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'''Lester Sill''' (January 13, 1918 – October 31, 1994) was an a United States|American record label executive who rose to become the president of Screen Gems-Columbia Music, a director at ASCAP and consulting president for Jobete Music (Motown Records publishing division).<ref name="Dec 25, 1976 Billboard p. 27"/> He is best known as the producer and music supervisor for The Monkees,<ref name="AllMusic Lester Credits"/> selling more records than the Beatles and Rolling Stones combined in 1967.<ref name="Greene Greene 2012 - Monkees Sales"/> <s>and the cofounder of Philles records with Phil Spector in 1961?.<ref name="AllMusic Lester"/></s>
As an independent producer in the 1950s and 1960s, he was a moving force behind Hadda Brooks and B. B. King.<ref name="Los Angeles Times 1994"/> He formed independent labels around composers like Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller, Lee Hazlewood and Phil Spector. Rostered artists included Duane Eddy, The Coasters, The Paris Sisters, and The Crystals.<ref name="AllMusic Lester"/> Sill produced the talent that went on to become The Wall of Sound, <ref name="AllMusic Lester"/> and The Wrecking Crew.<ref name="Paulson 2012"/><ref name="Feldman 2021"/>