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Don Thomas

real name Donald Edward Thomas

Don Thomas is credited on 519 releases across 139 albums tracked on Gatefold, active 1963–2024 — the collector-built map of who actually made the music.

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519

Credits

139

Albums

7

Decades active

361

In collections

Biography

US guitarist/singer/songwriter based in New York, NY. After he broke up his duo with sister Jean Thomas, he kept on writing and playing, most notably for The Monkees, Van Morrison, Dave Berry ("Don't Gimme No Lip Child") and Al Gorgoni's productions. Often associated to the publisher Painted Desert Music Corp. when co-writing with Barry Richards ("A Little Bit Of Happiness"), to Blackwood Music Inc. when co-writing with Estelle Levitt ("This Door Swings Both Ways", "Love Loves To Love Love") or to Ashland Music Corp. when co-writing with Bill Szymczyk.
Do not confuse with Don Thomas who wrote and performed the northern soul classic "Come On Train".

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Credited work

519 releases · 139 albums · active 1963–2024

  • Performance · 520
  • Production · 16
  • Other credits · 2
  • Engineering · 2

Studios: Century Sound Studios · A&R Studios · Ultra-Sonic Recording Studios · Scepter Recording Studios

Discography

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