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Steve "Silk" Hurley

real name Steven Wayne Hurley

Chicago, United States

Steve "Silk" Hurley is credited on 1,948 releases across 529 albums tracked on Gatefold, active 1985–2023 — the collector-built map of who actually made the music.

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1,948

Credits

529

Albums

5

Decades active

412

In collections

Biography

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DJ, producer, songwriter and record label executive from Chicago, Illinois.
Established his label and production company Silk Entertainment in 1988.
Founded D.J. World Records in 1988, Echotron Records in 1989 and ID Records in 1990 with his then-manager Frank Rodrigo.
CEO at S & S Records Inc with Shannon L. Syas aka DJ Skip since 2005.
See The Voices Of Life for his vocal project from the late 1990s.
Married to Tonia Hurley.

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Credited work

1,948 releases · 529 albums · active 1985–2023

  • Performance · 2,730
  • Production · 1,393
  • Engineering · 721
  • Other credits · 262

Studios: Tanglewood Recording Studios · River North Studios · Jericho Studio · Flyte Tyme Studios

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