Production · Performance

Sam Kinison

Yakima, United States • 1953-12-08 – 1992-04-10

Sam Kinison is credited on 18 releases across 7 albums tracked on Gatefold, active 1988–1992 — the collector-built map of who actually made the music.

View as artist →

Photo of Sam Kinison

18

Pressings credited

7

Albums

2

Decades active

37

In collections

Biography

Samuel Burl Kinison ( KIN-iss-ən; December 8, 1953 – April 10, 1992) was an American stand-up comedian and actor. A former Pentecostal preacher, he performed stand-up routines that were characterized by intense sudden tirades, punctuated with his distinctive scream. Initially performing for free, Kinison became a regular fixture at The Comedy Store, where he met and eventually befriended such comics as Robin Williams and Jim Carrey. Kinison's comedy was observational humor, especially towards women and dating, and his popularity grew quickly, leading to appearances on The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson, Late Night with David Letterman, and Saturday Night Live. At the peak of his career in early 1992, he was killed in a car crash, aged 38. Kinison received a Grammy nomination in 1988 for the single "Wild Thing" from his Have You Seen Me Lately? album, and a posthumous win in 1994 for Best Spoken Comedy Album, Live from Hell.

Bio from Wikipedia

Credited work

18 releases · 7 albums · active 1988–1992

  • Production · 14
  • Performance · 8

Studios: Bob Carr Recording Arts Center

Discography

Records they worked on — most-collected first.

Around the web

See who really made the music.

Gatefold maps every producer, engineer, and player across your shelf — the credits no one else surfaces.

Start your shelf →

Free forever. Works with 10 records or 10,000.