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Tony Hester

real name Anthony Hester

Tony Hester is credited on 956 releases across 299 albums tracked on Gatefold, active 1964–2026 — the collector-built map of who actually made the music.

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956

Credits

299

Albums

7

Decades active

306

In collections

Biography

Soul producer, arranger and songwriter
Born in 07/07/1946 died in Detroit, Michigan in 08/30/1980
He got his first song recorded at the age of 14 by the The Marvelettes, "A Little Bit of Sympathy".
He wrote all the songs for the first two The Dramatics albums. He wrote as well for The Dells, Marilyn McCoo, Jeannie Reynolds, Jimmy Delphs, The Platters etc.

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Credited work

956 releases · 299 albums · active 1964–2026

  • Performance · 1,312
  • Production · 298
  • Other credits · 2

Studios: United Sound Systems · Muscle Shoals Sound Studios · ABC Recording Studios · Echo Sound

Discography

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