Production · Performance

David Axelrod

baroque pop composer

Los Angeles, United States · 1931-04-17 – 2017-02-05

David Axelrod is credited on 1,710 releases across 377 albums tracked on Gatefold, active 1957–2025 — the collector-built map of who actually made the music.

View as artist →

Photo of David Axelrod

1,710

Credits

377

Albums

8

Decades active

634

In collections

Biography

source

Showing the Discogs bio

American composer, arranger and producer (born April 17, 1931, Los Angeles, California, USA - died February 5, 2017, Los Angeles, California, USA). His music has been sampled by A Tribe Called Quest, The Beatnuts, Organized Konfusion, Diamond D, and many, many others.

Bio from Discogs

Credited work

1,710 releases · 377 albums · active 1957–2025

  • Production · 1,423
  • Performance · 923
  • Other credits · 42
  • Engineering · 37
  • Mastering · 2

Studios: Fantasy Studios · Radio Recorders · Capitol Studios · The Sound Factory

Discography

Records they worked on — most-collected first.

Frequent collaborators

Around the web

See who really made the music.

Gatefold maps every producer, engineer, and player across your shelf — the credits no one else surfaces.

Start your shelf →

Free forever. Works with 10 records or 10,000.