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Roy Bittan

Queens, United States

Roy Bittan is credited on 1,554 releases across 267 albums tracked on Gatefold, active 1972–2026 — the collector-built map of who actually made the music.

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1,554

Credits

267

Albums

6

Decades active

2,800

In collections

Biography

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Roy J. Bittan (born July 2, 1949) is an American keyboardist, best known as a member of Bruce Springsteen's E Street Band, which he joined on August 23, 1974. Bittan, nicknamed The Professor, plays the piano, organ, accordion and synthesizers.
Aside from his membership in Bruce Springsteen's band, Bittan has played on several dozen albums as a session musician primarily for notable singer-songwriters, and rock and pop artists. Some of the prominent musicians with whom he has recorded include Jon Bon Jovi, David Bowie, Jackson Browne, Tracy Chapman, Chicago, Catie Curtis, Dire Straits, Peter Gabriel, Ian Hunter, Meat Loaf, Stevie Nicks, RVIVR, Bob Seger, Celine Dion, Nelly Furtado, Patty Smyth, Jim Steinman, and Bonnie Tyler.

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1,554 releases · 267 albums · active 1972–2026

  • Performance · 2,916
  • Production · 389
  • Other credits · 92
  • Engineering · 3

Studios: Power Station · The Hit Factory · Record Plant, N.Y.C. · Trident Studios

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