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Ravi Shankar

real name Robindro Shaunkor Chowdhury

Varanasi, India · 1920-04-07 – 2012-12-11

Ravi Shankar is credited on 1,560 releases across 218 albums tracked on Gatefold, active 1955–2026 — the collector-built map of who actually made the music.

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1,560

Credits

218

Albums

8

Decades active

169

In collections

Biography

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Indian sitar player and composer.
Born April 7, 1920 in Varanasi, United Provinces, in the former British Raj, India.
Died December 11, 2012 in San Diego, California, USA.
First husband of and former son-in-law of Allauddin Khan.
Father, Anoushka Shankar and singer Norah Jones (with Sue Jones).
Brother of Uday Shankar and. Uncle of Ananda Shankar and.

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Credited work

1,560 releases · 218 albums · active 1955–2026

  • Performance · 2,619
  • Other credits · 581
  • Production · 51

Studios: World Pacific Studios · The Living Room (2) · Kodandapani Audio Lab · Royce Hall

Discography

Records they worked on — most-collected first.

Frequent collaborators

  • Various
  • Pandit Ravi Shankar
  • Anoushka Shankar
  • Yehudi Menuhin
  • Pt. Ravi Shankar
  • The Albert Mangelsdorff Quintet
  • John S. Hall
  • Dennis Russell Davies

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