Engineering · Production

Bones Howe

real name Dayton Burr Howe

Bones Howe is credited on 3,586 releases across 515 albums tracked on Gatefold, active 1957–2025 — the collector-built map of who actually made the music.

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3,586

Credits

515

Albums

8

Decades active

871

In collections

Biography

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American producer and recording engineer, born March 18, 1933, in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Moved to Sarasota, Florida, in 1941.
Was a jazz and dance band drummer. Relocated to Los Angeles, 1956, and was an apprentice recording engineer at Radio Recorders. Hired in 1961 to be an engineer at United Recording Studios. Won a Grammy in 1969 for production of the Record of the Year for Aquarius / Let The Sunshine In (The Flesh Failures). Later became music supervisor for films, and in 1986, vice president and head of the Music Department at Columbia Pictures. Left in 1992 and returned to recording independent music and film scores. Retired in 2000, to the California central coast.
Also credited with B.H. Production or Mr. Bones Productions, Inc.
Known to have worked at Wally Heider Recording, United Western Recorders, United Recording Studios and Radio Recorders.

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Credited work

3,586 releases · 515 albums · active 1957–2025

  • Engineering · 2,330
  • Production · 2,089
  • Performance · 913
  • Other credits · 252
  • Mastering · 1

Studios: Wally Heider Recording Studio, Los Angeles · Radio Recorders · Sound Recorders, Hollywood · Whisky A Go Go

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