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John Kay
lead singer of Steppenwolf
Canada • b. 1944-04-12
John Kay is credited on 1,589 releases across 217 albums tracked on Gatefold, active 1966–2025 — the collector-built map of who actually made the music.
1,589
Pressings credited
217
Albums
7
Decades active
253
In collections
Biography
John Kay (born Joachim Fritz Krauledat; April 12, 1944) is an American rock singer, songwriter and guitarist known as the frontman of Steppenwolf.
Bio from Wikipedia
Credited work
1,589 releases · 217 albums · active 1966–2025
- Performance · 5,949
- Other credits · 191
- Production · 26
Studios: American Recording Co. · The Matrix · Goldwyn Studio · Total Access Recording Studios
Discography
Records they worked on — most-collected first.
Reservoir Dogs (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
1992
Steppenwolf
1968
Gold (Their Great Hits)
1971
16 Greatest Hits
1973
The Second
1968
Live
1970
Monster
1969
Steppenwolf 7
1970
At Your Birthday Party
1969
Three Dog Night
1968
Early Steppenwolf
1969
Project: Mersh
1985
Town And Country
1969
Go (Music From The Motion Picture)
1999
Ballot Result
1986
Magic Carpet Ride
1968
For Ladies Only
1971
Moog Groove
1969
As Safe As Yesterday Is
1969
Star Trek: First Contact (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
1996
On The Strength
1988
Nuggets Volume 9: Acid Rock
1986
Wild Thing
1980
Greatest Hits
1977
Frequent collaborators
- Steppenwolf
- Various
- Humble Pie
- Minutemen
- Grandmaster Flash And The Furious Five
- Etta James
- Buffalo
- Calvin Russell
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