Performance · Production

Ralph MacDonald

real name Ralph Anthony MacDonald

New York City, United States · 1944-03-15 – 2011-12-18

Ralph MacDonald is credited on 6,195 releases across 1,028 albums tracked on Gatefold, active 1964–2026 — the collector-built map of who actually made the music.

View as artist →

Start your shelf →Open in app
Photo of Ralph MacDonald

6,195

Credits

1,028

Albums

7

Decades active

2,072

In collections

Biography

source

Showing the Discogs bio

Percussionist - songwriter - producer - engineer - record company executive
Born on 15.03.1944 in Harlem, New York
Died 18.12.2011 in Stamford, Connecticut, USA.
He released eight solo albums from 1976 to 1998. He co-wrote Roberta Flack & Donny Hathaway's "Where is the Love" and Bill Withers' "Just The Two Of Us"
He started his career at the age of 16 as percussionist for Harry Belafonte and was a member of Belafonte's band for 10 years. He played as a session percussionist in many artists' recordings over the ensuing decades, including George Benson, David Bowie, Aretha Franklin, Art Garfunkel, Billy Joel, Quincy Jones, Carole King, Miriam Makeba, David Sanborn, Paul Simon, Steely Dan etc.
He co-founded publishing/production company Antisia Music, Inc. with longtime songwriting partner William Salter and William Eaton in 1968. He founded Rosebud Recording Studio in the mid-1970s.
Father of Anthony MacDonald.

Bio from Discogs

Credited work

6,195 releases · 1,028 albums · active 1964–2026

  • Performance · 9,950
  • Production · 741
  • Other credits · 389
  • Engineering · 82

Studios: Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey · Atlantic Studios · A&R Studios · The Hit Factory

Discography

Records they worked on — most-collected first.

Frequent collaborators

Around the web

See who really made the music.

Gatefold maps every producer, engineer, and player across your shelf — the credits no one else surfaces.

Start your shelf →

Free forever. Works with 10 records or 10,000.