THE HISTORY OF “TOP 40” SAXOPHONE SOLOS
1955-2005
Rock & Roll Saxophone-foreword by Scott Page, was published in
1989. Contemporary Saxophone-foreword by Ernie Watts and preface
Jay Davidson, was published in 1992 followed by the 2nd edition of
Rock & Roll Saxophone in 1996. Over the years I have received many
questions about the players whose solos were heard on the Top 40
"Pop" music hits. Many of the solos inspired students of all ages
to pick up the sax and join a band.
In the 50’s/60’S it may have been King Curtis, Boots Randolph, Lee
Allen, Ace Cannon or Junior Walker. In more recent years Marc
Russo, Dave Koz, Kenny G, Kirk Whalum, Ernie Watts, Candy Dulfer
or Gerald Albright. In addition, many UK artists led the
inspiration overseas. The list continues to grow.
Many of the hits featured sax players who never received credit,
either on L.P. covers, CD liner notes or history books. The
following list represents a long overdue salute to these
musicians. A CD set (323 pages in MS Word) with bios/photos and 17
music tracks can be purchased by contacting John Laughter @
JSAXL@aol.com
The New Sound
The year was 1955. The new Top 40 hits of Fats Domino, The El
Dorados, Billy Vaughn, Bill Haley and the Comets, and Pat Boone
were filling the airwaves and jukeboxes across the globe.
Teenagers were tuning in and dancing to the new beat. In 1956,
Little Richard, Johnny Dankworth, The Dells, Ken MacIntosh, The
Cadillacs, The Five Satins, Frankie Lymon and the Teenagers, and
Bill Doggett also joined in and were recording the new Top 40
hits. It was an exciting time for many teenagers. International
popular music was about to change forever and one unique sound
that was common to many hit records was the versatile styles of
the saxophone.
Who were the musicians who inspired many of us to learn to
play the sax during the 1950s, 1960s, 1970s, 1980s, and 1990s?
Where are they today?
Unfortunately, for many years in the world of pop music most
session musicians were never given credit on the LP covers or CD
liner notes. In some cases, had it not been for the studio
musicians, the record might not have become a hit for the singer.
Even in some recordings that used the singer’s own band, credit
was not always given to those who made it happen.
In most historical documents there is room for error and
misinformation. I have used Internet resources, email responses,
and various books to confirm as many dates, names, and songs as
possible. However, as I concluded the research and prepared this
book to be published, I knew that an updated edition would follow
in the future as more songs, names, and corrections surface.
If you have additional information to add to the future
editions, please contact me at JSAXL@aol.com and I will add your
updates to the text. I hope we will one day have a complete and
comprehensive account of these musicians.
The majority of the listed hits contain an obvious solo.
However, a few of the hits have a dominant sax line in the
background but no solo per se. According to the contributors the
background sax line was a vital part of the song so it was added.
Let’s take a trip and go back in time. Do you remember that
song and solo that inspired you to pick up the saxophone?
To order the 2 CD set with bios/photos (378 pages);
THE HISTORY OF TOP 40 SAXOPHONE SOLOS
1955-2005
By John Laughter and Steve D. Marshall
Preface/Foreword by Plas Johnson, Dave Woodford and U.K.’s Snake
Davis
Contact John Laughter - JSAXL@aol.com for mailing information.
Two CD set with text (378 pages) in MS Word and a 17 track guest
artists music CD-photos and bios-$10.00 plus postage.
Postage:
U.S. $1.00
CANADA $1.00*
U.K. $1.60 *
GUEST ARTISTS-Alphabetical Order
A very special thanks to the following artists for contributing
their talent and CD tracks.
1. Joey Arminio & The Family- “American Outlaw”
2. Andy Brush-“Simply Simpo”
3-4. Ed Calle-“Strut” and “Smood Dude” from his CD titled Twilight
on Concord Records, PO Box 845, Concord, Ca 94522
5. Timmy Capppello-“Wiggle”
6. Dan Cipriano-“Beneath Sullivan Street”
7. Andrew Clark- “Cut Off” from his CD titled Jaywalking on
Papasax Records, PO Box 5484, Bradford, Ma
01835
8. Chris “Snake” Davis-“You’re The One” from his CD titled
Snakebites on Skin Records via Ruth Hopkins, 27 Mayfield Rd,
Halesowen, West Midlands, B62 9QW, UK.
9-10. Sax Gordon-“Hubcap Pete” and “Have Horn Will Travel” from
his CD titled Have Horn Will Travel on Bullseye Blues & Jazz/
Rounder Records, One Camp Street, Cambridge, Mass. 02140
11. Joe McGlohon-(co-written by Steve Bassett)-“Reggae Gone
Shuffle”
12. Jack Prybylski-“Mandalay Bay” from his CD titled Soho Strut
13-14. Tom Timko-“Breakfast At Nat’s” and “Barnacle Bill” from his
CD titled Tom Timko And The Horn Dogs on Ratamacue Records, PO Box
279, West Long Branch, NJ 07764
15-16. Chris Vadala-“Out Of The Shadows” and “Club Contrafact”
from his CD titled Out Of The Shadows on Usroots Records, Canada
17. Don Wise-“Blue Shoes” from his CD titled Genuine Snake via
Wamco Productions, PO Box 2772,
Knoxville, Tn 37901
POSITION
SONG
SAX PLAYER
INSTR.
UK chart position is shown as (£) for duplicate hits in US and in
the UK.
1955
#1
(£7)AIN’T THAT A SHAME-PAT BOONE
?
TENOR
I could not confirm the names of the recording session players for
Pat Boone. His agent indicated that Mr. Boone recalled the name
“Justin Tubbs” as being the sax soloist. However, according to a
web site by Don Rose;
His (Joe Daley) career has been diverse: he was one of the
“brothers” in a Woody Herman Herd of 1950-51, and worked with the
Maynard Ferguson and Nelson Riddle bands. He also played tenor in
the studio band that backed Pat Boone for most of his recording
sessions during the 1950s.
Another name that was given to me is Justin Gordon. Gordon also
appears on the Billy Vaughn hits.
The Bear Family Records collection credits the following sax
players for Boone’s sessions which include all of his Top 40 hits;
JOHN ROTELLA, WILBUR SCHWARTZ, PAUL HORN, JOE KRETCHER, JULIAN C.
MATLOCK, RYLAND WESTON, JOSEPH KRECHTER, HAROLD HUGH EHRMANN,
HUBERT MAXWELL MYERS, JULIAN "MATTY" MATLOCK, JUSTIN GORDON, BILLY
VAUGHN, BENNY CARTER, GENE CIPRIANO,MAHLON CLARK, JEWELL L. GRANT,
DAVE PELL and JOHN JOHNSON.
http://ubl.artistdirect.com/store/artist/album/0,,303601,00.html
#10
#1
AIN’T THAT A SHAME-FATS DOMINO
(per session notes) WENDELL DUCONGE ALTO
HERB HARDESTY (solo) TENOR
(R&B) ALL BY MYSELF-FATS DOMINO
HERB HARDESTY
TENOR
#7
AT MY FRONT DOOR-PAT BOONE
?
TENOR
DAVE PELL is credited per http://www.lumaelectronic.cz/lp/b/Boonep/boone_patsgreat.htm
(I sent an email to Mr. Pell asking him to review the list and to
confirm which hits he is featured playing the solo. Although he
said he would review the list, he never replied.)
#17
AT MY FRONT DOOR-EL DORADOS
RED HOLLOWAY (solo) TENOR
MCKINLEY EASTON BARITONE
#17
BIRTH OF THE BOOGIEBILL HALEY AND HIS COMETS
#9
BURN THAT CANDLEBILL HALEY AND HIS COMETS
RUDY POMPILLI
TENOR
(JOEY D’AMBROSIA left BILL HALEY 9/55 to form the Jodimars.
ROCK-A-BEATIN’ BOOGIE was the first session for RUDY.)
#11
DADDY-O-THE FONTANE SISTERS
#11
DIM, DIM THE LIGHTSBILL HALEY AND HIS COMETS
#25
DON’T GET ANGRY-NAPPY BROWN
BUDD JOHNSON
TENOR
L.P. credits AL SEARS, SAM TAYLOR, KING CURTIS (tenor
saxophone); BUDD JOHNSON (baritone saxophone). Per Stuart
Colman-Budd Johnson takes the solo on “Don't Get Angry” by
Nappy Brown
#12
FORGET ME NOT-KALIN TWINS
#19
GEE WHITTAKERS-PAT BOONE
? (SOLO) TENOR
DAVE PELL is credited per http://www.lumaelectronic.cz/lp/b/Boonep/boone_patsgreat.htm
?
BARITONE
#15
HEARTS OF STONE-THE CHARMS
?
TENOR
#1
HEARTS OF STONE-THE FONTANE SISTERS
?
TENOR
JOEY D’AMBROSIA
?
JOEY D’AMBROSIA
?
TENOR
TENOR
TENOR
TENOR
#2
KO KO MO (I LOVE YOU SO)-PERRY COMO
MITCHEL AYRES ORCHESTRA
TENOR with SAX SECTION
#18
(£14) MAMBO ROCKBILL HALEY AND HIS COMETS
JOEY D’AMBROSIA
TENOR
#2
MELODY OF LOVE-BILLY VAUGHN
JUSTIN GORDON
ALTO
#8
MELODY OF LOVE-DAVID CARROLL
HOWARD DAVIS
ALTO
#3
MELODY OF LOVE-FOUR ACES
?
ALTO
£10
MELODY OF LOVE-INKSPOTS
?
