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Bookmark or Share- The Wrecking Crew (music) - WikipediaThe Wrecking Crew, also known as the Clique and the First Call Gang, was a loose collective of American session musicians based in Los Angeles who played on many studio recordings in the 1960s and 1970s, including hundreds of top 40 hits. The musicians were not publicly recognized at the time, but were viewed with reverence by industry insiders.
- The Wrecking Crew: the inside story of LA's session giantsIn Detroit, the sound of Motown, led by The Supremes, Stevie Wonder, Marvin Gaye, Smokey Robinson and The Jackson 5, had an equally seismic impact. But on the West Coast, something different but no less significant was happening.
- Who Were The Wrecking Crew? Behind The Most Recorded Band In ...The Wrecking Crew were the session musicians of choice for Phil Spector when he constructed his Wall Of Sound, and they were at the top of most producers’ call lists.
- The Wrecking Crew: Musicians Behind 100s of Hits | Best ...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.
- How The Wrecking Crew Secretly Recorded Some of the Biggest ...The top flight crew of L.A. studio musicians known as The Wrecking Crew acquired their name, legend has it, because they “were wrecking the business for everyone else,” writes Janet Maslin at The New York Times, meaning older session players who couldn’t keep up.
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