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Charles Blackwell

real name Charles Vincent Blackwell

United Kingdom · 1940-05-20 – 2024-08-14

Charles Blackwell is credited on 3,186 releases across 697 albums tracked on Gatefold, active 1960–2026 — the collector-built map of who actually made the music.

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3,186

Credits

697

Albums

7

Decades active

180

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English pianist, arranger, composer, music director, conductor, and producer, born 20 May 1940 – died August 2024.
He began his career as an arranger with record producer Joe Meek at the age of 19, and became one of the most prolific studio arrangers of the 1960s and 1970s, with a string of hit records to his credit, including "Johnny Remember Me" by John Leyton, and "I'll Never Fall in Love Again" by Tom Jones. He worked with Burt Bacharach on the film scores of What's New Pussycat? (1965) and After The Fox (1966). As a conductor he was involved with the San Remo Festival, as well as the Eurovision Song Contest.

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Credited work

3,186 releases · 697 albums · active 1960–2026

  • Performance · 2,963
  • Other credits · 1,553
  • Production · 198
  • Engineering · 6

Studios: Hansa Tonstudios · Flamingo Las Vegas · Stronghold Sound Recorders · Soundworks, Chicago

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