American songwriter, producer, and musician. Luke performed with the Saturday Night Live Band for ten seasons until 2007. He has co-written and co-produced a string of commercially successful songs. Dr. Luke was named one of the top ten producers of the decade by Billboard in 2009, and in 2010 and 2011 the Songwriter of the Year at the ASCAP Pop Music Awards. In November 2011 he signed a deal with Sony Music Entertainment and launched the label Kemosabe Records.