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Sy Oliver
Battle Creek, United States
Sy Oliver is credited on 3,913 releases across 1,076 albums tracked on Gatefold, active 1950–2025 — the collector-built map of who actually made the music.
3,913
Pressings credited
1,076
Albums
8
Decades active
205
In collections
Biography
Melvin James "Sy" Oliver (December 17, 1910 – May 28, 1988) was an American jazz arranger, trumpeter, composer, singer and bandleader.
Bio from Wikipedia
Credited work
3,913 releases · 1,076 albums · active 1950–2025
- Performance · 5,590
- Other credits · 1,200
- Production · 3
- Mastering · 1
Studios: Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey · Herndon Stadium · Basin Street East · The Bridge Studios, London
Discography
Records they worked on — most-collected first.
Night Train
1963
What'd I Say
1959
Ray Charles In Person
1960
Where?
1962
The Fun Boy Three
1982
The Smithsonian Collection Of Classic Jazz
1973
The Billie Holiday Story
1959
A Man And His Music
1965
A 25th Anniversary In Show Business Salute To Ray Charles
1971
The Greatest Hits Collection
1988
New York, New York (Original Motion Picture Score)
1977
Hooked On Swing
1982
It Aint What You Do....
1982
This Is The Big Band Era
1971
Live
1973
Billie Holiday's Greatest Hits!
1968
The Turnaround
1965
Come Swing With Me!
1961
I Remember Tommy...
1961
Singin' The Blues
1957
Yes Indeed!
1956
The Best Of Fun Boy Three
1984
The Ray Charles Story Volume 2
1968
Basin Street East Proudly Presents Miss Peggy Lee Recorded At The Fabulous New York Club
1961
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