Performance · Production
James Gadson
Kansas City, United States
James Gadson is credited on 2,661 releases across 661 albums tracked on Gatefold, active 1962–2026 — the collector-built map of who actually made the music.
2,661
Pressings credited
661
Albums
7
Decades active
1,244
In collections
Biography
James Edward Gadson (June 17, 1939 – April 2, 2026) was an American drummer and session musician. Beginning his career in the late 1960s, Gadson became one of the most-recorded drummers in the history of R&B. He was also a singer and songwriter.
Bio from Wikipedia
Credited work
2,661 releases · 661 albums · active 1962–2026
- Performance · 3,365
- Production · 672
- Other credits · 99
Studios: Motown/Hitsville U.S.A. Recording Studios · Kendun Recorders · Devonshire Studios · Hollywood Sound Recorders
Discography
Records they worked on — most-collected first.
Saturday Night Fever (The Original Movie Sound Track)
1977
The Nightfly
1982
Sea Change
2002
Born To Die
2012
Morning Phase
2014
Black Messiah
2014
I Want You
1976
Bad Girls
1979
Sound & Fury
2019
Futuresex/Lovesounds
2006
Fine Line
2019
Paradise
2012
Diana
1980
Midnight Love
1982
Bill Withers' Greatest Hits
1981
Still Bill
1972
Man-Child
1975
Bill Withers Live At Carnegie Hall
1973
Home Again
2012
The Love Movement
1998
Chaos And Creation In The Backyard
2005
Small Changes
2024
Secrets
1976
National Lampoon's Animal House (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
1978
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