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Lawrence Horn

real name Lawrence Thomas Horn

Lawrence Horn is credited on 942 releases across 170 albums tracked on Gatefold, active 1963–2024 — the collector-built map of who actually made the music.

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942

Credits

170

Albums

7

Decades active

125

In collections

Biography

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American musician, songwriter, producer and engineer, born,18 Apr 1940, Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan, USA, Died,11 Feb 2017 (aged 76), Maryland, USA. Formerly a producer and chief recording engineer for Motown Records, he was notable for pioneering many mixing techniques while at Motown, and for directly supervising most of the mixes for Motown singles from 1964 to 1967. He left Motown in 1968 to join fellow Motown departures Holland-Dozier-Holland at their HDH Sound Studios but returned to Motown in 1975 where he remained until 1990. He died in prison while serving a life sentence for hiring a hit man to commit a triple-murder in 1993.

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Credited work

942 releases · 170 albums · active 1963–2024

  • Production · 628
  • Performance · 425
  • Engineering · 413
  • Other credits · 94
  • Mastering · 15

Studios: The Copacabana Nightclub · Motown/Hitsville U.S.A. Recording Studios · Studio Masters · Wally Heider Recording Studio, Los Angeles

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