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Dan Penn

real name Wallace Daniel Pennington

United States

Dan Penn is credited on 4,729 releases across 1,078 albums tracked on Gatefold, active 1959–2025 — the collector-built map of who actually made the music.

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4,729

Credits

1,078

Albums

8

Decades active

665

In collections

Biography

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American R&B, Country and Rock songwriter, singer, guitarist and record producer.
Born: November 16, 1941 in Vernon, Alabama.

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Credited work

4,729 releases · 1,078 albums · active 1959–2025

  • Performance · 5,771
  • Production · 460
  • Other credits · 52
  • Engineering · 29
  • Mastering · 6

Studios: Fame Recording Studios · Atlantic Studios · Muscle Shoals Sound Studios · American Sound Studio, Memphis, TN

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