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Don George

real name Don R. George

Don George is credited on 2,179 releases across 687 albums tracked on Gatefold, active 1950–2026 — the collector-built map of who actually made the music.

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2,179

Credits

687

Albums

8

Decades active

122

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Biography

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American songwriter, composer, author and artist (born August 27, 1909 in New York City, New York, USA; died June 27, 1987 in New York City, New York, USA).
He was educated in New York public schools. His popular songs included "The Yellow Rose of Texas", "I Ain't Got Nothin' But the Blues" (1937), "I'm Beginning to See the Light" (1944) and "Everything but You" (1945). He wrote many of his best known songs with Duke Ellington, whom he wrote a biography of "Sweet Man: The Real Duke Ellington" (1981).

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Credited work

2,179 releases · 687 albums · active 1950–2026

  • Performance · 2,323
  • Other credits · 20
  • Production · 1

Studios: Waldorf Astoria Hotel · RCA Studios, New York · Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey · Hotel Ambassador's Cocoanut Grove

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