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Billy Griffin

real name William L. Griffin Jr.

Baltimore, United States · b. 1950-08-15

Billy Griffin is credited on 860 releases across 207 albums tracked on Gatefold, active 1968–2025 — the collector-built map of who actually made the music.

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860

Credits

207

Albums

7

Decades active

105

In collections

Biography

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Soul - pop - singer - songwriter - producer. Born Baltimore, Maryland 1950.
Ex-lead singer of the The Miracles after Smokey Robinson parted. Wrote and sang lead on the platinum single "Love Machine" and on the classic single "Hold Me Tighter In The Rain." Producer of boy band Take That. Wrote and produced their first million seller "I Found Heaven". Brother of session guitarist Donald Griffin.

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Credited work

860 releases · 207 albums · active 1968–2025

  • Performance · 975
  • Production · 492
  • Other credits · 19

Studios: Southlands Studios · Tropicana Studios · Motown/Hitsville U.S.A. Recording Studios · Crystal Sound

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