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Claude Thornhill
Terre Haute, United States
Claude Thornhill is credited on 710 releases across 204 albums tracked on Gatefold, active 1950–2025 — the collector-built map of who actually made the music.
710
Pressings credited
204
Albums
8
Decades active
79
In collections
Biography
Claude Thornhill (August 10, 1908 – July 1, 1965) was an American pianist, arranger, composer, and bandleader. He composed the jazz and pop standards "Snowfall" and "I Wish I Had You".
Bio from Wikipedia
Credited work
710 releases · 204 albums · active 1950–2025
- Performance · 920
- Other credits · 47
Studios: Universal Recording Studio · Ahmad Jamal's Alhambra · Gold Star Studios · RCA Victor's Music Center Of The World
Discography
Records they worked on — most-collected first.

The Smithsonian Collection Of Classic Jazz
1973

More Sounds Of Christmas
1964

The Billie Holiday Story Volume I
1973

Ahmad Jamal's Alhambra
1961

The Famous 1938 Carnegie Hall Jazz Concert
1950

The Magic Of Christmas
1968

"The Golden Years" Volume II
1966

The Mancini Touch
1960

Christmas Cocktails Part Two
1997

Ain't Nobody's Business If I Do
1975

This Is Henry Mancini
1970

Snowfall (The Tony Bennett Christmas Album)
1968

Christmas Party
2018

Lady Day (The Complete Billie Holiday On Columbia) (1933-1944)
2001

Giants Of Jazz: Billie Holiday
1979

Stars Of The Apollo Theatre
1973

The Swing Era: The Music Of 1941-1942: Swing As A Way Of Life
1970

Shock Treatment
1968

Wes' Best
1967

Christmas Serenade In The Glenn Miller Style Featuring The Original Glenn Miller Singers
1965

Merry Christmas
1956

Ella, Lena, And Billie
1955

East To Wes

A Dreamers Christmas
2011
Frequent collaborators
- Various
- Billie Holiday
- Claude Thornhill And His Orchestra
- Benny Goodman
- Benny Goodman And His Orchestra
- Doris Day
- Ray Charles
- Bud Freeman
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