A talented producer who also wrote songs (including the famous [http://musicbrainz.org/search/textsearch.html?query=What+a+Wonderful+World&type=track&limit=100&handlearguments=1|What a Wonderful World] as [http://musicbrainz.org/artist/4a8f2818-19dc-4531-a3f8-99394d891b46.html|George Douglas]), Thiele created and/or worked for a number of prestigious labels, including impulse!, Flying Dutchman, Decca... More informations in his auto-biography ''What a Wonderful World'' (1995).