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Harry Balk
Harry Balk is credited on 161 releases across 44 albums tracked on Gatefold, active 1959–2014 — the collector-built map of who actually made the music.
161
Pressings credited
44
Albums
7
Decades active
5
In collections
Biography
Harry Balk (October 1, 1925 – December 3, 2016) was an American A&R man, record producer and record label executive. He discovered Little Willie John, Johnny and the Hurricanes, and Rodriguez; co-produced Del Shannon's 1961 hit "Runaway"; established several record labels; and became head of A&R at Motown where he was particularly influential on the career of Marvin Gaye.
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Credited work
161 releases · 44 albums · active 1959–2014
- Production · 146
- Performance · 45
- Other credits · 13
Studios: United Sound Systems · Bell Sound Studios · Columbia Recording Studios, Nashville · Dunham Sound Studios
Discography
Records they worked on — most-collected first.
Frequent collaborators
- Del Shannon
- Various
- The Detroit Wheels
- The Volumes
- Johnny And The Hurricanes
- Blue Smoke
- Martha Reeves & The Vandellas
- Rod Riguez
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