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Oliver Sain

real name Oliver Sain Jr.

Dundee, United States · 1932-03-01 – 2003-10-28

Oliver Sain is credited on 712 releases across 194 albums tracked on Gatefold, active 1959–2024 — the collector-built map of who actually made the music.

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712

Credits

194

Albums

8

Decades active

129

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American producer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist (keyboards, saxophone, drums), manager.
Born 1 March 1932 in Dundee, Mississippi, died 28 October 2003 in St. Louis, Missouri, from bone cancer.
Owner of Vanessa Records and the studio Archway Studios, manager of soul vocalist Fontella Bass.
Essential tracks: “Bus Stop” (1974), “Booty Bumpin’ (The Double Bump)” (1974), “She’s A Disco Queen” (1975), “Get Up And Hustle” (1975), “Party Hearty” (1975), “B-oo-g-ie” b/w “Feel Like Dancin’” (1977). Composer of “Don’t Mess Up A Good Thing” in 1965.

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Credited work

712 releases · 194 albums · active 1959–2024

  • Performance · 846
  • Production · 184
  • Engineering · 82
  • Other credits · 7

Studios: Archway Studios · Warner Bros. Recording Studios · Archway Sound Studio, St. Louis · Ter Mar Studios

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