ALTO
#1
(R&B) POOR ME-FATS DOMINO
LEE ALLEN
TENOR
#15
RAZZLE-DAZZLEBILL HALEY AND HIS COMETS
JOEY D’AMBROSIA
TENOR
#23
ROCK-A-BEATIN’ BOOGIEBILL HALEY AND HIS COMETS
RUDY POMPILLI
TENOR
#13
ROCK LOVE-THE FONTANE SISTERS
?
TENOR
#3
SEVENTEEN-THE FONTANE SISTERS
?
TENOR
£4
SHAKE, RATTLE AND ROLLBILL HALEY AND HIS COMETS
Originally recorded in 1954.
JOEY D’AMBROSIA
#1
THE GREAT PRETENDER-THE PLATTERS
PLAS JOHNSON
#20
THE KENTUCKIAN SONG-THE HILLTOPPERS
#15
TWO HOUND DOGSBILL HALEY AND HIS COMETS
JOEY D’AMBROSIA
TENOR
#14
TWEEDLEE DEE-LAVERN BAKER
SAM “THE MAN” TAYLOR
TENOR
#1
(£1) (WE’RE GONNA) ROCK AROUND THE CLOCKBILL HALEY AND HIS COMETS
JOEY D’AMBROSIA
Originally recorded in 1954.
TENOR
TENOR
TENOR
?
ALTO
1956
#28
APRIL IN PARIS-COUNT BASIE
CD CREDITSMARSHALL ROYAL-ALTO
FRANK WESS-ALTO and TENOR
FRANK FOSTER-TENOR
CHARLIE FOWLKES-BARI
SAX SECTION
#5
(£#2) A TEAR FELL-TERESA BREWER
?
#10
CHAINS OF LOVE-PAT BOONE
?
#17
CONFIDENTIAL-SONNY KNIGHT
intro followed by SAX SECTION.
#14
EDDIE MY LOVE-TEEN QUEENS
(per Plas Johnson)
ALTO w/
VOCAL
PLAS JOHNSON (solo) TENOR
PLAS JOHNSON
JEWELL GRANT
JACKIE KELSO (?)
#11
EDDIE MY LOVE-THE FONTANE SISTERS
£7
EXPERIMENTS WITH MICEJOHNNY DANKWORTH
#24
FEVER-LITTLE WILLIE JOHN
RAY FELDER and RUFUS “NOSE” GORE
#2
ALTO
TENOR
BARITONE
ALTO
?
SAX SECTION
JOHNNY DANKWORTH
PETE WARNER
(R&B) (£29) HONEY CHILEFATS DOMINO
ALTO
TENOR
SAX SECTION
BUDDY HAGANS
#2
HONKY TONK (PARTS 1 & 2)BILL DOGGETT
#22
I CAN’T LOVE YOU ENOUGHLAVERN BAKER
#13
I WANT YOU TO BE MY GIRLFRANKIE LYMON & THE TEENAGERS
#3
(£12) I’M IN LOVE AGAIN-FATS DOMINO
#38
I’M IN LOVE AGAIN-THE FONTANE SISTERS
#24
IN THE STILL OF THE NIGHTFIVE SATINS
#13
IT ISN’T RIGHT-THE PLATTERS
#20
LET THE GOOD TIMES ROLLSHIRLEY AND LEE
#6
LONG TALL SALLY-LITTLE RICHARD
#8
(£18) LONG TALL SALLY-PAT BOONE
TENOR
CLIFFORD SCOTT
TENOR
SAM “THE MAN” TAYLOR
TENOR
JIMMY WRIGHT
TENOR
LEE ALLEN
?
TENOR
SAX SECTION
w/ TENOR SOLO
VINNY MAZZETTA
TENOR
PLAS JOHNSON
TENOR
LEE ALLEN
LEE ALLEN (solo)
ALVIN “RED” TYLER
?
TENOR
TENOR
BARITONE
TENOR
#19
MY BLUE HEAVEN-FATS DOMINO per session notes:
CLARENCE FORD (as), LEE ALLEN, BUDDY HAGANS (ts)
HERB HARDESTY (solo per HH) TENOR
#1(R&B) OH WHAT A NIGHT-THE DELLS
LUCIUS “LITTLE WASH” WASHINGTON (solo) TENOR
with MCKINLEY EASTON on BARITONE
#8
(R&B) READY TEDDY-LITTLE RICHARD
LEE ALLEN
TENOR
#25
(£4) RIP IT UPBILL HALEY AND HIS COMETS
RUDY POMPILLI
TENOR
#17
RIP IT UP-LITTLE RICHARD
#16
R-O-C-KBILL HALEY AND HIS COMETS
LEE ALLEN (solo)
ALVIN “RED” TYLER
RUDY POMPILLI
£13 & £23 (SAME YEAR) ROCK WITH THE CAVEMANTOMMY STEELE
RONNIE SCOTT
TENOR
BARITONE
TENOR
TENOR
£3
ROCKIN’ THRU THE RYEBILL HALEY AND HIS COMETS
#34
(£30) RUDY’S ROCKBILL HALEY AND HIS COMETS
RUDY POMPILLI
TENOR
Pompilii is the correct spelling, but Bill thought it looked
odd and would appear more professional if it was changed to
Pompilli. Quoted from “Bill Haley” by John Swenson(c) 1982
W.H. Allen
#6
(£7) SEE YOU LATER, ALLIGATORBILL HALEY AND HIS COMETS
#18
SEVEN DAYS-THE CREW CUTS
DAVID CARROLL ORCHESTRA
?
SAX SECTION
#9
(R&B) (£15) SHE’S GOT IT-LITTLE RICHARD
?
TENOR
Hi John, According to the discographical information given in
the box set The Specialty Sessions, “She's Got It” (Sp 584)
was cut with the Upsetters in Los Angeles on September 6,
1956, with Wilbert Smith, Grady Gaines and Clifford Burks
(tenor) and Jewell Grant (baritone). Best wishes, Michael
Robinson, North Perth, Western Australia
#12
SINCE I MET YOU BABYIVORY JOE HUNTER
RUDY POMPILLI
RUDY POMPILLI
SAM “THE MAN” TAYLOR
TENOR
TENOR
ALTO
#33
SLIPPIN’ AND SLIDIN’LITTLE RICHARD
#17
SLOW WALK
SIL AUSTIN
TENOR
#26
SLOW WALK-BILL DOGGETT
CLIFFORD SCOTT
TENOR
#4
(R&B) SO LONG-FATS DOMINO
#17
SPEEDOO-CADILLACS
#15
STRANDED IN THE JUNGLETHE CADETS
#7
(R&B) (£9) THE GIRL CAN’T HELP ITLITTLE RICHARD
#18
(£5) THE SAINTS ROCK ‘N ROLLBILL HALEY AND HIS COMETS
#17
TUTTI-FRUTTI-LITTLE RICHARD
#12
TUTTI’ FRUTTI-PAT BOONE
?
DAVE PELL is credited per http://www.lumaelectronic.cz/lp/b/Boonep/boone_patsgreat.htm
#14
WHEN MY DREAMBOAT COME HOME-FATS DOMINO LEE ALLEN
TENOR
HERB HARDESTY (solo) TENOR
#33
WHEN YOU DANCE-TURBANS
#6
(£1) WHY DO FOOLS FALL IN LOVEFRANKIE LYMON & THE TEENAGERS
JIMMY WRIGHT
TENOR
However, according to
http://koti.mbnet.fi/wdd/buddylucas.htm, Buddy Lucas worked
regularly as a session musician (on tenor saxophone or
harmonica) from the early 1950’s until the mid 1960’s.
Besides the recordings above, he appeared on various others,
including labels such as Jubilee, RCA/Groove, Gone/End,
Roulette/Gee, and Swan/Lawn, and smash hits such as “Why Do
Fools Fall In Love” by The Teenagers (1956), “Maybe” by The
Chantels (1957), and “Tears On My Pillow” by Little Anthony &
the Imperials (1958).
#12
WHY DO FOOLS FALL IN LOVETHE DIAMONDS
LEE ALLEN (solo)
ALVIN “RED” TYLER
WENDELL DUCONGE
JESSE POWELL
PLAS JOHNSON
LEE ALLEN
RUDY POMPILLI
ALTO
BARITONE
TENOR
TENOR
TENOR
LEE ALLEN
(solo) TENOR
ALVIN “RED” TYLER
BARITONE
BIG AL SEARS (?)
HERB HARDESTY
1957
TENOR
BARITONE
TENOR
TENOR
TENOR
£23
AIN’T THAT A SHAME-FATS DOMINO
(per session notes) WENDELL DUCONGE ALTO
HERB HARDESTY (solo) TENOR
#1
(£7) APRIL LOVE-PAT BOONE
?
#12
(R&B) (£2) BABY FACELITTLE RICHARD
#5
(£23)BLUE MONDAY-FATS DOMINO
HERB HARDESTY (per HH) BARITONE
#14
BONY MORONIE-LARRY WILLIAMS
#12
C.C. RIDER-CHUCK WILLIS
#4
COME GO WITH ME-THE DELL-VIKINGS
GENE UPSHAW
TENOR
The Del Vikings recorded “Come Go With Me” backed by the
group’s own band including Joe Lopes and Gene Upshaw on sax.
It was released late in 1956. Fee Bee was just too small a
label to handle the sales, so it was leased it to Dot, which
put it out in early 1957. The record exploded onto the scene
and remained on the charts for 31 weeks, reaching number four
on the pop chart and number three on the R&B chart.
#12
COOL SHAKE-THE DEL-VIKINGS
Carl Stevens and his Orchestra
?
TENOR
#1
(£1) DIANA-PAUL ANKA
?
ALTO
£40
DON’T KNOCK THE ROCKBILL HALEY AND HIS COMETS
#5
HAPPY, HAPPY, HAPPY BIRTHDAY BABYTUNE WEAVERS
(FRANK PAUL ORCHESTRA)
#16
HE’S MINE-THE PLATTERS
PLAS JOHNSON
TENOR
#?
