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Lenny Waronker

real name Leonard Waronker

Lenny Waronker is credited on 3,019 releases across 413 albums tracked on Gatefold, active 1955–2025 — the collector-built map of who actually made the music.

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3,019

Credits

413

Albums

8

Decades active

859

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Biography

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American record producer and music industry executive.
Son of Si Waronker, father of Anna Waronker and Joey Waronker, together with his first wife Donna Loren (1968-1986, divorced).
He started his career in the promotional division of in the early 60s. Later was hired by Warner/Reprise as producer, recommended by Dick Glasser and Jimmy Bowen and, in 1970, promoted to head of A&R by Mo Ostin. He has worked with Maria Muldaur, Gordon Lightfoot, Randy Newman, The Doobie Brothers, and Eric Clapton among others.
Waronker was president of Warner Bros. Records from 1982 till 1992, when he left the company and joined the newly formed, which he ran, together with Ostin, for the following decade.
Born October 3, 1941 in Los Angeles, California, USA.

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Credited work

3,019 releases · 413 albums · active 1955–2025

  • Production · 3,244
  • Other credits · 38
  • Engineering · 28
  • Performance · 17

Studios: Warner Bros. Recording Studios · Amigo Studios · The Burbank Studios · Eastern Sound

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