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David Cole

real name David Bryon Cole

US musician/producer, member of C+C Music Factory

United States · 1962-06-03 – 1995-01-24

David Cole is credited on 1,296 releases across 355 albums tracked on Gatefold, active 1976–2025 — the collector-built map of who actually made the music.

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1,296

Credits

355

Albums

6

Decades active

399

In collections

Biography

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Keyboard player, music producer, and DJ, born in 1962.
Cole entered the music industry in 1985 working as a DJ at Better Days club in NYC, where he met Robert Clivillés. The two became friends and started working together, debuting with the house music medley Do It Properly! (US 1987) (opens in a new tab) by 2 Puerto Ricans, A Blackman And A Dominican. Cole was involved in numerous releases throughout the late 1980s and early 1990s as one half of the Clivillés & Cole production team.
Died on January 24, 1995, from complications from spinal meningitis.

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Credited work

1,296 releases · 355 albums · active 1976–2025

  • Performance · 2,512
  • Production · 461
  • Other credits · 184
  • Engineering · 173

Studios: The Hit Factory · Shakedown Sound Studios · Axis Studios · House Of Sound

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