HIGH SCHOOL DANCELARRY WILLIAMS
JESSE JAMES JONES
TENOR
#4
I’M WALKING-FATS DOMINO
per session notes LEE
ALLEN (ts) HERB HARDESTY (ts)-HARDESTY plays solo
per internet interview with Fats Domino and Dave
Bartholomew.
LEE ALLEN
ALTO
TENOR
PLAS JOHNSON
GENE “DADDY G” BARGE
RUDY POMPILLI
?
?
#17
(£19) I’M WALKING-RICKY NELSON
PLAS JOHNSON
#27
I’M WAITING FOR YOU-PAT BOONE
JUSTIN GORDON
DAVE PELL is credited per http://www.lumaelectronic.cz/lp/b/Boonep/boone_patsgreat.htm
TENOR
TENOR
TENOR
ALTO &
TENOR
TENOR
TENOR
ALTO
#6
IT’S YOU I LOVE-FATS DOMINO
LEE ALLEN (solo) TENOR
HERB HARDESTY
TENOR
#32
I WANT YOU TO KNOW-FATS DOMINO
LEE ALLEN (solo) TENOR
HERB HARDESTY
TENOR
#10
JENNY, JENNY-LITTLE RICHARD
#17
JIM DANDY-LAVERN BAKER
#21
JUNE NIGHTJIMMY DORSEY ORCHESTRA-recorded 5 days after Jimmy’s death.
DICK STABILE
ALTO
#29
JUST BECAUSE-LLOYD PRICE
#8
(£21) KEEP A KNOCKIN’-LITTLE RICHARD
GRADY GAINES (solo)
TENOR w/ sax section CLIFFORD BURKS (ts), WILBERT SMITH
a/k/a LEE DIAMOND (ts)
£9
LONG TALL SALLY-LITTLE RICHARD
#1
LOVE LETTERS IN THE SAND-PAT BOONE
?
DAVE PELL is credited per http://www.lumaelectronic.cz/lp/b/Boonep/boone_patsgreat.htm
#21
(£10) LUCILLE-LITTLE RICHARD
#6
(R&B) MISS ANN-LITTLE RICHARD
#6
MR LEE-BOBBETTES
JESSE POWELL
TENOR
#2
RAUNCHY-BILL JUSTIS
BILL JUSTIS
ALTO
#4
RAUNCHY-ERNIE FREEMAN
#10
RAUNCHY-BILLY VAUGHN
£20
ROCK THE JOINT
BILL HALEY AND HIS COMETS
RUDY POMPILLI
TENOR
“Rock the Joint” was a re-recording. The 1952 original did
not feature a saxophone.(Alex Frazer-Harrison)
#6
SEND FOR ME-NAT KING COLE
PLAS JOHNSON
TENOR
#3
(R&B) SEND ME SOME LOVIN’LITTLE RICHARD
LEE ALLEN
TENOR
#10
SHISH-KEBAB-RALPH MARTERIE
LEE ALLEN (solo) TENOR
ALVIN “RED” TYLER
BARITONE
SAM “THE MAN” TAYLOR TENOR
?
SAX SECTION
LEE ALLEN (solo)
ALVIN “RED” TYLER
TENOR
BARITONE
SAX SECTION
LEE ALLEN (solo) TENOR
ALVIN “RED” TYLER
BARITONE
LEE ALLEN
PLAS JOHNSON
JUSTIN GORDON
?
TENOR
ALTO
ALTO
ALTO &
SOPRANO
#5
(£21) SHORT FAT FANNIELARRY WILLIAMS
#10
SILHOUETTES-THE DIAMONDS
ALVIN “RED” TYLER and HERB HARDESTY
#3
SILHOUETTES-THE RAYS
#35
SOFT-BILL DOGGETT
#2
SO RARE-JIMMY DORSEY
#13
(R&B) THE ROOSTER SONG-FATS DOMINO
#25
TO THE AISLE-FIVE SATINS
?
ALTO
(with sax section duet on main solo)
#25
TRICKY-RALPH MARTERIE
?
SAX SECTION
Research shows Yano Spano, Jack Gaylo (as) Kenny Mann, Larry
Regan (ts) Johnny Alberding (bars, cl). Also lists Bill
Walters (ts) as of 1954 but does not indicate whom he
replaced. This sax section is credited for both of Marterie’s
hits (see SHISH-KEBAB) which were recorded at Universal
Recording Studios, Chicago, IL, December 1956.
#8
VALLEY OF TEARS-FATS DOMINO
HERB HARDESTY (ts) and LEE ALLEN (solo)
TENOR
#23
WAIT AND SEE-FATS DOMINO
HERB HARDESTY (ts) and LEE ALLEN (solo)
TENOR
#29
WHEN I SEE YOU-FATS DOMINO
#9
WHISPERING BELLS-DELL-VIKINGS
GENE UPSHAW
TENOR
#8
YOUNG BLOOD-COASTERS
PLAS JOHNSON
TENOR
#16
ZIP ZIP-THE DIAMONDS
JESSE JAMES JONES
TENOR
SAX SECTION
?
SAX SECTION
CLIFFORD SCOTT FLUTE lead
THOMAS “BEANS” BOWLES BARITONE solo.
JIMMY DORSEY ALTO
HERB HARDESTY
TENOR
HERB HARDESTY (solo) TENOR
CLARENCE FORD BARITONE
?
TENOR
GENE “DADDY G” BARGE
TENOR
1958
#33
BETTY AND DUPREE-CHUCK WILLIS
#38
BIG BOPPER’S WEDDING-BIG BOPPER
LINK DAVIS
TENOR
£11
BONY MORONIE-LARRY WILLIAMS
PLAS JOHNSON
TENOR
#7
(£5) BORN TOO LATE-PONI TAILS
?
ALTO
#11
BUZZ-BUZZ-BUZZHOLLYWOOD FLAMES
#15
CANNONBALL-DUANE EDDY
STEVE DOUGLAS
TENOR
#23
CERVEZA-BOOTS BROWN
PLAS JOHNSON
TENOR
#34
CHA HUA HUA-PETS
PLAS JOHNSON SAX SECTION
with TENOR SOLO
#6
CHANSON D’ AMOUR (SONG OF LOVE)ART & DOTTY TODD
PLAS JOHNSON
#12
CHANSON D’ AMOUR (SONG OF LOVE)FONTAINE SISTERS
#6
(£12) CHANTILLY LACE-BIG BOPPER
#15
CRAZY LOVE-PAUL ANKA
#24
EARLY IN THE MORNINGBOBBY DARIN
#32
EARLY IN THE MORNINGBUDDY HOLLY
#30
EL RANCHO ROCK-CHAMPS
#12
FORGET ME NOT-KALIN TWINS
#13
FOR YOUR LOVE-ED TOWNSEND
PLAS JOHNSON
TENOR
#1
GET A JOB-SILHOUETTES
ROLLEE McGILL
TENOR
#10
(£8) GOOD GOLLY MISS MOLLYLITTLE RICHARD
#24
HANG UP MY ROCK AND ROLL SHOESCHUCK WILLIS
KING CURTIS
TENOR
#37
HIGH SIGN-THE DIAMONDS
HERB HARDESTY
TENOR
£1
HOOTS MON-LORD ROCKINGHAM’S XI
RED PRICE
TENOR
According to
http://www.fortunecity.com/greenfield/wolf/31/id57.htm, the
saxophone section consisted of; RED PRICE-TENOR, REX MORRISTENOR, BENNY GREEN-BARITONE & CYRIL REUBENS-BARITONE. Not
listed is Scottish sax player Bill Patrick who, according to
another source, was also in the SAX SECTION.
JESSE JAMES JONES-lead TENOR
PLAS JOHNSON
TENOR
?
TENOR
TENOR
LINK DAVIS
?
TENOR
ALTO
SAM “THE MAN” TAYLOR
BOOMIE RICHMAN
(solo)
SAM “THE MAN” TAYLOR
CHUCK RIO
?
TENOR
TENOR
ALTO
TENOR
TENOR
LEE ALLEN (solo) TENOR
ALVIN “RED” TYLER
BARITONE
#11
HOW THE TIME FLIES-JERRY WALLACE
PLAS JOHNSON
TENOR
#25
ITCHY TWITCHY FEELING- BOBBY HENDRICKS
JIMMY OLIVER ORCHESTRA
JESSE POWELL
TENOR
#4
(£7) IT’S TOO SOON TO KNOW-PAT BOONE
JUSTIN GORDON ?
ALTO
#8
JENNIE LEE-JAN & ARNIE
TENOR
#4
JUST A DREAM-JIMMY CLANTON
£26
KANSAS CITY-LITTLE RICHARD
?
TENOR
Hi John, According to the discographical information given in
the box set The Specialty Sessions, the version of “Kansas
City” that was issued on 45 (Specialty 664) and on the LP The
Fabulous Little Richard was recorded in Los Angeles at a
session on November 29, 1955, with Clarence Ford on tenor and
baritone sax and Joseph Tillman on tenor. (There is also a
version recorded on September 13, 1955 - the day before Tutti
Frutti - with Lee Allen, tenor, and Alvin “Red” Tyler,
baritone, but this wasn't issued until circa 1970, on the LP
Well Alright!) Best wishes, Michael Robinson
North Perth, Western Australia
#20
LA PALOMA-BILLY VAUGHN
JUSTIN GORDON
ALTO
#11
LEROY-JACK SCOTT
GEORGE KATSAKIS
TENOR
#16
MEXICAN HOT ROCK-THE APPLEJACKS
SAX SECTION
John, we used 3 saxes. The two tenors were played by Buddy
Savitt and George Young. The bari was played by Fred
Nuzzullio. The melody was based upon the traditional “Mexican
Hat Dance.” Dave Appell-6/1/04.
