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Greg Phillinganes
real name Gregory Arthur Phillinganes
Detroit, United States · b. 1956-05-12
Greg Phillinganes is credited on 3,729 releases across 813 albums tracked on Gatefold, active 1976–2026 — the collector-built map of who actually made the music.
3,729
Credits
813
Albums
6
Decades active
2,097
In collections
Biography
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American keyboard player, singer, arranger, songwriter and music director.
Discovered by Stevie Wonder in 1976, he worked and toured for, among many others,
Michael Jackson, George Harrison, Eric Clapton, Aretha Franklin and Toto.
Born: May 12, 1956 in Detroit, Michigan.
Bio from Discogs
Credited work
3,729 releases · 813 albums · active 1976–2026
- Performance · 9,167
- Other credits · 490
- Production · 110
- Engineering · 2
Studios: Westlake Studios · Ocean Way Recording · Sunset Sound · Cherokee Studios
Discography
Records they worked on — most-collected first.

Thriller
1982

Songs In The Key Of Life
1976

Off The Wall
1979

Bad
1987

Can't Slow Down
1983

The Nightfly
1982

Whitney Houston
1985

Dangerous
1991

25
2015

The Rhythm Of The Saints
1990

Merry Christmas
1994

Dancing On The Ceiling
1986

Rapture
1986

The Original Musiquarium I
1982

Lionel Richie
1982

The Dude
1981

Sob Rock
2021

We Are The World
1985

Rock A Little
1985

The George Benson Collection
1981

The Life Of Pablo
2016

Give Me The Night
1980

Journeyman
1989

Break Out
1983
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