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Don Airey
real name Donald Smith Airey
Sunderland, United Kingdom
Don Airey is credited on 1,658 releases across 314 albums tracked on Gatefold, active 1976–2026 — the collector-built map of who actually made the music.
1,658
Credits
314
Albums
6
Decades active
683
In collections
Biography
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English rock keyboardist, born 21 June 1948 in Sunderland. He has been recording with a lot of hard rock and heavy metal projects since 1974, including names like Ozzy Osbourne, Cozy Powell, Gary Moore, Rainbow, Thin Lizzy and Deep Purple. Also worked in "commercial" projects and solo albums. Airey orchestrated and conducted the winning UK Eurovision entry 'Love Shine a Light' by Katrina & The Waves in 1997. He is the brother of guitarist Keith Airey and keyboardist Paul Airey.
Bio from Discogs
Credited work
1,658 releases · 314 albums · active 1976–2026
- Performance · 3,640
- Other credits · 131
- Production · 29
Studios: Ridge Farm Studios · Sounds Interchange · Morgan Studios · Air Studios
Discography
Records they worked on — most-collected first.
Blizzard Of Ozz
1980
Diary Of A Madman
1981
1987
1987
Bark At The Moon
1983
Never Say Die!
1978
Painkiller
1990
Slip Of The Tongue
1989
Difficult To Cure
1981
Still Got The Blues
1990
Down To Earth
1979
The Michael Schenker Group
1980
Greatest Hits
1994
= 1
2024
Infinite
2017
Variations
1978
Whoosh!
2020
Nostradamus
2008
Greatest Hits
2004
The Best Of Rainbow
1981
Now What?!
2013
Prince Of Darkness
2005
The Very Best Of
2001
Back To The Light
1992
See You On The Other Side
2019
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