#40
NEE NEE NA NA NA NA NU NUDICKY DOO AND THE DON’T
#23
NO CHEMISE, PLEASE-GERRY GRANAHAN
#31
(£22) OOH! MY SOUL-LITTLE RICHARD
GRADY GAINES (solo)
TENOR with sax section CLIFFORD BURKS (ts), WILBERT SMITH
(ts)
#17
POOR BOY-ROYALTONES
GEORGE KATSAKIS
#1
(£8) PATRICIA-PEREZ PRADO
RENE BLOCH
#1
(£12) PURPLE PEOPLE EATERSHEB WOOLEY
PLAS JOHNSON
#12
QUEEN OF THE HOP-BOBBY DARIN
JESSE POWELL
TENOR
#27
RAMROD-DUANE EDDY
PLAS JOHNSON
TENOR
PLAS JOHNSON
ALVIN “RED” TYLER
AL WAYS
?
BARITONE
TENOR
TENOR
TENOR
SAX SECTION
TENOR (plus vari-speed TENOR)
£11
RAUNCHY-BILL JUSTIS
BILL JUSTIS
ALTO
£19
RAUNCHYKEN MACKINTOSH & HIS ORCHESTRA
KEN MACKINTOSH
ALTO
#6
(£19) REBEL ROUSER-DUANE EDDY
#5
SAIL ALONG SILVERY MOONBILLY VAUGHN
JUSTIN GORDON
#3
SHORT SHORTS-ROYAL TEENS
LARRY QUALIANO
#22
SICK AND TIRED-FATS DOMINO (per session notes)
WENDELL DUCONGE (as), HERB HARDESTY, BUDDY HAGANS
(ts), CLARENCE FORD (bs)
(soloist unknown)
GIL BERNAL
TENOR
ALTO w/
SAX SECTION
The Bear Family collection on CD 15970 titled “Sail Along
Silv'ry Moon” lists the following saxophones;
Dave Pell, Babe Russin, Justin Gordon (leader), Gene
Cipriano, Mahlon Clark, Jack Dumont, Jewell L. Grant, Joseph
Kelson, Jr., Morris Bercov, Arthur Herfurt, Theodore Nash,,
Ethmer Roten, Warren Webb, Salvator Franzella, Julian C.
Matlock, Ryland Weston, Joseph Krechter, Rene Joseph Hall,
Hubert Maxwell Myers and Joseph J. Koch.
JESSE POWELL
TENOR
TENOR
#3
(£18) SPLISH SPLASH-BOBBY DARIN
TENOR
#14
(£1) STUPID CUPID-CONNIE FRANCIS
#5
(£6) SUGAR MOON-PAT BOONE
#7
(£3) TEA FOR TWO CHA CHATOMMY DORSEY ORCHESTRA
#1
(£5) TEQUILA-CHAMPS
CHUCK RIO
£20
TEQUILA-EDDIE PLATT
EDDIE PRATT
#18
THAT OLD BLACK MAGICLOUIS PRIMA & KEELY SMITH
#26
(£20) THE BIG BEAT-FATS DOMINO
LEE ALLEN (solo) TENOR
with sax section CLARENCE FORD (bs), HERB HARDESTY (ts)
#33
THE BLOB-THE FIVE BLOBS
#1
THE CHIPMUNK SONG-DAVID SEVILLE/THE CHIPMUNKS
?
TENOR
#4
THE STROLL-DIAMONDS
KING CURTIS
TENOR
#7
THE WALK-JIMMY MCCRACKLIN
JOHNNY PARKER and WILLIE COWART
TENOR
?
TENOR
JUSTIN GORDON ?
ALTO
JOE LOPES ?
SAM BUTERA
PAUL ROBERTS
ALTO
TENOR
TENOR
TENOR
ALTO
#24
THIS LITTLE GIRL’S GONE ROCKIN’RUTH BROWN
KING CURTIS
#30
TUMBLING TUMBLEWEEDS-BILLY VAUGHN
JUSTIN GORDON
ALTO w/
SAX SECTION
#35
WEEK END-THE KINGSMEN
RUDY POMPILLI
TENOR
#9
WHAT AM I LIVING FOR-CHUCK WILLIS
KING CURTIS
TENOR
#5
(£1) WHEN-KALIN TWINS
#1
(£12) YAKETY YAK-COASTERS
?
TENOR
TENOR
KING CURTIS
TENOR
1959
#9
ALONG CAME JONES-COASTERS
KING CURTIS
#31
APPLE BLOSSOM TIME-TAB HUNTER
PLAS JOHNSON
SAX SECTION
with TENOR solo
#10
BABY TALK-JAN & DEAN
#8
(£11) BE MY GUEST-FATS DOMINO
HERB HARDESTY & CLARENCE FORD
#4
BECAUSE THEY’RE YOUNGDUANE EDDY
JIM HORN
#37
BLUE HAWAII-BILLY VAUGHN
JUSTIN GORDON
#26
BONNIE CAME BACK-DUANE EDDY
JIM HORN
TENOR
£38
BY THE LIGHT OF THE SILVERY MOONLITTLE RICHARD
LEE ALLEN
TENOR
£22
CANNONBALL-DUANE EDDY
#2
(£6) CHARLIE BROWN-COASTERS
#23
CROSSFIREJOHNNY & THE HURRICANES
#40
DON’T PITY MEDION & THE BELMONTS
TENOR
PLAS JOHNSON (solo) TENOR
?
BARITONE
SAX SECTION
TENOR
ALTO w/
SAX SECTION
STEVE DOUGLAS
TENOR
KING CURTIS
TENOR
JOHNNY PARIS
?
TENOR
ALTO LEAD
with SAX SECTION
£26
EARLY TO BED-PONI TAILS
?
ALTO
#9
(£11) FORTY MILES OF BAD ROAD-DUANE EDDY
STEVE DOUGLAS
#1
HAPPY ORGAN-DAVE “BABY” CORTEZ
BUDDY LUCAS
BARITONE
#6
I CRIED A TEAR-LAVERN BAKER
KING CURTIS
TENOR
#22
IF I DIDN’T CARE-CONNIE FRANCIS
?
TENOR
#17
I’M GONNA BE A WHEEL SOMEDAYFATS DOMINO
#33
I WAITED TOO LONG-LAVERN BAKER
SAX SECTION work with BUDD JOHNSON ALTO (solo) at
the end and KING CURTIS on TENOR.
#4
(£13) IN THE MOOD-ERNIE FIELDS
#11
KISSIN’ TIME-BOBBY RYDELL
?
TENOR
“The Best Of Bobby Rydell” on ABKCO Music & Records Inc.
credits GEORGIE YOUNG, BUDDY SAVITT, FRED NUZZILLIO and DAN
DAILEY.
#4
KOOKIE, KOOKIE, LEND ME YOUR COMBEDD BYRNES & CONNIE STEVENS
PLAS JOHNSON
#30
LITTLE DIPPER-MICKEY MOZART QUARTET
?
SOPRANO
Robert Maxwell (see 1964-SHANGRI-LA ) recorded occasionally
under the name of “Mickey Mozart.”
#1
MACK THE KNIFE-BOBBY DARIN
RICHARD WESS ORCHESTRA
#26
MARY LOU-RONNIE HAWKINS AND THE HAWKS
SAM “THE MAN” TAYLOR
TENOR
#2
(£4) MY HAPPINESS-CONNIE FRANCIS
SAM “THE MAN” TAYLOR
TENOR
#28
PEEK-A-BOO-THE CADILLACS
#8
PETER GUNN-RAY ANTHONY
PLAS JOHNSON
(per telephone conversation with Ray Anthony)
TENOR
£6
PETER GUNN-DUANE EDDY
STEVE DOUGLAS
TENOR
#3
PINK SHOE LACES-DODIE STEVENS
PLAS JOHNSON
TENOR
#36
PRETTY GIRLS EVERYWHEREEUGENE CHURCH
PLAS JOHNSON
BARITONE
TENOR
HERB HARDESTY (solo) TENOR
CLARENCE FORD
TENOR
PLAS JOHNSON
TENOR
TENOR
?
JESSE POWELL
SAX SECTION
SAX SECTION
#8
PRIMROSE LANE-JERRY WALLACE
PLAS JOHNSON
TENOR
£24
QUEEN OF THE HOP-BOBBY DARIN
JESSE POWELL
TENOR
#5
(£3) RED RIVER ROCKJOHNNY & THE HURRICANES
JOHNNY PARIS
TENOR
#25
(£14) REVEILLE ROCKJOHNNY & THE HURRICANES
JOHNNY PARIS
TENOR
#38
ROCKA CONGA-APPLEJACKS
SAX SECTION
John, we used 3 saxes. The two tenors were played by Buddy
Savitt and George Young. The bari was played by Fred
Nuzzullio. Dave Appell-6/1/04.
#14
SEA CRUISE-FRANKIE FORD
SAX SECTION
Backup musicians included Huey “Piano” Smith, Alvin “Red”
Tyler and Robert Parker on sax, James Booker on keys and
rhythm section Frank Fields and Charles “Hungry” Williams.
Courtesy
http://www.towerrecords.com/epulse/98/june/06_26_98.html
#37
(£12) SOME KIND-A EARTHQUAKEDUANE EDDY
#1
(£7) STAGGER LEE-LLOYD PRICE
#36
TALL COOL ONE-WAILERS
MARK MARUSH
TENOR
#25
THE WONDER OF YOU-RAY PETERSON
PLAS JOHNSON
TENOR
#3
WAY DOWN YONDER IN NEW ORLEANSFREDDY CANNON
£16
WEE TOM-LORD ROCKINGHAM’S X1
?
