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Fred Zarr

real name Frederick I. Zarr

Fred Zarr is credited on 1,596 releases across 299 albums tracked on Gatefold, active 1981–2025 — the collector-built map of who actually made the music.

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1,596

Credits

299

Albums

Decades active

429

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Biography

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Born: 1955 in Brooklyn, NYC.
American Musician, Arranger, and Record Producer. Affiliated with ASCAP, he was also an occasional Composer. Currently resides between New Jersey and Upstate New York.
He has worked alongside numerous artists over the course of his career including; Madonna, Debbie Gibson, Up Front (Winston Negron), Began Cekic/One Way Records (High Voltage and Brooklyn Express), World Premiere, Kashif, Stacy Lattisaw, Samantha Fox, Ziggy Marley, Sypher, Brenda K. Starr, Pretty Poison, Regina, Theodore Life (aka T. Life), Tina Turner, John "Jellybean" Benitez, and Whitney Houston (to name a few).
He likewise had an auspicious period of collaboration alongside lyricist Bruce Vilanch and Record Producer/Composer Jacques Morali in the early 80s; during which he Produced & Arranged for such artists as Steve Donn (aka "India"), Julius Brown, Eartha Kitt, Break Machine, and most notably, the Village People.
Played the Moog and Oberheim OB-X Synthesizers, Acoustic Piano and Drums, Oberheim DM-X Drum Machine, and Fender Rhodes Keyboard in the 80s. Ran his own production company, BiZarr Music Inc., and publishing company (Z Man Music) Is married, with three daughters.

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