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The Wrecking Crew : the inside story of rock and roll's best-kept secret

Title
The Wrecking Crew : the inside story of rock and roll's best-kept secret / Kent Hartman.
Author
Hartman, Kent.
Publication
New York : St. Martin's Press, ©2012.

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Description
viii, 292 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations; 25 cm
Summary
A fascinating look into the West Coast recording studio scene of the '60s and the inside story of the music you heard on the radio. If you always assumed the musicians you listened to were the same people you saw onstage, you are in for a big surprise! In Los Angeles in the 1960s-70s, if you wanted to record a chart-topping track or album, you called in the crack session musicians collectively known as the Wrecking Crew. Consisting of artists unknown outside the music industry, like drummer Hal Blaine and bass player Carol Kaye, as well as those who would go on to recording fame of their own, such as Glen Campbell and Leon Russell, the Wrecking Crew was the West Coast's cream of the crop of session players, backing top-notch hit makers Phil Spector, Frank Sinatra, the Beach Boys, Simon & Garfunkel, and many more.
Subjects
Genre/Form
  • Biographies.
  • Biography.
Note
  • "Thomas Dunne Books."
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (pages 275-283) and index.
Awards (note)
  • Oregon Book Award for General Nonfiction, 2013.
Contents
Yesterday once more -- California dreamin' -- Limbo rock -- He's a rebel -- The little old lady (from Pasadena) -- What'd I say -- I got you, babe -- Mr. tambourine man -- River deep, mountain high -- Eve of destruction -- Strangers in the night -- Good vibrations -- Let's live for today -- Up, up and away -- Classical gas -- Wichita lineman -- MacArthur Park -- Bridge over troubled water -- (They long to be) Close to you -- Love will keep us together.
Call Number
JNE 12-151
ISBN
  • 9780312619749
  • 031261974X
LCCN
2011033233
OCLC
740628827
Author
Hartman, Kent.
Title
The Wrecking Crew : the inside story of rock and roll's best-kept secret / Kent Hartman.
Imprint
New York : St. Martin's Press, ©2012.
Edition
1st ed.
Type of Content
text
Type of Medium
unmediated
Type of Carrier
volume
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 275-283) and index.
Awards
Oregon Book Award for General Nonfiction, 2013.
Research Call Number
JNE 12-151
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