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James Booker

real name James Carroll Booker lll

New Orleans, United States · 1939-12-17 – 1983-11-08

James Booker is credited on 109 albums across 528 pressings tracked on Gatefold, active 1954–2025 — the collector-built map of who actually made the music.

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109

Albums

528

Pressings

8

Decades active

229

In collections

Biography

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Versatile American pianist, born 17 December 1939 in New Orleans, Louisiana, USA, died 8 November 1983 in the same city.
In the 1950s he recorded rhythm & blues, but had a much broader musical spectrum that included pop songs, the theme from The Godfather, and renditions of Chopin waltzes. Through most of his life he had drug problems, serving several prison sentences due to it and losing his left eye because of it in 1973.
On a 1961 Dave Bartholomew album is probably a contract-related pseudonym, but this needs further research.

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109 albums · 528 pressings · active 1954–2025

  • Performance · 669
  • Other credits · 19
  • Production · 3

Studios: Warner Bros. Recording Studios · The Burbank Studios · Sea-Saint Studio · Apple Studios

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