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Walter Donaldson

Walter Donaldson is credited on 12,135 releases across 3,314 albums tracked on Gatefold, active 1950–2025 — the collector-built map of who actually made the music.

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12,135

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3,314

Albums

8

Decades active

840

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Born: 15 February 1893 in Brooklyn, New York, USA.
Died: 15 July 1947 in Santa Monica, California, USA.
Walter Donaldson was a prolific American songwriter, producing many hit songs of the 1910s and 1920s, several written with lyricist Gus Kahn. In 1929 Donaldson moved to Hollywood and worked composing and arranging music for motion pictures.
Inducted in the Songwriters Hall Of Fame in 1970.

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12,135 releases · 3,314 albums · active 1950–2025

  • Performance · 13,536
  • Other credits · 407

Studios: Van Gelder Studio, Hackensack, New Jersey · Capitol Studios · Webster Hall · United Western Studios

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