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Bobby Donaldson
real name Robert Stanley Donaldson
Bobby Donaldson is credited on 645 releases across 200 albums tracked on Gatefold, active 1953–2025 — the collector-built map of who actually made the music.
645
Credits
200
Albums
8
Decades active
61
In collections
Biography
American jazz drummer, born 29 November 1922 in Boston, died 2 July 1971.
Bio from Discogs
Credited work
645 releases · 200 albums · active 1953–2025
- Performance · 761
- Other credits · 7
Studios: Plaza Sound Studios · Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey · Van Gelder Studio, Hackensack, New Jersey · Basin Street Night Club
Discography
Records they worked on — most-collected first.
Night Lights
2025
Helen Merrill
1955
Atlantic Rhythm And Blues 1947-1974
1985
Louis Armstrong's All Time Greatest Hits
1994
American Folk Singers And Balladeers
1964
The Man Who Invented Soul
2000
The Best Of Jimmy Smith
1967
So Many Roads
1965
Blues By Lonnie Johnson
1960
The Touch Of Eddie Heywood
1958
Satchmo Serenades
1956
Hootin'
1981
The Shouters
1980
Big City Blues
1964
Blue Rabbit
1964
Love Shout
1963
The Hits Of Benny Goodman
1961
Jazz Recital
1957
Yardbird Suite
1957
All The Cats Join In (A Buck Clayton Jam Session)
1956
Benny Goodman Plays Selections From The Benny Goodman Story
1956
Date With The King
1956
B.G. In Hi-Fi
1955
Blues And Other Shades Of Green
1955
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