Engineering · Performance

Chuck Seitz

real name Charles L. Seitz

Chuck Seitz is credited on 1,053 releases across 268 albums tracked on Gatefold, active 1952–2022 — the collector-built map of who actually made the music.

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1,053

Credits

268

Albums

8

Decades active

155

In collections

Biography

Born September 5th, 1918 Died August 8th, 2012
Recording engineer and Mastering engineer who worked at King Studios, Cincinnati, RCA Studios, Nashville and QCA Custom Pressing. His lacquer cuts may be identified by an etched CS. Got his start at Rite Records in Cincinnati and helped produce Sonny Osborne’s bluegrass records on Rite’s Gateway and Kentucky labels in the early 1950s. He wrote a number of songs for Joe “Cannonball” Lewis, including “Train Whistle Nightmare.” Chuck managed Joe at one time and also worked in Cincinnati for Billboard magazine. Later, he went to work for King Records in Cincinnati, and was appointed chief engineer in 1961. Still later, he moved to Nashville and worked as an engineer in RCA Victor’s legendary Studio B, providing audio expertise for such artists as Elvis Presley, Dolly Parton, and Chet Atkins, before returning to Cincinnati and working at QCA Records.

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Credited work

1,053 releases · 268 albums · active 1952–2022

  • Engineering · 837
  • Performance · 153
  • Mastering · 84
  • Other credits · 29
  • Production · 17

Studios: RCA Victor Studios, Nashville · Apollo Theater-New York City · QCA Studios · RCA Studios, Hollywood

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