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Ron Elliott

real name Ronald Charles Elliott

Ron Elliott is credited on 826 releases across 168 albums tracked on Gatefold, active 1964–2022 — the collector-built map of who actually made the music.

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826

Credits

168

Albums

7

Decades active

255

In collections

Biography

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Ronald Charles Elliott (born October 21, 1943 in Healdsburg, California, USA.) is an American musician, composer and producer, best known as songwriter and lead guitarist of rock band The Beau Brummels. Elliott wrote or co-wrote the band's 1965 U.S. top 20 hits "Laugh, Laugh" and "Just a Little".
In addition to reuniting with the Beau Brummels on occasion over the years, Elliott released a solo album called The Candlestick Maker (1969).
Elliott subsequently did session work for Randy Newman, Van Morrison, and Little Feat, and participated in 1970s albums by Pan (as producer and songwriter).
In 1976 he was part of Giants, a rock/funk band that made one album, Thanks For The Music.

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Credited work

826 releases · 168 albums · active 1964–2022

  • Performance · 1,625
  • Production · 46
  • Other credits · 23

Studios: Amigo Studios · T.T.G. Studios · Sunset Sound · Wally Heider Studios

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