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Sid Jacobson
real name Sidney Jacobson
Sid Jacobson is credited on 831 releases across 231 albums tracked on Gatefold, active 1955–2025 — the collector-built map of who actually made the music.
831
Credits
231
Albums
8
Decades active
65
In collections
Biography
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American comic book writer and editor.
He was managing editor and editor in chief for (Casper the Friendly Ghost, Richie Rich, Hot Stuff the Little Devil and Wendy the Good Little Witch).
In the 1950s and 1960s, while working at Harvey Comics, Jacobson wrote songs for such pop acts as Frankie Avalon (A Boy Without a Girl), Earl Grant ((At) The End (of a Rainbow)), Dion and the Belmonts, and Johnny Mathis, despite the fact that Jacobson did not read music.
Born: October 20, 1929 in Brooklyn, New York
Died: July 23, 2022 in San Mateo, California
Bio from Discogs
Credited work
831 releases · 231 albums · active 1955–2025
- Performance · 836
- Production · 30
- Other credits · 9
Studios: Pye Studios · RCA Victor's Music Center Of The World · Dynamic Sounds Studios · Randy's Studio
Discography
Records they worked on — most-collected first.
Boots
1966
Nancy In London
1966
The Best Of Earl Grant
1970
This Is Nancy Sinatra
1972
Earl Grant's Greatest Hits
1967
The Man
1965
Born To Wander
1964
Mondo Cane #2
1964
Dion Sings His Greatest Hits
1962
Warm
1957
Mein Lied Für Dich
1968
Frankie Boy & Nancy Girl
1966
The Skyliners
1959
Autumn Leaves
The Hit Makers
1960
Presenting Dion And The Belmonts
1959
Frequent collaborators
- Earl Grant
- Various
- Frankie Avalon
- Johnny Mathis
- Nancy Sinatra
- Dion & The Belmonts
- Jimmie Rodgers (2)
- The Ivy Three
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