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Don Covay

real name Donald James Randolph

Orangeburg, United States · 1938-03-24 – 2015-01-31

Don Covay is credited on 4,640 releases across 970 albums tracked on Gatefold, active 1957–2025 — the collector-built map of who actually made the music.

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4,640

Credits

970

Albums

8

Decades active

718

In collections

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Don Covay (born March 24, 1938, Orangeburg, South Carolina, USA - died January 31, 2015, Franklin Square, New York, USA) was an American R&B, rock and roll, blues and soul singer and songwriter. He initially sang in his family's gospel quartet and then briefly joined the doo-wop group The Rainbows. He was an important figure in the soul music explosion of the 1960's as a writer and performer. His first big hit was Pony Time by Chubby Checker (1961) and he also wrote the Aretha Franklin hits See-Saw (co-written with Steve Cropper) and Chain Of Fools.

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4,640 releases · 970 albums · active 1957–2025

  • Performance · 5,454
  • Production · 184
  • Other credits · 25

Studios: Fame Recording Studios · Atlantic Studios · American Recording Co. · Muscle Shoals Sound Studios

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