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Paulinho da Costa
Brazilian percussionist
Brazil • b. 1948-05-31
Paulinho da Costa is credited on 7,376 releases across 1,840 albums tracked on Gatefold, active 1970–2026 — the collector-built map of who actually made the music.
7,376
Pressings credited
1,840
Albums
6
Decades active
2,124
In collections
Credited work
7,376 releases · 1,840 albums · active 1970–2026
- Performance · 11,890
- Other credits · 264
- Production · 34
Studios: Ocean Way Recording · Westlake Studios · Cherokee Studios · Sunset Sound
Discography
Records they worked on — most-collected first.
Thriller
1982
Off The Wall
1979
Bad
1987
Saturday Night Fever (The Original Movie Sound Track)
1977
Tracy Chapman
1988
Can't Slow Down
1983
True Blue
1986
Stadium Arcadium
2006
True Stories
1986
Footloose (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
1984
Whitney
1987
Dangerous
1991
Like A Prayer
1989
Blondes Have More Fun
1978
I Am
1979
Under The Pink
1994
Dancing On The Ceiling
1986
Lionel Richie
1982
Long Cold Winter
1988
All 'N All
1977
Rapture
1986
Little Earthquakes
1992
Ixnay On The Hombre
1997
Chicago 17
1984
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