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Dean Parks
real name Weldon Dean Parks
Texas, United States
Dean Parks is credited on 5,134 releases across 1,520 albums tracked on Gatefold, active 1965–2026 — the collector-built map of who actually made the music.
5,134
Credits
1,520
Albums
7
Decades active
2,312
In collections
Biography
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American session guitarist, multi-instrumentalist, songwriter, and producer (born December 6, 1946, Fort Worth, Texas, USA). Married.
Bio from Discogs
Credited work
5,134 releases · 1,520 albums · active 1965–2026
- Performance · 9,259
- Other credits · 301
- Production · 122
- Engineering · 4
Studios: ABC Recording Studios · Ocean Way Recording · Sound Labs, Hollywood · The Village Recorder
Discography
Records they worked on — most-collected first.
Thriller
1982
Aja
1977
Songs In The Key Of Life
1976
Innervisions
1973
The Royal Scam
1976
Pretzel Logic
1974
Piano Man
1973
The Nightfly
1982
Katy Lied
1975
Let's Get It On
1973
Greatest Hits Volume I & Volume II
1985
Greatest Hits
1978
The Wild Heart
1983
Rapture
1986
Daylight Again
1982
The Bridge
1986
Christmas
2011
Two Against Nature
2000
Crazy From The Heat
1985
Diamonds & Rust
1975
Black Byrd
1973
Billie Jean
1983
No Strings Attached
2000
HIStory - Past, Present And Future - Book I
1995
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