David Braithwaite

An American recording engineer, producer, and record label executive.

During the mid-to-late 1960s, he served as the national sales and promotion executive at Harlem, New York's Rojac Records while also working as a producer. In 1969, he joined Ray Charles' Tangerine Records as both its A&R director and chief engineer, mainly at RPM / Tangerine Studios, until around 1973. During his career, Braithwaite held similar positions at the Atlantic Recording Corporation as well as the Motown Record Corporation and had also worked at the WLIP Radio station.