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Dennis Diken

Belleville, United States

Dennis Diken is credited on 216 releases across 92 albums tracked on Gatefold, active 1980–2022 — the collector-built map of who actually made the music.

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216

Pressings credited

92

Albums

5

Decades active

403

In collections

Biography

Dennis Diken (born February 25, 1957) is an American drummer, DJ, author, music historian, and founding member of the band the Smithereens, which he formed in 1980 with Pat DiNizio, Jim Babjak, and Mike Mesaros in Carteret, New Jersey. Besides playing with the Smithereens, Diken is a fill-in DJ on WFMU as well as a liner notes author and reissue project researcher. As a musician, Diken has recorded or toured with, among others, Ronnie Spector, Dave Davies, Nancy Sinatra, Mary Weiss of the Shangri-Las and Ben E. King, and worked with musicians such as Dave Amels and R. Stevie Moore. Diken graduated from Carteret High School in 1975, together with Jim Babjak.

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Credited work

216 releases · 92 albums · active 1980–2022

  • Performance · 484
  • Other credits · 32
  • Production · 7
  • Mastering · 1
  • Engineering · 1

Studios: Rumbo Recorders · The Grey Room · American Recording Co. · Record Plant, N.Y.C.

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