SAX SECTION
According to
http://www.fortunecity.com/greenfield/wolf/31/id57.htm, the
saxophone section consisted of; RED PRICE-TENOR, REX MORRISTENOR,BENNY GREEN-BARITONE & CYRIL REUBENS-BARITONE. Not
listed is Scottish sax player Bill Patrick who, according to
another source, was also in the SAX SECTION.
#23
(£15) WHERE WERE YOU ON OUR WEDDING DAYLLOYD PRICE
HERB HARDESTY
#30
(£17) YEP-DUANE EDDY
#17
YOU’RE SO FINE-FALCONS
PLAS JOHNSON
?
TENOR
?
SAX SECTION
STEVE DOUGLAS
?
1960
TENOR
TENOR
TENOR
TENOR
#15
(£8) BEATNICK FLYJOHNNY & THE HURRICANES
£29
BECAUSE THEY’RE YOUNGDUANE EDDY
JIM HORN
TENOR
#16
BLUE TANGO-BILL BLACK’S COMBO
ACE CANNON
ALTO
£12
BONNIE CAME BACK-DUANE EDDY
£14
BUBBLES IN THE TAR-THE PILTDOWN MEN
SCOTT GORDON & JACKIE KELSO
TENOR/BARITONE
http://www.rockabilly.nl/references/messages/piltdown_men.htm
#21
CLEMENTINE-BOBBY DARIN
RICHARD WESS ORCHESTRA
#25
COUNTRY BOY-FATS DOMINO
#18
DING-A-LING-BOBBY RYDELL
SAX SECTION
“The Best Of Bobby Rydell” on ABKCO Music & Records Inc.
credits GEORGIE YOUNG, BUDDY SAVITT, FRED NUZZILLIO and DAN
DAILEY.
#21
DON’T COME KNOCKIN’FATS DOMINO
#11
DON’T BE CRUEL-BILL BLACK’S COMBO
£8
DOWN YONDER-JOHNNY & THE HURRICANES
#14
JOHNNY PARIS
TENOR
JIM HORN
TENOR
?
SAX SECTION
HERB HARDESTY (SOLO) TENOR
CLARENCE FORD BARITONE
HERB HARDESTY
TENOR
ACE CANNON
TENOR
JOHNNY PARIS
TENOR
FEEL SO FINE-JOHNNY PRESTON
BOOTS RANDOLPH
TENOR
#7
FINGER POPPIN’ TIMEHANK BALLARD
J. C. DAVIS
TENOR
#18
JOSEPHINE-BILL BLACK’S COMBO
ACE CANNON
TENOR
#7
(£15) LET THE LITTLE GIRL DANCEBILLY BLAND
?
TENOR
#6
LET’S GO, LETS’S GO, LET’S GOHANK BALLARD AND THE MIDNIGHTERS
#19
LOOK FOR A STAR-BILLY VAUGHN
#7
LOVE YOU SO-RON HOLDEN
£14
MCDONALD’S CAVE-THE PILTDOWN MEN
SCOTT GORDON & JACKIE KELSO
J. C. DAVIS
TENOR
JUSTIN GORDON w/ SAX SECTION
?
TENOR LEAD
with SAX SECTION
TENOR/BARITONE
#14
MY GIRL JOSEPHINE-FATS DOMINO
LEE ALLEN (ts), HERB HARDESTY (ts) and CLARENCE FORD (bs)
SAX SECTION
#1
MY HEART HAS A MIND OF ITS OWN- CONNIE FRANCIS
ARTIE KAPLAN and ?
#38
NATURAL BORN LOVER-FATS DOMINO
#6
NEW ORLEANS-GARY “U.S.” BONDS
DADDY G a/k/a GENE BARGE
TENOR
#28
OOH POO PAH DOO-PART II
JESSIE HILL
DAVID LASTIE
TENOR
#27
PETER GUNN-DUANE EDDY
STEVE DOUGLAS
TENOR
#1
(£1) POETRY IN MOTIONJOHNNY TILLOTSON
BOOTS RANDOLPH
TENOR
(£3)
LEE ALLEN
ROCKING GOOSE-JOHNNY AND THE HURRICANES
JOHNNY PARIS
ALTO DUET
TENOR
TENOR
#14
ROCKIN’ AROUND THE CHRISTMAS TREEBRENDA LEE
#30
RUBY DUBY DU-TOBIN MATHEWS & CO
#1
(£1) RUNNING BEAR-JOHNNY PRESTON
LINK DAVIS
Big Bopper, Bill Hall, George Jones (indian chants)
#17
SMOKIE-BILL BLACK’S COMBO
#30
SUMMER SET-MONTY KELLY
#7
(£4) SWEET NOTHIN’S-BRENDA LEE
#5
SWINGIN’ SCHOOL-BOBBY RYDELL
SAX SECTION
“The Best Of Bobby Rydell” on ABKCO Music & Records Inc.
credits GEORGIE YOUNG, BUDDY SAVITT, FRED NUZZILLIO and DAN
DAILEY.
#6
THAT’S ALL YOU GOTTA DO-BRENDA LEE
#14
THE HUCKLEBUCK-CHUBBY CHECKER
?
TENOR
Cameo Parkway 1959-1963: “The Best Of Chubby Checker” CD
credits BUDDY SAVITT and GEORGIE YOUNG on all tracks.
#23
THE MADISONAL BROWN’S TUNETOPPERS
AL BROWN
TENOR
Born in Fairmont, West Virginia, on May 22, 1929, Al came
BOOTS RANDOLPH
TENOR
?
TENOR
MARTIN WILLIS
TENOR
TENOR
?
Solo/duet
with SOPRANO lead
BOOTS RANDOLPH
BOOTS RANDOLPH
TENOR
TENOR
from a large family which had one thing in common-all the
siblings were highly influenced by their father, a sax player
of note in the region; so much so, that, after their
collective discharge from the Army in the early 50s(and
having settled in Baltimore), they decided to form a band,
the Tunetoppers, with Al on tenor, Donald on Trumpet, and
Charles doubling on both the alto and trumpet.
Per http://baltimorejazz.com/shortstop.html
#30
THE MADISON TIME-PART 1RAY BRYANT COMBO
BUDDY TATE
TENOR
Ray Bryant on piano, Harry “Sweets” Edison on trumpet, Buddy
Tate on Sax, and Urbie Green on Trombone.
Per http://baltimorejazz.com/shortstop.html
#1
(£5) THE TWIST-CHUBBY CHECKER
#28
THE TWIST-HANK BALLARD AND THE MIDNIGHTERS
#30
(£49) TOO MUCH TEQUILA-CHAMPS
#13
TRACY’S THEMESPENCER ROSS ORCHESTRA
#3
WHERE OR WHEN-DION & THE BELMONTS
#9
(£50) WHITE SILVER SANDSBILL BLACK’S COMBO
#2
(£7)WILD ONE-BOBBY RYDELL
GEORGIE YOUNG and BUDDY SAVITT
TENOR
“The Best Of Bobby Rydell” on ABKCO Music & Records Inc. also
credits FRED NUZZILLIO and DAN DAILEY.
£12
YOU’LL NEVER KNOW WHAT YOU’RE MISSINGEMILE FORD & THE CHECKMATES
#3
YOU TALK TOO MUCH-JOE JONES
BUDDY SAVITT
?
JIMMY SEALS
VINCENT “JIMMY” ABATO
?
ACE CANNON
?
ROBERT PARKER
TENOR
TENOR
TENOR
ALTO
ALTO
TENOR
TENOR
TENOR
1961
£9
AFRICAN WALTZ- JOHNNY DANKWORTH
?
#33
AIN’T THAT JUST LIKE A WOMANFATS DOMINO
#5
ANGEL BABY-ROSIE & THE ORIGINALS
TONY GOMEZ
#13
BARBARA-ANN-REGENTS
TONY GRAVAGNA
#4
(£3) BUT I DO-CLARENCE HENRY
NATHANIEL “NAT” PERRILLIAT
HERB HARDESTY
ALTO
TENOR
TENOR
TENOR
TENOR
£22
CHARLESTON-TEMPERANCE SEVEN
?
BARITONE
#2
DADDY’S HOME-SHEP & THE LIMELITES
?
#4
(£22) DUM DUM-BRENDA LEE
#36
EXODUS-EDDIE HARRIS
#1
(MEXICO) FLORIDA TWISTBILL HALEY AND HIS COMETS
RUDY POMPILLI
#25
FOOT STOMPING-PART 1
THE FLARES
PLAS JOHNSON
TENOR
#30
(£8)(GHOST) RIDERS IN THE SKYRAMRODS
RICHARD LANE
TENOR
£18
GOODNIGHT MRS. FLINTSTONE-THE PILTDOWN MEN
SCOTT GORDON & JACKIE KELSO
TENOR
BOOTS RANDOLPH
TENOR
TENOR
TENOR
TENOR/BARITONE
#11
GOOD TIME BABY-BOBBY RYDELL
#20
HEARTS OF STONE-BILL BLACK’S COMBO
£24
HIGH VOLTAGE- JOHNNY AND THE HURRICANES
JOHNNY PARIS
TENOR
#2
I LIKE IT LIKE THAT-CHRIS KENNER
TENOR
#23
IT KEEPS RAININ’-FATS DOMINO
CLARENCE FORD and HERB
HARDESTY -saxes, DAVE BARTHOLOMEW-trumpet).
£14
JA-DA-JOHNNY AND THE HURRICANES
?
SAX SECTION
ACE CANNON
TENOR
NAT PERRILLIAT
JOHNNY PARIS
TENOR
#21
JINGLE BELL ROCKBOBBY RYDELL and CHUBBY CHECKER
#30
JAMBALAYA-FATS DOMINO LEE ALLEN (ts), HERB HARDESTY (ts),
CLARENCE FORD(bs).
