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Produced by Bob Thiele, also What a Wonderful World (Louis Armstrong), Rave On (Buddy Holly) and Big Nick (Duke Ellington)
Released on Flying Dutchman, also The Revolution Will Not Be Televised (Gil Scott‐Heron), Expansions (Lonnie Liston Smith & the Cosmic Echoes) and Lady Day and John Coltrane (Gil Scott‐Heron)
Written by Horace Silver, also Song for My Father (The Horace Silver Quintet), Peace (Norah Jones) and Doodlin’ (Sarah Vaughan)
Part of Spirits Known and Unknown, also Echoes
Worth knowing
Counted from cited credits on fono.
Bob Thiele produced 196 songs on fono
Horace Silver wrote 50 songs on fono
Bob Thiele’s most frequent co-producer is Lillian Seyfert (12 songs together)
Horace Silver first appears on fono in 1952, 17 years before this song
Credits
All 12 credits
- Written by
- Ellen May Shashoyan and Horace Silver
- Produced by
- Bob Thiele
- Performed by
- Cecil McBee, Leon Thomas, Little Rock, Lonnie Liston Smith, Richard Davis, Richard Landrum and Roy Haynes
- Part of
- Spirits Known and Unknown
- Released on
- Flying Dutchman
- Written by
- Ellen May Shashoyan and Horace Silver
- Produced by
- Bob Thiele
- Performed by
- Cecil McBee, Leon Thomas, Little Rock, Lonnie Liston Smith, Richard Davis, Richard Landrum and Roy Haynes
- Part of
- Spirits Known and Unknown
- Released on
- Flying Dutchman
Connected by credits
Other songs that share a producer, writer, studio or label with this one.
Same producer: Bob Thiele
Same writer: Horace Silver
Same label: Flying Dutchman
Same release: Spirits Known and Unknown
Same producer: Bob Thiele
Same writer: Horace Silver
Same label: Flying Dutchman
Same producer: Bob Thiele
Elsewhere
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1MusicBrainz Song for My Father was performed by Cecil McBee
Song for My Father was performed by Cecil McBee
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
2MusicBrainz Song for My Father was performed by Leon Thomas
Song for My Father was performed by Leon Thomas
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
3MusicBrainz Song for My Father was performed by Little Rock
Song for My Father was performed by Little Rock
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
4MusicBrainz Song for My Father was performed by Lonnie Liston Smith
Song for My Father was performed by Lonnie Liston Smith
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
5MusicBrainz Song for My Father was performed by Richard Davis
Song for My Father was performed by Richard Davis
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
6MusicBrainz Song for My Father was performed by Richard Landrum
Song for My Father was performed by Richard Landrum
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
7MusicBrainz Song for My Father was performed by Roy Haynes
Song for My Father was performed by Roy Haynes
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
8MusicBrainz Song for My Father was produced by Bob Thiele
Song for My Father was produced by Bob Thiele
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
9MusicBrainz Song for My Father was written by Ellen May Shashoyan
Song for My Father was written by Ellen May Shashoyan
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
10MusicBrainz Song for My Father was written by Horace Silver
Song for My Father was written by Horace Silver
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
11MusicBrainz Song for My Father is part of the release Spirits Known and Unknown
Song for My Father is part of the release Spirits Known and Unknown
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
12MusicBrainz Flying Dutchman is the label of the song Song for My Father
Flying Dutchman is the label of the song Song for My Father
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
13MusicBrainz Song for My Father was released on 1969