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Reggie Young

Reggie Young is credited on 2,454 releases across 893 albums tracked on Gatefold, active 1956–2025 — the collector-built map of who actually made the music.

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2,454

Pressings credited

893

Albums

8

Decades active

780

In collections

Biography

Reggie Grimes Young Jr. (December 12, 1936 – January 17, 2019) was an American musician who was lead guitarist in the American Sound Studio house band, The Memphis Boys, and was a leading session musician. He played on various recordings with artists such as Elvis Presley, Joe Cocker, Dobie Gray, Joe Tex, Merrilee Rush, B.J. Thomas, John Prine, Dusty Springfield, Lynn Anderson, Herbie Mann, J.J. Cale, Jimmy Buffett, Dionne Warwick, Roy Hamilton, Willie Nelson, Waylon Jennings, the Box Tops, Johnny Cash, Jerry Lee Lewis, Merle Haggard, Joey Tempest, George Strait, and The Highwaymen. Young was inducted into the Musicians Hall of Fame and Museum in 2019.

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Credited work

2,454 releases · 893 albums · active 1956–2025

  • Performance · 3,331
  • Other credits · 199
  • Production · 30

Studios: American Sound Studio, Memphis, TN · Columbia Recording Studios, Nashville · Woodland Studios · Quadrafonic Sound Studios

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