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Engineered by Alan O’Duffy, also Listen to What the Man Said (Wings), Sunny Afternoon and Dead End Street
Produced by Shel Talmy, also Sunny Afternoon, Dead End Street and I Can’t Explain (The Who)
Recorded at Pye Studios, Studio 2, also Sunny Afternoon, Dead End Street and Ev’rybody’s Gonna Be Happy
Written by Ray Davies, also Sunny Afternoon, Dead End Street and Come Dancing
Worth knowing
Counted from cited credits on fono.
Shel Talmy produced 8 of The Kinks’s top 10 songs
Alan McKenzie engineered 7 of The Kinks’s top 10 songs
Shel Talmy produced 109 songs on fono
Alan O’Duffy engineered 96 songs on fono
Credits
All 12 credits
- Written by
- Dave Davies and Ray Davies
- Produced by
- Ray Davies and Shel Talmy
- Performed by
- Dave Davies, Nicky Hopkins and Rasa Didzpetris-Davies
- Engineered by
- Alan McKenzie and Alan O’Duffy
- Part of
- Something Else by The Kinks
- Recorded at
- Pye Studios, Studio 2
- Released on
- Essential! Records
- Written by
- Dave Davies and Ray Davies
- Produced by
- Ray Davies and Shel Talmy
- Performed by
- Dave Davies, Nicky Hopkins and Rasa Didzpetris-Davies
- Engineered by
- Alan McKenzie and Alan O’Duffy
- Part of
- Something Else by The Kinks
- Recorded at
- Pye Studios, Studio 2
- Released on
- Essential! Records
Connected by credits
Other songs that share a producer, writer, studio or label with this one.
Same engineer: Alan O’Duffy
Same producer: Shel Talmy
Same label: Essential! Records
Same producer: Shel Talmy
Same label: Essential! Records
Same release: Something Else by The Kinks
Same producer: Shel Talmy
Same writer: Ray Davies
Elsewhere
Sources (13)
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1MusicBrainz Death of a Clown was performed by Dave Davies
Death of a Clown was performed by Dave Davies
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
2MusicBrainz Death of a Clown was performed by Nicky Hopkins
Death of a Clown was performed by Nicky Hopkins
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
3MusicBrainz Death of a Clown was performed by Rasa Didzpetris-Davies
Death of a Clown was performed by Rasa Didzpetris-Davies
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
4MusicBrainz Death of a Clown was produced by Ray Davies
Death of a Clown was produced by Ray Davies
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
5MusicBrainz Death of a Clown was produced by Shel Talmy
Death of a Clown was produced by Shel Talmy
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
6MusicBrainz Death of a Clown was written by Dave Davies
Death of a Clown was written by Dave Davies
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
7MusicBrainz Death of a Clown was written by Ray Davies
Death of a Clown was written by Ray Davies
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
8MusicBrainz Death of a Clown is part of the release Something Else by The Kinks
Death of a Clown is part of the release Something Else by The Kinks
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
9MusicBrainz Death of a Clown was recorded at Pye Studios, Studio 2
Death of a Clown was recorded at Pye Studios, Studio 2
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
10MusicBrainz Essential! Records is the label of the song Death of a Clown
Essential! Records is the label of the song Death of a Clown
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
11MusicBrainz Death of a Clown was engineered by Alan McKenzie
Death of a Clown was engineered by Alan McKenzie
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
12MusicBrainz Death of a Clown was engineered by Alan O’Duffy
Death of a Clown was engineered by Alan O’Duffy
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
13MusicBrainz Death of a Clown was released on 1977-10-14
Death of a Clown was released on 1977-10-14
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026