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Sanger D. Shafer
Sanger D. Shafer is credited on 612 releases across 249 albums tracked on Gatefold, active 1959–2025 — the collector-built map of who actually made the music.
612
Credits
249
Albums
8
Decades active
153
In collections
Biography
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Sanger D. "Whitey" Shafer (October 24, 1934 – January 12, 2019) was an American country songwriter and musician. He wrote numerous hits for stars such as George Jones, Lefty Frizzell, George Strait.
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Credited work
612 releases · 249 albums · active 1959–2025
- Performance · 764
- Other credits · 3
- Production · 1
Studios: Columbia Recording Studios, Nashville · Columbia Recording Studio "B" Nashville, Tennessee · Acuff-Rose Sound Studios · Sound Emporium
Discography
Records they worked on — most-collected first.

Bleeds
2025

Ocean Front Property
1987

To Lefty From Willie
1977

Greatest Hits Volume Two
1987

Does Fort Worth Ever Cross Your Mind
1984

Strait Out Of The Box
1995

Don't Close Your Eyes
1988

Something Special
1985

That's The Way Love Goes
1983

Serving 190 Proof
1979

Beyond The Blue Neon
1989

His Epic Hits—The First 11—To Be Continued...
1984

First Rose Of Spring
2020

50 Number Ones
2004

I Wonder Do You Think Of Me
1989

Wild & Blue
1982

Would You Lay With Me (In A Field Of Stone)
1974

I Hope You Dance
2000

Rainbow Stew - Live At Anaheim Stadium
1981

The Greatest Hits Of Johnny Rodriguez
1976

Lil' G.L. Presents: Jukebox Charley
2022

Ten Strait Hits
1991

The Best Of The Oak Ridge Boys
1978

The Best Of Moe Bandy, Volume I
1977
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