Production · Performance
Buddy Killen
Buddy Killen is credited on 2,720 releases across 745 albums tracked on Gatefold, active 1953–2024 — the collector-built map of who actually made the music.

2,720
Pressings credited
745
Albums
8
Decades active
161
In collections
Biography
William Doyce "Buddy" Killen (November 13, 1932 – November 1, 2006) was an American record producer and music publisher, and a former owner of Trinity Broadcasting Network and Tree International Publishing, the largest country music publishing business, before he sold it to CBS Records in 1989. He was also the owner of Killen Music Group, involved with more diverse genres of music, such as pop and rap.
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Credited work
2,720 releases · 745 albums · active 1953–2024
- Production · 1,758
- Performance · 1,334
- Other credits · 36
- Mastering · 2
Studios: Soundshop Recording Studios · RCA Victor Studios, Nashville · Woodland Studios · Columbia Recording Studios, Nashville
Discography
Records they worked on — most-collected first.

Reservoir Dogs (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
1992

Behind Closed Doors
1973

Quentin Tarantino's "Death Proof" (Original Soundtrack)
2007

Soul Christmas
1968

Queen Of Soul
1968

Duets
1984

Distant Drums
1966

Atlantic Rhythm And Blues 1947-1974
1985

Old Friends
1982

Superbow
1975

I Gotcha
1972

Shaolin Soul (Episode 3)
2014

I Love 'Em All
1981

Nashville Mirrors
1980

Alive & Pickin'
1975

Black Gold - 24 Carats
1973

Sugar Lips
1964

My Favorites Of Hank Williams
1962

Esquerita!
1959

Hillbillies In Hell - Country Music's Tormented Testament (1952-1974) Volume 13
2022

Greatest Hits
1986

Make My Day
1984

Kentucky Hearts
1984

Exile
1983
Frequent collaborators
- Joe Tex
- Various
- Ronnie McDowell
- Bill Anderson (2)
- T.G. Sheppard
- Paul Kelly (3)
- Exile (7)
- Doug Kershaw
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