Canadian sound engineer Don Hahn, who worked on recordings by acts like Ricky Martin and Barbra Streisand, died earlier this month at 81.
Born in Toronto, Hahn grew up in Montreal but returned to his hometown to study at the Radio College of Canada (now the RCC Institute of Technology). He moved to New York City in the late ‘50s to work at A&R Recording Studios as senior mixer, then director of operations and eventually vice-president and general manager. Hahn later went to California to work at A&M Studios.
Hahn’s long list of credits include engineering Music from Big Pink, the debut album from the Canadian-American group The Band, as well as Herb Alpert’s Grammy-winning single “Rise.” He earned a Grammy nomination of his own for engineering Happy Anniversary, Charlie Brown in 1989.
Hahn is survived by his wife Dianne and their children Dina, Darryl and Derek as well as five grandchildren and his sister Joyce.