SAX SECTION
with TENOR solo
#3
LAST NIGHT-MAR-KEYS
#14
LAZY RIVER-BOBBY DARIN
RICHARD BEHRKE ORCHESTRA
#15
LET THE FOUR WINDS BLOWFATS DOMINO
?
SAX SECTION
CHARLES PACKY AXTON TENOR
?
TENOR
HERB HARDESTY (solo) TENOR
LEE ALLEN
TENOR
#39
LET’S GO AGAIN (WHERE WE WENT LAST NIGHT)HANK BALLARD AND THE MIDNIGHTERS
?
#8
(£2)LET’S TWIST AGAIN-CHUBBY CHECKER GEORGE YOUNG
TENOR
GEORGE YOUNG per;
http://mixonline.com/recording/projects/audio_chubby_checkers
_twist/
#23
LITTLE EGYPT (YING YANG)COASTERS
£32
MY GIRL JOSEPHINE-FATS DOMINO
LEE ALLEN (ts), HERB HARDESTY (ts) and CLARENCE FORD (bs)
SAX SECTION
NEW ORLEANS-GARY “U.S.” BONDS
DADDY G a/k/a
GENE BARGE
TENOR
£16
TENOR
KING CURTIS
£24
OLD SMOKIE-JOHNNY AND THE HURRICANES
#25
TENOR
JOHNNY PARIS
TENOR
OLE BUTTERMILK SKYBILL BLACK’S COMBO
ACE CANNON
TENOR
#18
(£2) PEPE-DUANE EDDY
JIM HORN
TENOR
£14
PILTMAN RIDES AGAIN-THE PILTDOWN MEN
SCOTT GORDON & JACKIE KELSO
#1
(£27) PONY TIME-CHUBBY CHECKER
?
TENOR
#7
(£47) PRETTY LITTLE ANGEL EYESCURTIS LEE
?
TENOR
#1
(£7) QUARTER TO THREE-GARY “U.S.” BONDS
DADDY G a/k/a GENE BARGE
TENOR
#21
RAMA LAMA DING DONG-EDSELS
TENOR
#1
(£11) RUNAROUND SUE-DION
?
TENOR
Per Artie Kaplan, the tenor was most likely Buddy Lucas.
#28
SCHOOL IS IN-GARY “U.S.” BONDS
DADDY G a/k/a GENE BARGE
TENOR
#5
SCHOOL IS OUT-GARY “U.S.” BONDS
DADDY G a/k/a GENE BARGE
TENOR
#2
SHOP AROUND-MIRACLES
TENOR
BARITONE
#32
SHU RAH-FATS DOMINO
CLARENCE FORD (bs)-
TENOR/BARITONE
?
RONNIE WAKEFIELD (solo)
MIKE TERRY
LEE ALLEN (ts), HERB HARDESTY (ts),
SAX SECTION with TENOR solo
#10
SPANISH HARLEM-BEN E. KING
(per session notes-recorded 10/27/60) ROMEO PENQUE
Per Artie Kaplan, it was played on soprano.
SOPRANO
#25
(£6) TAKE FIVE-DAVE BRUBECK QUARTET
ALTO
#21
THAT OLD BLACK MAGIC-BOBBY RYDELL
SAX SECTION
“The Best Of Bobby Rydell” on ABKCO Music & Records Inc.
credits GEORGIE YOUNG, BUDDY SAVITT, FRED NUZZILLIO and DAN
DAILEY.
#7
THE FLY-CHUBBY CHECKER
#23
THE HOOCHI COOCHI COOHANK BALLARD AND THE MIDNIGHTERS
#1
(£11) THE LION SLEEPS TONIGHT-THE TOKENS
?
SOPRANO
#16
THE STORY OF MY LOVE-PAUL ANKA
?
TENOR
#26
THE SWITCH-A-ROOHANK BALLARD AND THE MIDNIGHTERS
#39
(£7) THEME FROM DIXIE-DUANE EDDY
JIM HORN
TENOR
#1
TOSSIN’ AND TURNIN’-BOBBY LEWIS
KING CURTIS
TENOR
#22
WHAT A PARTY-FATS DOMINO (per session notes) LEE
ALLEN (ts), HERB HARDESTY (ts), CLARENCE FORD (bs)SAX SECTION
w/ TENOR solo
#28
WHEELS-BILLY VAUGHN
#12
(£6) YOU ALWAYS HURT THE ONE YOU LOVECLARENCE HENRY
NAT PERRILLIAT
TENOR
#29
YOU CAN’T SIT DOWNPHILIP UPCHURCH COMBO
TENOR
#5
YOU MUST HAVE BEEN A BEAUTIFUL BABYBOBBY DARIN
PLAS JOHNSON and NINO TEMPO
PAUL DESMOND
?
TENOR
J. C. DAVIS
TENOR
BUDDY LUCAS lead TENOR
HENRY MOORE 2nd TENOR
JUSTIN GORDON ALTO w/
SAX SECTION
DAVID BROOKS
(£1) YOU’RE DRIVING ME CRAZY—
TEMPERANCE SEVEN
PHILLIP HARRISON
?
SAX SECTION
BARITONE (SOLO)
ALTO (SOLO)
1962
#7
#36
(R&B) ANNIVERSARY-SHEP & THE LIMELITES
BLUES STAY AWAY FROM ME
?
ACE CANNON
TENOR
ALTO
(£31) CAN CANPETER JAY & THE JAYWALKERS
#12
(£4) DANCE WITH THE GUITAR MANDUANE EDDY
#12
DANCIN’ PARTY-CHUBBY CHECKER
#9
DEAR LADY TWIST-GARY “U.S.” BONDS
#15
(£11) DESAFINADO
#3
DO YOU LOVE ME-THE CONTOURS
MAC MCINTYRE
LLOYD BAKER
TENOR
BARITONE
JIM HORN
TENOR
?
TENOR
DADDY G a/k/a
GENE BARGE
STAN GETZ
THOMAS “BEANS” BOWLES
TENOR
TENOR
TENOR
#4
DON’T HANG UP-THE ORLONS
BUDDY SAVITT
TENOR
Credits per The Best of the Orlons-1961-1966; GEORGE
YOUNG, BOB SCHWARTZ, BUDDY SAVITT, DAN DAILEY & FRED NUZZULLIO.
#17
HAVING A PARTY-SAM COOKE
JACKIE KELSO
TENOR
#1
(£19) HE’S A REBEL-CRYSTALS
STEVE DOUGLAS
BARITONE
#20
HEY, LET’S TWISTJOEY DEE & THE STARLITERS
BILL RAMELL
ALTO
#22
(R&B) JIVIN’ AROUND-AL CASEY
BRAD BAUDER
TENOR
#12
KEEP YOUR HANDS OFF MY BABY- LITTLE EVA
Per ARTIE KAPLAN, he recorded all sax parts and lead TENOR
“I played all the parts to give it a big sound without
hiring several sax players.”
#4
LET ME IN-SENSATIONS
#19
LET’S GO (PONY)-THE ROUTERS
PLAS JOHNSON
TENOR
#40
LIMBO ROCK-CHAMPS
JIMMY SEALS
TENOR
#2
LIMBO ROCK-CHUBBY CHECKER
#1
(£2) LOCO-MOTION-LITTLE EVA
ARTIE KAPLAN
TENOR
Per ARTIE KAPLAN, he recorded all sax parts and lead TENOR.
“I played all the parts to give it a big sound without hiring
several sax players.”
#3
LOVERS WHO WANDER-DION
#2
MASHED POTATO TIME-DEE DEE SHARP
?
?
TENOR
TENOR/BARITONE
?
BUDDY SAVITT
BARITONE
TENOR
#35
NIGHT TRAIN-JAMES BROWN
J. C. DAVIS (SOLO)
ALFRED CORLEY
AL "BRISCO" CLARK
ROSCOE PATRICK
TENOR
ALTO
BARITONE
TRUMPET
#2
ONLY LOVE CAN BREAK A HEARTGENE PITNEY
?
#5
PARTY LIGHTS-CLAUDINE CLARK
?
TENOR
£26
PEPPERMINT TWISTDANNY PEPPERMINT AND THE JUMPING JACKS
?
TENOR
#1
(£33) PEPPERMINT TWIST-JOEY DEE & THE STARLIGHTERS
(per Joey Dee) JEROME RICHARDSON BARITONE
KING CURTIS
TENOR
#10
POPEYE (THE HITCHHIKER)CHUBBY CHECKER
#2
(£1) RETURN TO SENDER-ELVIS PRESLEY
#10
RINKY DINK-DAVE “BABY” CORTEZ
£6
ROCKIN’ AROUND THE CHRISTMAS TREEBRENDA LEE
#3
SLOW TWISTIN’CHUBBY CHECKER with DEE DEE SHARP
?
#1
SOLDIER BOY-SHIRELLES
?
#17
SOUL TWIST
#31
SURFER’S STOMP-THE MARKETTS
#33
(£10) THE BALLAD OF PALADINDUANE EDDY
JIM HORN & PLAS JOHNSON
ALTO or SOPRANO
?
TENOR
BOOTS RANDOLPH
BARITONE
?
TENOR
BOOTS RANDOLPH
TENOR
TENOR
TENOR
w/ SAX SECTION
KING CURTIS
MIKE HENDERSON
TENOR
TENOR
TENOR
#1
(£5) THE TWIST-CHUBBY CHECKER
BUDDY SAVITT
TENOR
BUDDY SAVITT per
http://mixonline.com/recording/projects/audio_chubby_checkers_twis
t/
#2
THE WAH WATUSI-THE ORLONS
BUDDY SAVITT
TENOR
Credits per The Best of the Orlons-1961-1966; GEORGE YOUNG,
BOB SCHWARTZ, BUDDY SAVITT, DAN DAILEY & FRED NUZZULLIO.
