1966 | birth_name = Charles Dean Britz | native_name = | native_name_lang = | alias = | birth_date = | birth_place = Cameron, Oklahoma United States | origin = | death_date = | death_place = Paradise, California United States | genre = | occupation = Recording engineer | instrument = | years_active = | label = | associated_acts = | website = Charles Dean Britz (November 7, 1927 – August 21, 2000) was a recording engineer who worked with Jan and Dean, Brian Wilson and The Beach Boys, P.F. Sloan and The Grass Roots on numerous albums between 1962 and 1967.

Biography

Britz was born in 1927 to Charles and Elsie Britz in Cameron, Oklahoma. He was involved in long-range photography with the Army Air Corps fifth reconnaissance squadron from 1945 to 1947. He began his career in the recording industry in 1952, recording big bands for the Armed Forces Networks and the Salvation Army Band. In 1960, Britz went to work at Western Recorders and began engineering numerous rock n' roll records. Britz met Brian Wilson when the Beach Boys were cutting demos at Western Recorders. Influential in Wilson's development as a musician, he would go on to record and mix most of their hit records between 1963 and 1967. He worked with Jan and Dean and through this association later with P.F. Sloan and The Grass Roots. He also recorded music for TV and movies.

Britz died of brain cancer in Paradise, California at the age of 72.

References

References

1. (August 23, 2000). "Chuck Britz". [[Chico Enterprise-Record]].
2. Schinder, Scott. (2008). "Icons of Rock: An Encyclopedia of the Legends Who Changed Music Forever, Volume 1". Greenwood Press.
3. Clark, William. (2003). "Temples of Sound: Inside the Great Recording Studios". Chronicle Books.
4. Badman, Keith. (2004). "The Beach Boys: The Definitive Diary of America's Greatest Band on Stage and in the Studio". Backbeat Books.
5. Simons, Dave. (2006). "Analog Recording: Using Analog Gear in Today's Home Studios". Backbeat Books.

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