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Randy Starr

real name Dr. Warren Nadel

Randy Starr is credited on 1,109 releases across 184 albums tracked on Gatefold, active 1957–2023 — the collector-built map of who actually made the music.

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1,109

Credits

184

Albums

8

Decades active

113

In collections

Biography

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American songwriter, musician, singer and producer.
Born July 2, 1930 in Bronx, New York. Often collaborated with Richard Wolfe.
Besides being a songwriter and guitarist, Starr was a dentist. He is best known for writing twelve songs for Elvis Presley. During the 1950s, Starr was a member of the American band The Islanders with Frank Metis, and their song "The Enchanted Sea" which hit #15 in 1959. Starr had a song chart as a singer and songwriter: "After School", co-written by Wolfe, hit #32 in the U.S. in 1957. Starr charted five other times between 1957-1968 in the U.S. and/or U.K.
Starr was educated at Columbia University where he took his undergraduate degree from Columbia College in 1951, and his DDS degree from Columbia College of Dental Medicine in 1954.

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Credited work

1,109 releases · 184 albums · active 1957–2023

  • Performance · 1,190
  • Production · 25
  • Other credits · 3

Studios: Bruce Window Studios · RCA Victor Studios, Nashville · NBC-TV Studios, Burbank, California · American Sound Studio, Memphis, TN

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