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Roy Alfred

Roy Alfred is credited on 2,129 releases across 618 albums tracked on Gatefold, active 1950–2026 — the collector-built map of who actually made the music.

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2,129

Credits

618

Albums

8

Decades active

319

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Biography

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American lyricist and composer.
Among his songs to remember: ''The Hucklebuck'', ''Captain Kid'', ''The Best Man'', ''Don't Do Something to Someone Else'', ''Just Like That'', ''You Don't Learn That in School'', and ''I Should Worry''.
Alfred also wrote the lyrics to the hit song "The Rock and Roll Waltz" under the name Dick Ware, copywritten at the time under his mother's name Jeanne (Feinberg) Alfred.
Born May 14, 1916 in New York City, New York. Died: 2008.
Father of and.
Publishing:, and.

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Credited work

2,129 releases · 618 albums · active 1950–2026

  • Performance · 2,211
  • Other credits · 6

Studios: Bell Sound Studios · RCA Victor Studios, Hollywood · Pasadena Civic Auditorium · Columbia 30th Street Studio

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