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Ewan MacColl

real name James Henry Miller

folksinger, songwriter, actor

Salford, United Kingdom · 1915-01-25 – 1989-10-22

Ewan MacColl is credited on 3,375 releases across 896 albums tracked on Gatefold, active 1954–2026 — the collector-built map of who actually made the music.

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3,375

Credits

896

Albums

8

Decades active

419

In collections

Biography

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Ewan MacColl (25 January 1915, Broughton, Salford, Lancashire, England - 22 October 1989, Brompton, London, England) was a British folk singer, songwriter, socialist, actor, poet, playwright, and record producer. Husband, Jean Newlove (parents of singer/songwriter Kirsty MacColl and Hamish MacColl), and Peggy Seeger (parents of Neill MacColl, Calum MacColl and Kitty MacColl).
Founder member of the. Co-creator with Seeger and BBC Radio producer Charles Parker of the.

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Credited work

3,375 releases · 896 albums · active 1954–2026

  • Performance · 3,838
  • Other credits · 174
  • Engineering · 20
  • Production · 6
  • Mastering · 2

Studios: Olympic Studios · Atlantic Studios · Lansdowne Studios · Royal Festival Hall

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