Canada's music industry has historically produced a vast amount of talent recognized around the world. The artists speak for themselves: Bruce Cockburn, Bryan Adams, Diana Krall, The Guess Who and Feist, to name just a few. The industry behind those artists is another story:

The men and women working behind the scenes to produce hit records are just as important, if not more important than the artists themselves. Here is a look at some of the more successful record producers in Canada, and what they have accomplished.

Bob Ezrin Produced Alice Cooper, KISS, and Pink Floyd

Born in 1949 in Toronto, Ontario, Bob Ezrin is a talented musician and producer, with a career spanning 4 decades of music. His biggest accomplishments to date are producing Alice Cooper's hit albums, including "School's Out" and "Billion Dollar Babies", KISS "Destroyer", Pink Floyd "The Wall" (co-produced with David Gilmour and Roger Waters), plus working with Lou Reed, Rod Stweart, Kansas, Peter Gabriel and many more. In 1993, Ezrin co-founded 7th Level Software, which produced educational and entertaining CD-ROM games. In 1999, he co-founded Enigma Digital, a pioneer Internet Radio provider which was sold to Clear Channel, where Ezrin became vice-chairman of Clear Channel Interactive. In 2009, he co-founded Nimbus School of Recording Arts with fellow Canadian producer Garth Richardson. Ezrin was inducted into the Canadian Music Hall of Fame in 2002.