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Bobby Z.

real name Robert B. Rivkin

Bobby Z. is credited on 80 albums across 609 pressings tracked on Gatefold, active 1979–2025 — the collector-built map of who actually made the music.

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80

Albums

609

Pressings

6

Decades active

1,059

In collections

Biography

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Bobby Z. (born January 9, 1956, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA) is an American drummer, and record producer, perhaps best known as the drummer of Prince's band from 1978-1986, and as a member of The Revolution.
Brother of David Rivkin (aka David Z.) and.

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Credited work

80 albums · 609 pressings · active 1979–2025

  • Performance · 464
  • Production · 331
  • Other credits · 50
  • Engineering · 4

Studios: Sunset Sound · Hollywood Sound Recorders · The Warehouse, St. Louis Park · First Avenue

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