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392:Dirty Rotten Scoundrels - Broadway Cast Recording
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662:"Billy Straus Rock River Communications Founder"
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386:Bob Marley: Roots, Rock, Remixed
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448:(1992) – Songwriter, arranger
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753:"Shopping gets a soundtrack"
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1199:"Billy Straus Music: Billy"
1092:"Christmas Remixed, Vol. 2"
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446:Leap Of Faith: Soundtrack
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885:. Movies & TV Dept.
841:"Billy Straus Biography"
436:(1994) - Engineer, mixer
434:XTC: Cherry In Your Tree
412:(2000) – Producer, mixer
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814:. Brown Alumni Magazine
486:(1997) - Song performer
336:Dirty Rotten Scoundrels
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1412:"Leap of Faith (1992)"
1201:. billystrausmusic.com
1030:. Battleboro Informer.
891:. 2014. Archived from
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394:(2005) Producer, mixer
318:Awards and recognition
231:Walt Disney Television
174:. He produced for the
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1364:"Cherry In Your Tree"
644:"Mastering the moods"
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164:American Public Radio
148:. In 1985 he started
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416:Rockapella: Out Cold
374:Selected discography
296:Roots, Rock, Remixed
247:Gullah Gullah Island
812:"Music to Spend By"
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478:(2007) - Songwriter
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704:"Albums 1977-2001"
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155:The New York Times
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1496:Categories
1205:4 December
1151:2014-06-06
568:References
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343:Emmy Award
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229:, PBS and
204:Volkswagen
200:Street Mix
180:Rockapella
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