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Bruce Gaitsch

Bruce Gaitsch is credited on 1,316 releases across 391 albums tracked on Gatefold, active 1977–2025 — the collector-built map of who actually made the music.

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1,316

Pressings credited

391

Albums

6

Decades active

397

In collections

Biography

Bruce R. Gaitsch ( GYCHE; born February 7, 1953) is an American guitarist, composer, and producer. He is best known for working with notable bands and musicians such as Chicago, Peter Cetera, Richard Marx, Madonna, and Agnetha Fältskog as a session musician and songwriter. Gaitsch co-wrote the Madonna song "La Isla Bonita", an international #1 single that earned Gaitsch an award from the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers in 1987. He has collaborated numerous times with fellow Chicago native Richard Marx, whose career he was instrumental in launching. Bruce is married to singer Janey Clewer, with whom he recorded several albums.

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Credited work

1,316 releases · 391 albums · active 1977–2025

  • Performance · 2,366
  • Other credits · 163
  • Production · 113
  • Engineering · 43

Studios: Channel Recording · Master Control, Burbank · Cherokee Studios · Sunset Sound

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