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Tony Powers
real name Howard Stanley Puris
United States · b. 1938-02-02
Tony Powers is credited on 1,155 releases across 301 albums tracked on Gatefold, active 1961–2025 — the collector-built map of who actually made the music.
1,155
Credits
301
Albums
7
Decades active
84
In collections
Biography
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American songwriter, recording artist, music video artist, and actor from New York, NY. He was responsible for writing or co-writing the hit songs "Remember Then", "Why Do Lovers Break Each Other's Heart", "98.6", "Lazy Day", and many others including "We're The Banana Splits", the Kiss song "Odyssey", and Powers' own "Don't Nobody Move (This is a Heist)".
Born 1938.
Bio from Discogs
Credited work
1,155 releases · 301 albums · active 1961–2025
- Performance · 1,300
- Other credits · 16
- Production · 7
Studios: Western Recorders · Olmsted Sound Studios · Groove Sound Studio · Park Studio
Discography
Records they worked on — most-collected first.

(Music From) The Elder
1981

Phil Spector's 20 Greatest Hits
1976

Back To Mono (1958-1969)
1991

Louis
1966

Phil Spector's Greatest Hits
1977

Rock & Roll Is Here To Stay
1969

Khaos Legions
2011

Rise Of The Tyrant
2007

The Best Of The Cowsills
1969

Spanky And Our Gang
1967

Jay And The Americans Greatest Hits
1965

Summer Of Love
1986

Spanky's Greatest Hit(s)
1969

The Golden Hits Of Lesley Gore
1965

The Game Of Love
1965

Blockbusters
1965

Covered In Blood
2019

The Boat That Rocked (Movie Soundtrack)
2009

The Doo Wop Box
1994

The Golden Years
1979

You Need Someone To Love
1970

Captain Sad And His Ship Of Fools
1968

For Your Sweet Love
1963

She Cried
1962
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