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Sy Oliver
real name Melvin James Oliver
Battle Creek, United States
Sy Oliver is credited on 3,911 releases across 1,079 albums tracked on Gatefold, active 1950–2025 — the collector-built map of who actually made the music.
3,911
Credits
1,079
Albums
8
Decades active
225
In collections
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American jazz arranger, trumpeter, composer, singer and bandleader. Born 17 December 1910 in Battle Creek, Michigan, USA and died 28 May 1988 in New York City, New York, USA.
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Credited work
3,911 releases · 1,079 albums · active 1950–2025
- Performance · 5,588
- 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 Greatest Hits Collection
1988
The Fun Boy Three
1982
The Billie Holiday Story
1959
The Smithsonian Collection Of Classic Jazz
1973
A Man And His Music
1965
New York, New York (Original Motion Picture Score)
1977
A 25th Anniversary In Show Business Salute To Ray Charles
1971
It Aint What You Do....
1982
Hooked On Swing
1982
Come Swing With Me!
1961
This Is The Big Band Era
1971
Billie Holiday's Greatest Hits!
1968
The Turnaround
1965
Live
1973
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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