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Released on Atlantic, also Stairway to Heaven (Led Zeppelin), Back in Black (AC/DC) and Immigrant Song (Led Zeppelin)
Produced by Nesuhi Ertegun, also Let the Good Times Roll (Ray Charles), Adorable (The Drifters) and Clementine (Bobby Darin)
Written by Lew Douglas, also Pretend (Nat King Cole), Why Don’t You Believe Me (Brenda Lee) and Let Them Talk (Hugh Laurie)
Engineered by Earle Brown, also Rhythm‐a‐ning
Worth knowing
Counted from cited credits on fono.
Nesuhi Ertegun produced 92 songs on fono
Nesuhi Ertegun’s most frequent co-producer is Jerry Wexler (13 songs together)
Frank Lavere’s most frequent co-writer is Lew Douglas (3 songs together)
Nesuhi Ertegun first appears on fono in 1945, 13 years before this song
Credits
All 12 credits
- Written by
- Frank Lavere, Lew Douglas and Phil Dooley
- Produced by
- Nesuhi Ertegun
- Performed by
- Art Blakey, Bill Hardman, Jimmy "Spanky" DeBrest, Johnny Griffin and Thelonious Monk
- Engineered by
- Earle Brown
- Released on
- Atlantic
- Written by
- Frank Lavere, Lew Douglas and Phil Dooley
- Produced by
- Nesuhi Ertegun
- Performed by
- Art Blakey, Bill Hardman, Jimmy "Spanky" DeBrest, Johnny Griffin and Thelonious Monk
- Engineered by
- Earle Brown
- Released on
- Atlantic
Connected by credits
Other songs that share a producer, writer, studio or label with this one.
Same producer: Nesuhi Ertegun
Same writer: Lew Douglas
Same engineer: Earle Brown
Same label: Atlantic
Same producer: Nesuhi Ertegun
Same writer: Lew Douglas
Same writer: Frank Lavere
Same label: Atlantic
Elsewhere
Sources (13)
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1MusicBrainz Purple Shades was performed by Art Blakey
Purple Shades was performed by Art Blakey
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
2MusicBrainz Purple Shades was performed by Bill Hardman
Purple Shades was performed by Bill Hardman
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
3MusicBrainz Purple Shades was performed by Jimmy "Spanky" DeBrest
Purple Shades was performed by Jimmy "Spanky" DeBrest
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
4MusicBrainz Purple Shades was performed by Johnny Griffin
Purple Shades was performed by Johnny Griffin
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
5MusicBrainz Purple Shades was performed by Thelonious Monk
Purple Shades was performed by Thelonious Monk
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
6MusicBrainz Purple Shades was produced by Nesuhi Ertegun
Purple Shades was produced by Nesuhi Ertegun
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
7MusicBrainz Purple Shades was written by Frank Lavere
Purple Shades was written by Frank Lavere
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
8MusicBrainz Purple Shades was written by Lew Douglas
Purple Shades was written by Lew Douglas
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
9MusicBrainz Purple Shades was written by Phil Dooley
Purple Shades was written by Phil Dooley
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
10MusicBrainz Purple Shades is part of the release Art Blakey’s Jazz Messengers With Thelonious Monk
Purple Shades is part of the release Art Blakey’s Jazz Messengers With Thelonious Monk
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
11MusicBrainz Atlantic is the label of the song Purple Shades
Atlantic is the label of the song Purple Shades
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
12MusicBrainz Purple Shades was engineered by Earle Brown
Purple Shades was engineered by Earle Brown
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
13MusicBrainz Purple Shades was released on 1958-06