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Ben Oakland
Ben Oakland is credited on 1,286 releases across 337 albums tracked on Gatefold, active 1950–2025 — the collector-built map of who actually made the music.
1,286
Credits
337
Albums
8
Decades active
95
In collections
Biography
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(September 24, 1907 - August 26, 1979) was an American composer, lyricist and pianist most active from the 1920s through the 1940s. He composed mainly for Broadway and vaudeville, though he also worked on several Hollywood scores including for the film My Little Chickadee.
Bio from Discogs
Credited work
1,286 releases · 337 albums · active 1950–2025
- Performance · 1,270
- Other credits · 32
- Production · 1
Studios: Atlantic Studios · Van Gelder Studio, Hackensack, New Jersey · RCA Victor's Music Center Of The World · Olympic Studios
Discography
Records they worked on — most-collected first.

The Best Of The Manhattan Transfer
1981

Study In Brown
1955

The Magnificent Thad Jones
1956

Nat King Cole Golden Treasury "Unforgettable"
1966

The Best Of The Ink Spots
1965

The Manhattan Transfer
1975

I Wanna Be Around
1963

Byrd Blows On Beacon Hill
1957

Best Of The Ink Spots
1981

Live
1978

Something Cool
1954

Funny Lady (Original Soundtrack Recording)
1975

Swing, Swang, Swingin'
1960

After Dark
1956

The Best Of The Ink Spots
1955

Lady Day (The Complete Billie Holiday On Columbia) (1933-1944)
2001

At The Blackhawk
1962

Pretty Lady
1961

Jazz In 3/4 Time
1957

Ink Spots
1946

The Manhattan Transfer Anthology • Down In Birdland
Glad Rag Doll
2012
Betcha Bottom Dollar
2006

The Transition Sessions
2002
Frequent collaborators
- Various
- The Manhattan Transfer
- The Ink Spots
- Peggy Lee
- Ink Spots
- Tony Martin (3)
- Glenn Miller
- Charlie Parker
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