Performance · Production
Joe Galdo
real name Jose Antonio Galdo
Joe Galdo is credited on 1,045 releases across 193 albums tracked on Gatefold, active 1975–2024 — the collector-built map of who actually made the music.
1,045
Credits
193
Albums
6
Decades active
215
In collections
Biography
Miami, FL based American drummer & percussionist (primarily on disco and funk recordings), arranger, composer, producer, and A&R executive. Born 7 February 1951.
He started his career as a musician in 1969 performing until 2000. He became an in house producer and A&R executive for Island Records in 1988. In 1992, he and Chris Blackwell founded South Beach Studios. He was studios' manager & producer until 2015. In house producer and A&R executive for Palm Pictures from 1998 until 2004.
Bio from Discogs
Credited work
1,045 releases · 193 albums · active 1975–2024
- Performance · 2,403
- Production · 315
- Other credits · 293
- Engineering · 19
- Mastering · 1
Studios: Criteria Recording Studios · Polar Studios · Marcus Music · New River Studios
Discography
Records they worked on — most-collected first.
Voulez-Vous
1979
Primitive Love
1985
The Singles (The First Ten Years)
1982
Bobby Caldwell
1978
No Control
1982
Emancipation
1996
Let It Loose
1987
Cuts Both Ways
1989
Harlem World
1997
Greatest Hits
1992
Where Angels Fear To Tread
1983
Anything For You
1988
Little Miss Dangerous
1986
Conga! (Dance Mix)
1985
Cat In The Hat
1980
Don't Wanna Lose You
1989
Anything For You
1988
Bad Boy (Remix)
1985
Right By You
1984
Hot Number
1979
CD Album Box Set
2022
Feelings
1997
CSN
1991
Rhythm Is Gonna Get You
1987
Frequent collaborators
- Various
- Gloria Estefan
- Miami Sound Machine
- Gloria Estefan And Miami Sound Machine
- Foxy
- ABBA
- Barry Manilow
- Angélique Kidjo
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