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David Friedman

David Friedman is credited on 836 releases across 150 albums tracked on Gatefold, active 1969–2025 — the collector-built map of who actually made the music.

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836

Pressings credited

150

Albums

7

Decades active

332

In collections

Biography

David Allen Friedman (born 1950) is an American film and theatre composer, songwriter, author, lyricist and conductor based in New York City. He received a 1997 Backstage Bistro Award for Composer of the Year and a 1997 Johnny Mercer Award for Songwriter of the Year, and a Special Lifetime Achievement Award at the 26th Annual MAC Awards. His oratorio, King Island Christmas, won a Frederick Loewe Award and Dramatists Guild Award. David's musical Desperate Measures won the 2018 Drama Desk Award for Best Music and Best Lyrics (Peter Kellogg) as well as the Outer Critic's Circle Award for Best Off Broadway Musical and the Off Broadway Alliance Award for Best Musical.

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Credited work

836 releases · 150 albums · active 1969–2025

  • Performance · 1,363
  • Other credits · 67
  • Production · 10

Studios: Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey · Electric Lady Studios · Rosebud Recording Studio · RCA Recording Studios

Discography

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