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Jesse Winchester

singer-songwriter, producer

United States • 1944-05-17 – 2014-04-11

Jesse Winchester is credited on 1,050 releases across 251 albums tracked on Gatefold, active 1970–2025 — the collector-built map of who actually made the music.

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1,050

Pressings credited

251

Albums

6

Decades active

222

In collections

Biography

James Ridout "Jesse" Winchester Jr. (May 17, 1944 – April 11, 2014) was an American-Canadian musician and songwriter. He was born and raised in the southern United States. Opposed to the Vietnam War, he moved to Canada in 1967 to avoid the draft. During that time, he began his career as a solo artist. His highest-charting recordings were "Yankee Lady" in 1970 and "Say What" in 1981. He became a Canadian citizen in 1973, gained amnesty in the U.S. in 1977 and settled in Memphis, Tennessee in 2002. Winchester's songs were recorded by Patti Page, Elvis Costello, Brewer & Shipley, Jimmy Buffett, Joan Baez, Jerry Garcia, Anne Murray, The Weather Girls, Reba McEntire, the Everly Brothers, Lyle Lovett, Emmylou Harris, George Strait, Gary Allan, Willie Nelson, Jennifer Warnes, The Mavericks, Jerry Jeff Walker and Michael Stanley. Some of these recordings achieved chart positions.

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Credited work

1,050 releases · 251 albums · active 1970–2025

  • Performance · 1,499
  • Production · 55
  • Other credits · 13
  • Engineering · 3

Studios: Enactron Truck · EMI Studios · Quadrafonic Sound Studios · Warner Bros. Recording Studios

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