Performance · Production
Chris Rainbow
real name Christopher James Harley
Scotland · 1946-11-18 – 2015-02-25
Chris Rainbow is credited on 662 releases across 73 albums tracked on Gatefold, active 1974–2026 — the collector-built map of who actually made the music.
662
Credits
73
Albums
6
Decades active
304
In collections
Biography
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Chris Rainbow was a pseudonym used by Chris Harley (born 18 November 1946, Glasgow, Scotland – died 22 or 26 February 2015, Isle Of Skye, Scotland) who was a Scottish rock singer, songwriter, vocal arranger and producer. He was a frequent contributor to The Alan Parsons Project.
Bio from Discogs
Credited work
662 releases · 73 albums · active 1974–2026
- Performance · 1,275
- Production · 73
- Other credits · 24
Studios: Abbey Road Studios · Mayfair Studios · Hammersmith Odeon · The Grange
Discography
Records they worked on — most-collected first.

Eye In The Sky
1982

The Turn Of A Friendly Card
1980

Eve
1979

Hyperdrama
2024

Ammonia Avenue
1984

Vulture Culture
1985

Waking Up With The House On Fire
1984

Gaudi
1987

Stereotomy
1985

Song Of Seven
1980

The Single Factor
1982

Animation
1982

Eye In The Sky: The Encore Collection
1999

The Definitive Collection
1997

Stationary Traveller
1984

The Complete Albums Collection
2014

The Time Machine
1999

Anthology
1991

Limelight (The Best Of Vol. 2)
1987

Can This Be Paradise
1982

White Trails
1979

The Essential Alan Parsons Project
2007

The Dutch Collection
2006

Rajaz
1999
Frequent collaborators
- The Alan Parsons Project
- Dollar
- Camel
- John Townley
- Jon Anderson
- Sunfighter
- Alan Parsons
- Christopher Rainbow
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