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Ric Ocasek
real name Richard Theodore Otcasek
Baltimore, United States · 1944-03-23 – 2019-09-15
Ric Ocasek is credited on 1,820 releases across 464 albums tracked on Gatefold, active 1973–2025 — the collector-built map of who actually made the music.
1,820
Credits
464
Albums
6
Decades active
1,636
In collections
Biography
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American new wave/soft rock singer-songwriter, guitarist, keyboardist and music producer
Born: 23rd March 1944 Baltimore, Maryland, USA
Died: 15th September 2019 New York City, New York, USA
The father,, and, as the lead vocalist for The Cars he was inducted in 2018 into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
Bio from Discogs
Credited work
1,820 releases · 464 albums · active 1973–2025
- Performance · 1,913
- Production · 598
- Other credits · 64
- Engineering · 20
- Mastering · 9
Studios: Power Station · Cherokee Studios · Electric Lady Studios · Synchro Sound Studios
Discography
Records they worked on — most-collected first.

In Utero
1993

Weezer
1994

The Cars
1978

Candy-O
1979

Heartbeat City
1984

The Cars Greatest Hits
1985

Shake It Up
1981

Weezer
2001

Panorama
1980

Rock For Light
1983

Teens Of Denial
2016

Rock Steady
2001

High/Low
1996

Van Weezer
2021

Rattlesnakes
1984

Everything Will Be Alright In The End
2014

The Aeroplane Flies High
1996

Covers
2011

The Gray Race
1996

Falco 3
1985

Moving In Stereo: The Best Of The Cars
2016

The Bob's Burgers Music Album
2017

Ozma
1989

Even If It Kills Me
2007
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