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Milt Gabler

real name Milton Gabler

Milt Gabler is credited on 3,961 releases across 1,098 albums tracked on Gatefold, active 1950–2026 — the collector-built map of who actually made the music.

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3,961

Credits

1,098

Albums

8

Decades active

166

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American jazz producer and songwriter.
Born 20 May 1911 in New York City, died 20 July 2001 in New York City.
Founded the Commodore jazz label and produced a.o. the historic recording of "Strange Fruit", often referred to as the first protest song, that had been rejected by major labels. He also owned New York City's most comprehensive jazz record store, the Commodore Music Shop. He was also the producer of “Rock Around the Clock,” a seminal record by Bill Haley and the Comets, in 1954.
As a songwriter, he's charted 17 times from 1946 to 2007, iwht his first being his only #1: "Choo Choo Ch'Boogie" by Louis Jordan (co-written by Denver Darling & Vaughn Horton).
He was inducted into Rock And Roll Hall of Fame in 1993 (Non-Performer). Gabler is the uncle of comedian Billy Crystal.

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Credited work

3,961 releases · 1,098 albums · active 1950–2026

  • Performance · 3,702
  • Production · 967
  • Other credits · 414
  • Engineering · 4

Studios: WOR Studios · Wiley-Griffith Studios · Private Studio Of Hans Georg Brunner-Schwer · Clinton Recording Studio

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