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Billy Strayhorn

real name William Thomas Strayhorn

Dayton, United States

Billy Strayhorn is credited on 9,262 releases across 2,633 albums tracked on Gatefold, active 1950–2026 — the collector-built map of who actually made the music.

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9,262

Credits

2,633

Albums

8

Decades active

1,086

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Born November 29, 1915 in Dayton, Ohio.
Died May 31, 1967 in New York City, NY.
American composer, pianist and arranger, best known for his successful collaboration with bandleader and composer Duke Ellington from 1939 to 1967. The compositions most closely associated with Strayhorn are "Take the 'A' Train", "Chelsea Bridge" and "Lush Life". Strayhorn was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 1984.

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Credited work

9,262 releases · 2,633 albums · active 1950–2026

  • Performance · 12,767
  • Other credits · 354
  • Production · 1

Studios: Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey · Newport Jazz Festival · Van Gelder Studio, Hackensack, New Jersey · RCA Victor's Music Center Of The World

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