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Ernie Hayes

real name Ernest Wyatt Hayes

Ernie Hayes is credited on 572 releases across 172 albums tracked on Gatefold, active 1955–2026 — the collector-built map of who actually made the music.

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572

Credits

172

Albums

8

Decades active

269

In collections

Biography

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American pianist, organist and arranger, born Feb 12, 1929 in New York, USA.
He began his career as a session player by the early 40s. He participated over the next four decades in more than 200 Rhythm & Blues, Funk, and Soul sessions, showing up on records by James Brown, Nina Simone, Mickey & Sylvia, Screamin' Jay Hawkins, Jackie Wilson, Aretha Franklin, Ian & Sylvia, and Sam Cooke, amongst others.

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Credited work

572 releases · 172 albums · active 1955–2026

  • Performance · 901
  • Other credits · 16
  • Production · 2

Studios: Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey · RCA Victor Studios, New York · A&R Studios · RCA's Studio B

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