George Shadow Morton

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George "Shadow" Morton was an American record producer and songwriter best known for crafting dramatic 1960s girl-group hits, particularly for the Shangri-Las.

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George Shadow Morton canonical 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf human ⓘ
record producer ⓘ
songwriter ⓘ
activeYearsEndYear 1970s ⓘ
activeYearsStartYear 1960 ⓘ
associatedAct Iron Butterfly ⓘ
Janis Ian ⓘ
Mott the Hoople ⓘ
The Good Rats ⓘ
The Jive Five ⓘ
The New York Dolls ⓘ
The Shangri-Las ⓘ
The Who ⓘ
The Young Rascals ⓘ
linked to: The Rascals

Vanilla Fudge ⓘ
causeOfDeath cancer ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1940-09-03 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 2013-02-14 ⓘ
ethnicGroup European American ⓘ
genre girl group ⓘ
pop music ⓘ
rock music ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName English ⓘ
movement Brill Building sound ⓘ
linked to: Brill Building pop
notableFor contributions to the development of baroque pop and psychedelic rock production ⓘ
producing conceptually ambitious rock albums in the late 1960s ⓘ
producing dramatic 1960s girl-group records ⓘ
producing hits for the Shangri-Las ⓘ
use of sound effects and spoken-word passages in pop records ⓘ
notableWork Give Him a Great Big Kiss ⓘ
I Can Never Go Home Anymore ⓘ
In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida ⓘ
Leader of the Pack ⓘ
Remember (Walking in the Sand) ⓘ
Season of the Witch ⓘ
Society's Child ⓘ
Take Me for a Little While ⓘ
The Crazy World of Arthur Brown (album) ⓘ
Too Much Too Soon (album) ⓘ
linked to: Too Much Too Soon

Vanilla Fudge (album) ⓘ
linked to: Vanilla Fudge

You Keep Me Hangin' On ⓘ
occupation record producer ⓘ
songwriter ⓘ
placeOfBirth Brooklyn ⓘ
New York City ⓘ
placeOfDeath California ⓘ
Laguna Beach ⓘ
sexOrGender male ⓘ
workLocation New York City ⓘ

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Leader of the Pack → lyricist → George Shadow Morton ⓘ
Leader of the Pack → producer → George Shadow Morton ⓘ