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Chuck Rainey
Cleveland, United States
Chuck Rainey is credited on 3,719 releases across 549 albums tracked on Gatefold, active 1965–2026 — the collector-built map of who actually made the music.
3,719
Pressings credited
549
Albums
7
Decades active
1,206
In collections
Biography
Charles Walter Rainey III (born June 17, 1940) is an American bass guitarist who has performed and recorded with many well-known acts, including Aretha Franklin, Steely Dan, and Quincy Jones. Rainey is credited for playing bass on more than 1,000 albums, and is one of the most recorded bass players in the history of recorded music.
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Credited work
3,719 releases · 549 albums · active 1965–2026
- Performance · 5,454
- Other credits · 28
- Production · 15
Studios: Atlantic Studios · A&R Studios · Record Plant, Los Angeles · ABC Recording Studios
Discography
Records they worked on — most-collected first.
Aja
1977
Gaucho
1980
Pretzel Logic
1974
The Royal Scam
1976
The Nightfly
1982
Katy Lied
1975
Greatest Hits
1978
I Want You
1976
The Pretender
1976
Quiet Fire
1971
Places And Spaces
1975
Young, Gifted And Black
1972
Roberta Flack & Donny Hathaway
1972
Black Byrd
1973
Gold
1982
Pirates
1981
Push Push
1971
Endless Flight
1976
Amazing Grace
1972
Thanks I'll Eat It Here
1979
All Of Me
1979
An Insatiable High
1977
Body Heat
1974
Stepping Into Tomorrow
1975
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