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George Cates

New York City, United States

George Cates is credited on 1,096 releases across 322 albums tracked on Gatefold, active 1950–2025 — the collector-built map of who actually made the music.

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1,096

Credits

322

Albums

8

Decades active

62

In collections

Biography

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American composer, conductor, arranger, producer and record executive.
Born October 19, 1911 in New York, USA.
Died May 10, 2002 in Los Angeles, California, USA.
Cates was best known as the musical director of The Lawrence Welk Show (1956-92). Cates composed theme song of the show "Champagne Fanfare". He was later the Coral's Coast A & R chief.

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Credited work

1,096 releases · 322 albums · active 1950–2025

  • Performance · 1,013
  • Production · 425
  • Other credits · 367

Studios: Annex Studios, Hollywood · United Recording Studios · Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey · Metronome Studio, Stockholm

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