#2
(£10) THE WANDERER-DION
#13
(£32) TOWN WITHOUT PITY-GENE PITNEY
#17
TUFF
BUDDY LUCAS
?
ACE CANNON
TENOR
TENOR
ALTO
#28
TURN ON YOUR LOVE LIGHT—BOBBY “BLUE” BLAND
per http://www.hotburrito.20m.com/blues/bobbybland.html
ROBERT CALVIN BROOKS
TENOR
#17
TWIST AND SHOUT-ISLEY BROTHERS
#26
TWIST-HER-BILL BLACK’S COMBO
ACE CANNON
TENOR
#9
TWIST, TWIST SENORA-GARY “U.S.” BONDS
DADDY G a/k/a GENE BARGE
TENOR
#9
(£6) TWISTIN’ THE NIGHT AWAY-SAM COOKE
JACKIE KELSO (solo) TENOR
JEWELL GRANT BARITONE
#22
TWISTIN’ MALTILDA-JIMMY SOUL
#9
UNCHAIN MY HEART-RAY CHARLES
HANK CRAWFORD
ALTO
per liner notes-DAVID “FATHEAD” NEWMAN (SOLO) TENOR
LEROY “HOG” COOPER BARITONE
#9
(£10) VACATION-CONNIE FRANCIS
#21
WALK ON THE WILD SIDE-JIMMY SMITH
(per session notes) recorded 3/26/62: JERRY DODGION,
PHIL WOODS (as), ROBERT ASHTON, “BABE” CLARK (ts)
and GEORGE BARROW (bs)
#22
WIGGLE WOBBLE-LES COOPER
JOE GRIER
TENOR
#8
YOU’LL LOSE A GOOD THINGBARBARA LYNN
?
TENOR
?
TENOR &
TRUMPET
?
BOOTS RANDOLPH
TENOR
TENOR
1963
#10
(£23) ANOTHER SATURDAY NIGHT-SAM COOKE
JACKIE KELSO
TENOR
#12
BIRDLAND-CHUBBY CHECKER
TENOR
#28
(£27) BOSS GUITAR-DUANE EDDY
#25
BUST OUT-THE BUSTERS
AL MARCZYK
TENOR
#1
(CAN) CHARLENARICHIE KNIGHT & THE MID-KNIGHTS
MIKE BROUGH
TENOR
#3
(£5) DA DOO RON RON-CRYSTALS
STEVE DOUGLAS
BARITONE
?
JIM HORN
TENOR
£1
DIAMONDS-JET HARRIS & TONY MEEHAN
?
TENOR
#6
DONNA THE PRIMA DONNA-DION
BUDDY LUCAS
TENOR
#7
DON’T SAY NOTHIN’ BAD (ABOUT MY BABY)COOKIES
ARTIE KAPLAN
#4
HEAT WAVEMARTHA & THE VANDELLAS
#22
IF YOU WANNA BE HAPPY-JIMMY SOUL
GENE BARGE a/k/a DADDY G
£30
KEEP YOUR HANDS OFF MY BABYLITTLE EVA
#20
LET’S LIMBO SOME MORE-CHUBBY CHECKER
#20
LET’S TURKEY TROT-LITTLE EVA
ARTIE KAPLAN
TENOR
#8
MICKEY’S MONKEY-MIRACLES
HANK COSBY
TENOR
#21
MISTY-LLOYD PRICE
TENOR
THOMAS “BEANS” BOWLES BARITONE
TENOR
ARTIE KAPLAN TENOR lead
with SAX SECTION
?
BARITONE
?
SAX SECTION
#12
NOT ME-THE ORLONS
?
TENOR
Credits per The Best of the Orlons-1961-1966;
GEORGE YOUNG, BOB SCHWARTZ, BUDDY SAVITT, DAN DAILEY & FRED
NUZZULLIO.
#5
(£29) ONE FINE DAY-CHIFFONS
ARTIE KAPLAN (solo) BARITONE
Played on a Buescher bari per Artie Kaplan.
#34
SEE SEE RIDER-LAVERN BAKER
BUDDY LUCAS
TENOR
#23
SHUT DOWN-BEACH BOYS
MIKE LOVE
ALTO
#3
SOUTH STREET-THE ORLONS
?
TENOR
Credits per The Best of the Orlons-1961-1966;
GEORGE YOUNG, BOB SCHWARTZ, BUDDY SAVITT, DAN DAILEY & FRED
NUZZULLIO.
£42
TWIST AND SHOUT-ISLEY BROTHERS
?
#10
WALKING THE DOG-RUFUS THOMAS
#2
WASHINGTON SQUARE-VILLAGE STOMPERS
TENOR &
TRUMPET
GILBERT CAPLES (SOLO) TENOR
?
BARITONE
MITCHELL MAY
TENOR
The Village Stompers consisted of Dick Brady (trombone),
Ralph Casals (banjo), Frank Hubbell (trumpet), Joe Muranyi
(clarinet), Al McManus (drums), Lenny Pogan (guitar), Don
Coates (piano), and Mitchell May (reeds, winds).
#8
WILD WEEKEND-THE REBELS
MICKEY KIPLER
TENOR
#35
YAKETY SAX
BOOTS RANDOLPH
TENOR
#8
YOU’VE REALLY GOT A HOLD ON MEMIRACLES
?
SAX SECTION
CD credits-saxophones-Lanny Austin, Thomas "Beans" Bowles,
Teddy Buckner, Ted Buckner, Angelo Carlisi, Hank Cosby, Lefty
Edwards, Eli Fontaine, Kasuku Mafia, Eugene BeeBee Moore,
Larry Nozero, Bernie Peacock, Ernie Rodgers, Eugene Rodgers,
Andrew Mike Terry, Danny Turner
1964
#8
ANYONE WHO HAD A HEARTDIANE WARWICK
#1
(£1) BABY LOVE-SUPREMES
HANK COSBY and MIKE TERRY (bari. solo by
MIKE TERRY per MIKE TERRY) BARITONE &
SAX SECTION
#24
BLUE WINTER-CONNIE FRANCIS
#4
(£10) CAN’T YOU SEE THAT SHE’S MINEDAVE CLARK FIVE
DENIS PAYTON
#1
(£22) CHAPEL OF LOVE-DIXIE CUPS
#36
CHARADE-SAMMY KAYE
SAX SECTION
Per Artie Kaplan; Kaplan-soprano & bari, Sam Marowitz-lead
alto, Phil Bodner-tenor and Romeo Penque-tenor.
#3
COME A LITTLE BIT CLOSERJAY & THE AMERICANS
#15
COTTON CANDY-AL HIRT
#5
(£29) GIRL FROM IPANEMA-STAN GETZ
#33
GIRLS GROW UP FASTER THAN BOYS- THE COOKIES
(SOLO) SOPRANO W/ SAX SECTION
Per ARTIE KAPLAN, he recorded all sax parts. “I played all
the parts to give it a big sound without hiring several sax
players.”
?
TENOR
?
ALTO LEAD
with SAX SECTION
?
ARTIE KAPLAN
BOOTS RANDOLPH
TENOR
SAX SECTION
TENOR
BARITONE
TENOR
#6
£10
JUST LIKE ROMEO & JULIETREFLECTIONS
MOCKINGBIRD HILL-MIGIL 5
MIKE TERRY
BARITONE
ALAN WATSON
TENOR
ALAN WATSON
TENOR
£31
NEAR YOUMIGIL 5
£9
ONE WAY LOVECLIFF BENNETT & THE REBEL ROUSERS
#24
OUT OF SIGHT-JAMES BROWN
?
SAX SECTION
CD credits-Saint Clair Pinckney-tenor, Jerome Richardsontenor, Seldon Powell-tenor, Maceo Parker-bari, Sam “The Man”
Taylor-tenor, Al “Brisco” Clark-tenor, George Dorsey-alto,
Haywood Henry-bari, Nat Jones-alto, Eldee William-tenor
#31
PINK PANTHER THEME-HENRY MANCINI
(JOHN “PLAS” JOHNSON)
PLAS JOHNSON
TENOR
#8
QUICKSAND-MARTHA & THE VANDELLAS
MIKE TERRY
BARITONE
#15
SHANGRI-LA-ROBERT MAXWELL
?
Robert Maxwell (see 1959-LITTLE DIPPER ) recorded
occasionally under the name of “Mickey Mozart.”
£7
SHOUT-LULU & THE LUVERS
£35
SPANISH HARLEMSOUNDS INCORPORATED
#38
TALL COOL ONE-WAILERS
£30
THE SPARTANS?
ALTO
SOUNDS INCORPORATED
ALAN HOLMES (flute/saxophone), GEOFF (GRIFF) West (saxophone)
#11
THE WAY YOU DO THE THINGS YOU DOTEMPTATIONS
#35
TENNESSEE WALTZ-SAM COOKE
#25
TOO MANY FISH IN THE SEATHE MARVELETTES
?
TENOR
CD credits-Lanny Austin, Teddy Buckner, Hank Cosby, Lefty
Edwards, Eli Fontaine, Kasuka Mafia, Eugene “BeeBee” Moore,
?
SAX SECTION
ALTO
JIMMY SMITH (solo) TENOR
?
BARITONE
?
TENOR
W/ SAX SECTION
ALAN HOLMES-flute/saxophone, GEOFF WEST-saxophone, JOHN St.
JOHN-guitar, BARRIE CAMERON-keyboards, WES HUNTER-bass
guitar, TONY NEWMAN-drums.
MARK MARUSH
HANK COSBY
TENOR
TENOR
WILLIAM GREEN (solo) TENOR
ALVIN “RED” TYLER
BARITONE
w/ BRASS SECTION
Larry Nozero, Bernie Peacock, Ernie Rodgers, Eugene Rodgers
#31
20-75-WILLIE MITCHELL
?
