SOME BASS HITS (I never played bass until someone didnt show up at Capitol Records, my 5th year of guitar studio work, I liked to invent and play on bass than the guitar stuff, plus you only carry in ONE instrument. Some Of My Bass Recording Hits (from Union contracts, my log) - played only with a hard pick on flatwound strings with a felt-mute: Whipped Cream - Herb Alpert Spanish Eyes - Al Martino Good Vibrations, Help Me Ronda, Sloop John B, I Get Around, Wouldnt It Be Nice, California Girls, God Only Knows, Pet Sounds LP, Heroes & Villains, Caroline No, Surfs Up, Child Is The Father Of The Man, Do You Like Worms?, Smile LP, Cabinessence, Fire sessions, I Was Made To Love Her, The Little Girl I Once Knew etc. (not any at Brians home mid 60s tho) - Beach Boys In The Heat Of The Night, I Dont Need No Doctor, America The Beautiful, Eleanor Rigby, Feel So Bad, I Chose To Sing The Blues, Here We Go Again, Dont Change On Me, Understanding etc. - Ray Charles Alfie, Bang Bang etc. - Cher Little Green Apples, Hickory Hollar - O.C. Smith Goin Out Of My Head/Cant Take My Eyes Off Of You medley, Hurt So Bad, Shangrila, When I Fall In Love, More, Theme From Summer Place etc. - Lettermen Something Stupid - Frank and Nancy Sinatra Boots, Sugar Town, You Only Live Twice Theme etc. - Nancy Sinatra Feelin Alright - Joe Cocker The Way We Were - Barbra Streisand Tell You You Love Her, Our Town, The World We Knew (Dano w/fuzz overdub LA) etc. - Frank Sinatra Hold Me Thrill Me etc. - Mel Carter Youre Nobody Till Somebody Loves You, Temptation etc. - Dean Martin Candy Man, Have a Little Talk, Mr. Bojangles, Legend In My Own Time, and Im Not Anyone - Sammy Davis Jr. Godfather Theme, Love Story, Cant Take My Eyes Off of You (all with John Guerin on drums, Andys usual recorded drummer) etc. - Andy Williams Romeo & Juliet Theme (A Time For Love), Willow Weep For Me, Godfather Theme, Doc Severinson LP, and others - Henry Mancini Mercy Mercy Mercy etc. - Buckinghams (all but their very 1st hit) Indian Reservation etc. - Paul Revere & The Raiders Natural Man, Love Is A Hurtin Thing, Unforgettable, Good Thing, etc. - Lou Rawls I Was Made To Love Her (which Stevie publicly acknowledges) - Stevie Wonder Whatd I Say, A Little Less Conversation, Suspicious Minds - Elvis Presley (note: Suspicious Minds is claimed by 4 others = 2 who claim they cut it in LA and 2 who said they cut it in Tenn.) etc. an example of how badly the credits are kept for the Elvis recordings: >>>On one CD - theyve got Bill Black doing a session on a song Elvis recorded about three years AFTER Bill had died!
Posted on: Thu, 03 Jul 2014 13:03:18 +0000
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