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Paul Shaffer
Paul Shaffer is credited on 1,295 releases across 341 albums tracked on Gatefold, active 1968–2025 — the collector-built map of who actually made the music.
1,295
Pressings credited
341
Albums
7
Decades active
366
In collections
Biography
Paul Allen Wood Shaffer (born November 28, 1949) is a Canadian musician, actor, and comedian who served as David Letterman's musical director, bandleader, and sidekick on Late Night with David Letterman (1982–1993) and Late Show with David Letterman (1993–2015).
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Credited work
1,295 releases · 341 albums · active 1968–2025
- Performance · 2,041
- Other credits · 198
- Production · 142
Studios: Mediasound · Record Plant, N.Y.C. · A&M Studios · Universal Amphitheatre
Discography
Records they worked on — most-collected first.
Briefcase Full Of Blues
1978
The Blues Brothers (Original Soundtrack Recording)
1980
Volume One
1984
We Are The World
1985
Four
1994
Faster Than The Speed Of Night
1983
Made In America
1980
Scandal
1982
Even Now
1978
This One's For You
1976
Me Myself I
1980
Hell To Pay
1990
The 30th Anniversary Concert Celebration
1993
The Karate Kid Part II (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
1986
Wild Flowers / Keep Me In Your Heart
2020
The Definitive Collection
1992
Silk Electric
1982
Live From New York
1979
NBC's Saturday Night Live
1976
Muddy Water Blues (A Tribute To Muddy Waters)
1993
It's Raining Men
1982
Barry
1980
Hideaway
1980
Heroes
2012
Frequent collaborators
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