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Dave Appell

real name David Leon Appell

Dave Appell is credited on 4,600 releases across 988 albums tracked on Gatefold, active 1953–2025 — the collector-built map of who actually made the music.

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4,600

Credits

988

Albums

8

Decades active

105

In collections

Biography

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American producer, arranger, bandleader, publisher, songwriter and guitarist (born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, March 24, 1922 - ✝ Cherry Hill, New Jersey, November 18, 2014). He was associated mainly with the Cameo Parkway record label, in whose history he played a substantial part, here he was working very closely with the other songwriters and producers Kal Mann and Bernie Lowe, all of them born in Philadelphia.

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Credited work

4,600 releases · 988 albums · active 1953–2025

  • Performance · 5,536
  • Production · 1,031
  • Other credits · 130
  • Engineering · 22

Studios: Century Sound Studios · Olmsted Sound Studios · Reco-Art · Music Factory Recording Studios

Discography

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