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Clay Mcmurray

Clay Mcmurray is credited on 995 releases across 227 albums tracked on Gatefold, active 1965–2024 — the collector-built map of who actually made the music.

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995

Credits

227

Albums

7

Decades active

123

In collections

Biography

Born: July 4, 1943
Died: September 6, 2019.
Detroit based soul songwriter, producer, and recording engineer who was in charge of the quality control department for Records in the 1970's. Founded the publishing company, and likely founded the Detroit soul label.
After successfully producing the hit single “Stand By Me” for Spyder Turner in 1971, Clay worked in promotions for in Detroit. Hired by Motown’s quality control department three years later, Clay’s job was to listen to every song that the label recorded. Within two years, he was bumped up to Producer and worked with Gladys Knight And The Pips to produce their first hit single. “If I Were Your Woman”, which he co-wrote with LaVerne Ware and Pam Sawyer. It peaked at #1 on the R&B chart in January 1971 before breaking the top ten on the Pop chart the following month. Other highlights of his illustrious career include work with Rose Royce,, The Supremes and The Temptations, among others.

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Credited work

995 releases · 227 albums · active 1965–2024

  • Production · 883
  • Performance · 771
  • Engineering · 59
  • Other credits · 50
  • Mastering · 1

Studios: Motown/Hitsville U.S.A. Recording Studios · The Village Recorder · Tera Shirma Studios · United Sound Systems

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