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s. Past members. (see list of members) The Wrecking Crew is a loose collective of American session musicians based in Los Angeles whose services were employed for a great number of studio recordings in the 1960s and 1970s, including hundreds of top 40 hits.
- The First Call Gang, The Clique
- Los Angeles, California, U.S.
- 1960s–1970s
- (see list of members)
Mar 24, 2024 · By. Martin Chilton. Glen Campbell and Hal Blaine - Photo: Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images. The Wrecking Crew were a group of all-purpose, highly revered studio musicians who appeared on...
Mar 26, 2021 · When we think of Wrecking Crew members who became bigger names as solo artists or band members, Leon Russell and Bread guitarist Larry Knechtel usually come to mind. A New Orleans-born pianist named Mac Rebennack earned much greater fame as Dr. John. Country legend Glen Campbell was also part of this unsung group of musicians for a few years ...
The Los Angeles studio musicians known as The Wrecking Crew performed on countless hits in the 1960s and ’70s by the Beach Boys, Mamas and Papas, Monkees and Righteous Brothers to Elvis, Sonny & Cher, Herb Alpert and the Tijuana Brass, the Byrds, the Association, to name a few.
What is The Wrecking Crew? The Wrecking Crew was a group of studio musicians in Los Angeles in the 1960s who played on hits for the Beach Boys, Frank Sinatra, Nancy Sinatra, Sonny and Cher, Jan & Dean, The Monkees, Gary Lewis and the Playboys, Mamas and Papas, Tijuana Brass, Ricky Nelson, Johnny Rivers and were Phil Spector's Wall of Sound.
May 6, 2015 · Wrecking Crew musicians — including drummer and New Orleans native Earl Palmer, saxophonist and Donaldsonville native Plas Johnson, bassist Carol Kaye, drummer Hal Blaine, pianist Leon...
Mar 19, 2015 · The Wrecking Crew was a fluid group — no one seems to know exactly how many people were considered members (20 is a rough guess), but key among them was Tommy Tedesco, aka “The King of L.A....
