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Bill Traut

real name William Raymond Traut

Bill Traut is credited on 709 releases across 147 albums tracked on Gatefold, active 1965–2023 — the collector-built map of who actually made the music.

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709

Credits

147

Albums

7

Decades active

130

In collections

Biography

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Born March 20, 1929; died June 5, 2014.
Musician, arranger, producer, manager, publisher, label executive, attorney and consultant. Former president of Dunwich, and Wooden Nickel Records; former CEO of Headfirst. Owner of Open Door Management.
Traut started his career in the 1940s as a saxophonist and arranger for several big bands of the era. He started producing and working as a studio musician in the 1960s for various styles of music, including rock, pop, classical, folk, jazz, blues and country. He has produced for example The Styx, American Breed, Count Basie, and Buddy Rich.

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Credited work

709 releases · 147 albums · active 1965–2023

  • Production · 684
  • Other credits · 122
  • Performance · 68

Studios: Paragon Recording Studios · Universal Recording Corp. · Sound City Studios · The Quiet Knight, Chicago, Illinois

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