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Bill Summers
real name William Leonard Summers
New Orleans, United States · b. 1948-06-27
Bill Summers is credited on 857 releases across 243 albums tracked on Gatefold, active 1962–2025 — the collector-built map of who actually made the music.
857
Credits
243
Albums
7
Decades active
659
In collections
Biography
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Percussionist born May 20, 1948
Note: Some songs with his band Summers Heat are released or filed under "Bill Summers"
Bio from Discogs
Credited work
857 releases · 243 albums · active 1962–2025
- Performance · 1,897
- Other credits · 1,413
- Production · 75
- Engineering · 9
Studios: Wally Heider Studios · Different Fur Studios · The Automatt · Fantasy Studios
Discography
Records they worked on — most-collected first.
3 Feet High And Rising
1989
Head Hunters
1973
The Infamous
1995
Watch The Throne
2011
The Soul Cages
1991
Man-Child
1975
Thrust
1974
Mr. Hands
1980
Love Symbol
1992
Sunlight
1978
Back On The Block
1989
The Wiz (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
1978
Ooooooohhh...On The TLC Tip
1992
Feets Don't Fail Me Now
1979
Survival Of The Fittest
1975
The Jewel In The Lotus
1974
Yesterday, Today, Tomorrow: The Greatest Hits Of Kenny Loggins
1997
Money Talks
1978
Roots (The Saga Of An American Family)
1977
Steppin'
1975
The Best Of Herbie Hancock
1979
Pizzazz
1979
Tropico
1978
Straight From The Gate
1977
Frequent collaborators
- Herbie Hancock
- Various
- The Headhunters
- Bill Summers & Summers Heat
- Bill Summers And Summers Heat
- Quincy Jones
- Los Hombres Calientes
- Eddie Henderson
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