Performance · Production
William Allen
real name William Henry Allen
William Allen is credited on 584 releases across 168 albums tracked on Gatefold, active 1963–2025 — the collector-built map of who actually made the music.
584
Credits
168
Albums
7
Decades active
288
In collections
Biography
Showing the Discogs bio
US bassist, composer and arranger. He was a member of Mongo Santamaria's band. Died in 2016.
Do NOT confuse with songwriter Bill Allen/William E. Allen.
Bio from Discogs
Credited work
584 releases · 168 albums · active 1963–2025
- Performance · 995
- Production · 248
- Other credits · 40
Studios: Electric Lady Studios · Sigma Sound Studios, New York · Record Plant, Los Angeles · Larrabee Sound Studios
Discography
Records they worked on — most-collected first.
People's Instinctive Travels And The Paths Of Rhythm
1990
Everybody Loves The Sunshine
1976
The Anthology
1999
New Amerykah: Part One (4th World War)
2007
Who Is Jill Scott? (Words And Sounds Vol. 1)
2000
Hits, Rarities, & Remixes
2003
Music Of Many Colours
1980
Vibrations
1976
The Eastern Moods Of Ahmed Abdul-Malik
1963
Mongo Santamaria's Greatest Hits
1970
Let's Do It
1978
Lifeline
1977
Sofrito
1976
A Tear To A Smile
1975
Change Up The Groove
1974
The Complete Stax Singles, Vol. 1 (1962-1967)
2019
From Where???
1996
No Stranger To Love
1979
You Send Me
1978
Come Into Knowledge
1977
Here
2016
Step In To Our Life
1978
Solar Music
2023
Virgin Ubiquity II (Unreleased Recordings 1976-1981)
2005
Frequent collaborators
Around the web
See who really made the music.
Gatefold maps every producer, engineer, and player across your shelf — the credits no one else surfaces.
Start your shelf →Free forever. Works with 10 records or 10,000.