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Stan Kesler

real name Stanley Augustus Kesler

Stan Kesler is credited on 2,182 releases across 437 albums tracked on Gatefold, active 1953–2025 — the collector-built map of who actually made the music.

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2,182

Credits

437

Albums

8

Decades active

394

In collections

Biography

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American session musician, composer and producer, whose career began at the Sun Studio in Memphis, Tennessee.
Born August 11, 1928 in Abbeville, Mississippi, USA.
Died October 26, 2020 in Murfreesboro, Tennessee, USA.
As a staff musician and songwriter for Sun Records, he played steel guitar or Bass on many Sun sessions with artists such as Carl Perkins, Roy Orbison, Jerry Lee Lewis and many more. He wrote five songs for Elvis including "I Forgot To Remember To Forget", that stayed on the music charts longer than any record Elvis recorded. He also produced "Wooly Bully" and "Lil Red Riding Hood" by Sam The Sham and the Pharoahs. He assembled a vocal group The-Sunrays (opens in a new tab) that included Barbara Pittman, Elsie Sappington, Hank Byers and Jimmy Knight. Stan Kesler worked with Paul Bomarito and Gene Lucchesi Sr. in the Sounds Of Memphis Studio.
(Not to be confused with jazz trumpeter Stan Kessler.)

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Credited work

2,182 releases · 437 albums · active 1953–2025

  • Performance · 2,085
  • Production · 361
  • Engineering · 241
  • Other credits · 34
  • Mastering · 20

Studios: Sun Studios · American Sound Studio, Memphis, TN · Paris Theatre, London · Playhouse Theatre

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