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Marty Kupersmith
aka Marty Sanders
Marty Kupersmith is credited on 217 releases across 89 albums tracked on Gatefold, active 1963–2025 — the collector-built map of who actually made the music.
217
Pressings credited
89
Albums
7
Decades active
106
In collections
Biography
Martin Joseph Kupersmith (born February 28, 1941), also known professionally as Marty Sanders and Marty Joe Kupersmith, is an American singer, guitarist, and songwriter best known as a longtime member of the vocal group Jay and the Americans. As a performer, he was part of the group's most commercially successful era during the 1960s and early 1970s, contributing vocals and guitar work to hits including "Come a Little Bit Closer", "Cara Mia", and "This Magic Moment". Kupersmith is also an accomplished songwriter whose credits include collaborations with artists such as Joan Jett, Doc Pomus, Dr. John, and Gerry Goffin. He is notably credited as a co-writer of Joan Jett's 1981 anthem "Bad Reputation".
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Credited work
217 releases · 89 albums · active 1963–2025
- Performance · 256
- Other credits · 20
Studios: The Village Recorder · Wally Heider Studios · ICP Recording Studios · Koala Studio (2)
Discography
Records they worked on — most-collected first.
Joan Jett
1980
Streets Of Fire (Music From The Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
1984
Shrek (Music From The Original Motion Picture)
2001
Frehley's Comet
1987
Call Me By Your Name (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
2017
Greatest Hits
2010
Greatest Hits
2019
Acoustics
2022
Fit To Be Tied - Great Hits By Joan Jett And The Blackhearts
1997
The Early Years
1983
Bad Reputation (Music From The Original Motion Picture)
2018
Kick-Ass (Music From The Motion Picture)
2010
Freaks And Geeks: Original Soundtrack And Score
2004
Pulse
1985
Bad Reputation
1980
You Gotta Walk It Like You Talk It (Or You'll Lose That Beat)
1971
Changeup
2022
There's Gonna Be A Storm (The Complete Recordings 1966-1969)
1992
Words
1982
Words
1982
Frequent collaborators
- Various
- F.R. David
- Jay & The Americans
- Joan Jett
- Kenny Vance
- Fiorello
- Ace Frehley
- Thomas Jefferson Kaye
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