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Red West

Red West is credited on 1,041 releases across 165 albums tracked on Gatefold, active 1960–2026 — the collector-built map of who actually made the music.

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1,041

Pressings credited

165

Albums

7

Decades active

178

In collections

Biography

Robert Gene "Red" West (March 8, 1936 – July 18, 2017) was an American actor, film stuntman and songwriter. He was known for being a close confidant and bodyguard for rock and roll singer Elvis Presley. Upon his firing, West co-wrote the controversial Elvis: What Happened?, a tell-all book about Elvis co written with two other Presley associates and Steve Dunleavy, a Rupert Murdoch journalist; the book was published in May 1977 in UK and later in USA (just two weeks before Presley's August 1977 death). West was also known to American film audiences for his role as Red in Road House, alongside Patrick Swayze. West appeared to critical acclaim in the 2008 independent film Goodbye Solo as William.

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Credited work

1,041 releases · 165 albums · active 1960–2026

  • Performance · 1,128
  • Other credits · 6
  • Production · 1

Studios: RCA Victor's Music Center Of The World · American Sound Studio, Memphis, TN · Audio Recording Studios, Inc., Cleveland, OH · RCA Victor Studios, Nashville

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