American mastering engineer and radio disk jockey, born January 1, 1941, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; died March 6, 2010, Naples, Florida, at age 69.

NOTE: For the art director, please use Tommy Steele.

After working as a disc jockey at radio stations in Philadelphia and Camden, New Jersey, co-founded (with Wayne Wilfong) of Frankford/Wayne Recording Labs in 1966 in his parents' basement in Frankford, then shared space with Sigma Sound Studio. He later expanded to New York in 1973 as Frankford/Wayne Mastering Labs, and Miami, Florida, in 1976, as Frankford/Wayne Mastering Labs of Miami. He helped create the Philadelphia Sound recordings. He had operations in Philadelphia and New York until 1986 and then worked out of New York for another seven years. Moved to Derby, Vermont, in 1990. In 1993, he retired from Frankford/Wayne, which his daughter, Tracy Lynn Steele, operated until its closure in 2008. He also was owner, chief engineer and manager of WMOO-FM/WIKE-AM in Derby, Vermont, from 1991 to 2001. Retired to Bonita Springs, Florida.

Steele mastered records by the Jackson 5, Stevie Wonder, and B.B. King. He received gold and platinum records for mastering Celebration by Kool & The Gang, Move This by Technotronic, Me and Mrs. Jones by Billy Paul, and You'll Never Find Another Love Like Mine by Lou Rawls.

Can be identified by mastering signature TSS.