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Big Mama Thornton
Ariton, United States • 1926-12-11 – 1984-07-25
Big Mama Thornton is credited on 724 releases across 122 albums tracked on Gatefold, active 1953–2025 — the collector-built map of who actually made the music.
724
Pressings credited
122
Albums
8
Decades active
456
In collections
Credited work
724 releases · 122 albums · active 1953–2025
- Performance · 1,077
- Other credits · 27
Studios: Fillmore Auditorium · Grande Ballroom · Winterland · Fillmore West
Discography
Records they worked on — most-collected first.
Pearl
1971
Woodstock - Music From The Original Soundtrack And More
1970
Cheap Thrills
1968
Janis Joplin's Greatest Hits
1973
Joplin In Concert
1972
Big Brother & The Holding Company
1967
Hoodoo Man Blues
1966
Janis
1975
Woodstock (Three Days Of Peace And Music) (Twenty-Fifth Anniversary Collection)
1994
Sassy Mama!
1975
Live At Winterland '68
1998
Absolute Janis
1997
Tour Of Duty
1988
In Europe
1966
Sassy Mama: Live At The Rising Sun Celebrity Jazz Club
2021
Woodstock Sunday August 17, 1969
2019
Iconic Performances From The Monterey International Pop Festival
2018
Live At The Carousel Ballroom 1968
2012
Woodstock 40 (3 Days Of Peace & Music)
2009
Box Of Pearls (The Janis Joplin Collection)
1999
Greatest Hits
1995
18 Essential Songs
1995
Janis
1993
Cheaper Thrills
1983
Frequent collaborators
- Various
- Janis Joplin
- "Willie Mae ""Big Mama"" Thornton"
- Big Brother & The Holding Company
- Half Japanese
- Chicken Shack
- Junior Wells' Chicago Blues Band
- B.B. King
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