TENOR
“20-75” took its’ title from the record number [Hi 2075].
Mitchell’s rhythm section consisted of, Al Jackson or Howard
Grimes on drums, (Al Jackson later joined Booker T at Stax’s,
it is known that at times he still played for Mitchell) Bobby
Eammons-organ, Reggie Young-guitar, Tommy Cogsbill-bass. Horn
players Andrew Love-sax, Ben Cawley-trumpet, Charles
Charmers-sax, his brother; James Mitchell-sax, Gene Millertrumpet and Wayne Jackson-trumpet.
#1
(£3) WHERE DID OUR LOVE GO-SUPREMES
£1
YEH YEH-GEORGIE FAME
PETER COE
TENOR
John......Thanks for the document, it makes fascinating
reading.
MIKE TERRY
BARITONE
The tenor solo on “Yeh Yeh” was played by Peter Coe...I was
talking to Georgie Fame a few years ago when I had to play
the exact solo for a TV nostalgia program. If I can fill in
any other holes (UK) I will write.
Martin Dobson
1965
#1
(£3) 1-2-3-LEN BARRY
ARTIE KAPLAN
BARITONE
#13
ACTION-FREDDY CANNON
NINO TEMPO
SAX SECTION
#1
(£40) BACK IN MY ARMS AGAINSUPREMES
MIKE TERRY
BARITONE
#4
(£5) CATCH US IF YOU CANDAVE CLARK FIVE
DENNIS PAYTON
#36
DO THE BOOMERANGJR. WALKER & THE ALLSTARS
£10
HAVING A WILD WEEKENDDAVE CLARK FIVE
#1
(£10) I CAN’T HELP MYSELF-FOUR TOPS
MIKE TERRY
#3
I GOT YOU (I FEEL GOOD)-JAMES BROWN
MACEO PARKER
#1
(£39) I HEAR A SYMPHONY- SUPREMES
#21
IN THE MIDNIGHT HOURWILSON PICKET
FLOYD NEWMAN
BARITONE
“I think you’d do well to include Floyd Newman on the
JR. WALKER
DENIS PAYTON
MIKE TERRY
TENOR &
HARMONICA
TENOR
BARITONE
BARITONE
ALTO
BARITONE
baritone sax in the 1965 hit, “In the Midnight Hour.” His
deep notes a few bars into the song really set the tone for
the melody – to me at least. The only horn on “Midnight Hour”
was Wayne Jackson’s trumpet. There were three sax players –
Newman, Packy Axton and Andrew Love. The rest of the crew was
the usual Memphis guys, Steve Cropper and “Duck” Dunn.”
Dave Arnold
#5
(£34) IT’S THE SAME OLD SONG-FOUR TOPS
#26
JU JU HANDSAM THE SHAM & THE PHAROAHS
#39
JUST A LITTLE BIT-ROY HEAD
#33
RING DANG DOOSAM THE SHAM & THE PHAROAHS
#29
SHAKE AND FINGERPOPJR. WALKER & THE ALLSTARS
JR. WALKER
TENOR
#4
SHOTGUN-JR. WALKER AND THE ALLSTARS
JR. WALKER
TENOR
#19
SOMETHING ABOUT YOU-FOUR TOPS
MIKE TERRY
#14
TWINE TIMEALVIN CASH & THE CRAWLERS
#25
WE’RE GONNA MAKE IT-LITTLE MILTON
GENE BARGE a/k/a DADDY G
#2
WOOLY BULLYSAM THE SHAM & THE PHAROAHS
#36
YOU’VE BEEN IN LOVE TOO LONGMARTHA & THE VANDELLAS
?
BARITONE
The Ultimate Collection lists Hank Cosby on saxophone.
MIKE TERRY
BUTCH GIBSON
TOMMY MAY
BUTCH GIBSON
BARITONE
TENOR
TENOR
TENOR
BARITONE
?
TENOR solo
with Sax Section
Alvin used his band the Nightlighters to record this hit. The
band changed their name to the Crawlers and accompanied Alvin
on future gigs then changed the name to the Registers. I have
not found any information about the individual members of the
band. Alvin Cash died November 21, 1999. He was 60 and lived
in Chicago.
1966
BUTCH GIBSON
ALTO
TENOR
#13
(£21) AIN’T TOO PROUD TO BEGTEMPTATIONS
#7
DON’T MESS WITH BILLMARVELETTES
KASUKU MAFIA (NORRIS PATTERSON)
TENOR
#29
GET READY-TEMPTATIONS
KASUKU MAFIA
TENOR
#11
GOING TO A GO-GO- THE MIRACLES
KASUKU MAFIA
TENOR
£6
GOT TO GET YOU INTO MY LIFECLIFF BENNETT & THE REBEL ROUSERS
SID PHILLIPS and MAURICE GROVES
KASUKU MAFIA
TENOR/BARITONE
SAX SECTION
#39
HARLEM NOCTURNE-VISCOUNTS
#21
HOLD ON I’M A COMIN’-SAM & DAVE
#1
(£22) HOW SWEET IT IS (TO BE LOVED BY YOU)
JR. WALKER & THE ALLSTARS
JR. WALKER
£29
HARRY HALLER
TENOR
ANDREW LOVE
I GOT YOU (I FEEL GOOD)-JAMES BROWN
TENOR
TENOR
MACEO PARKER
ALTO
#20
(I’M A) ROAD RUNNERJR. WALKER & THE ALLSTARS
#6
(£22) LAND OF 1000 DANCES-WILSON PICKET
CHARLIE CHALMERS
#9
LOVE IS LIKE AN ITCHING IN MY HEARTSUPREMES
MIKE TERRY
#5
MY WORLD IS EMPTY WITHOUT YOUSUPREMES
?
BARITONE
#13
(£20) OPUS 17 (DON’T YOU WORRY‘BOUT ME)
THE FOUR SEASONS
?
BARITONE
#10
SUMMERTIME-BILLY STEWART
?
ALTO
LP credits for alto include BUNKY GREEN and GEORGE PATTERSON.
£37
THINKCHRIS FARLOWE & THUNDERBIRDS
#12
(£3) THIS OLD HEART OF MINE-ISLEY BROTHERS
MIKE TERRY
#17
WARM AND TENDER LOVE-PERCY SLEDGE
£39
YOU CAN’T SIT DOWNPHILIP UPCHURCH COMBO
JR. WALKER
MIKE TERRY
?
TENOR
BARITONE
TENOR
BARITONE
BARITONE
with HORN SECTION
BARITONE
?
HORN SECTION
DAVID BROOKS
TENOR
1967
#29
BRING IT UP-JAMES BROWN
?
SAX SECTION
CD credits-Alfred “Pee Wee” Ellis (alto saxophone, organ);
St. Clair Pinckney (tenor & baritone saxophones); Eldee
Williams, Maceo Parker (tenor saxophone); Recorded live at
The Apollo Theatre, New York, New York from June 16-25, 1967.
#7
COLD SWEAT-JAMES BROWN
MACEO PARKER
TENOR
Hi, John
I've just finally got through ALL of the 76 pages which I
actually printed out (!) back in January. (Here's me thinking
they were the de facto 'forty top solos'...DOH!) Anyway, it
was gratifying to see the names of all those guys - personal
LEGENDS & boyhood HEROES - who've inspired ME: a bit like revisiting the musical family album.
However, I'd just like to comment on one entry:1967
COLD SWEAT - JAMES BROWN
I think you’ll find Maceo Parker played (admittedly lightertoned) TENOR - not alto - on this and his other J.B. solo
features. He eventually switched to ALTO at the boss's behest
at the beginning of 1973 upon “returning to the fold”: reformed as Fred Wesley & The JB's. N.B. “Doing It To Death”
plus the album track “Damn Right I Am Somebody” which I
vividly recall hearing as it blared out of a boutique and
going "Hey, that alto player’s Maceo!”, dashing in and
demanding to see the LP cover!!
He even confirmed this to me personally in the early 90s when
I met him & his Roots Revisited band fellow blowers Fred &
Pee Wee Ellis in Germany and remarked how Pee Wee had gone
back to his “native” Tenor from Alto, thus they’d effectively
switched horns (again)!
Maceo had been hired together with and at the insistence of
his brother drummer Melvin - met HIM at that gig, too!! because he owned a baritone but later it was obvious he was a
star tenor soloist-in-waiting...so poor old St. Clair
Pinckney got shunted to bari. N.B 1967 “Get It Together”
where you hear the Godfather exhorting “Pinck” while
declaiming his mutual Augusta, Georgia background, not to
mention “Cold Sweat” itself.
IN FACT...if you listen closely to the out-chorus solos on
the full, dry & pre-speeded-up [Eb] version of “Papa’s Got A
Brand New Bag” available on the absolutely essential Polydor
“Showtime” 4 x CD set: You can hear Maceo play bari in the
section, switch to tenor for that classic serpentine funkdefining solo, then back for a subsequent bari solo. Truly a
landmark recording.
Best Wishes and Keep up the good work,
Gaz Gaskell
http://www.GazGaskell.com
#8
(£43) FUNKY BROADWAY-WILSON PICKETT
CHARLIE CHALMERS
TENOR
£36
GUNS OF NAVARONE-SKATALITES
SAX/BRASS
SECTION
The Skatalites were among the original pioneers of Ska, the
sound of independent Jamaica. From the Studio One sessions in
Kingston the band found favour with the British Mod scene and
crossed over to pop with the hit “Guns Of Navarone”, then
presided over the shift from Ska to Rocksteady. Line up of
the musicians over the years; Roland Alphonso-(tenor sax),
Tommy McCook (tenor sax), “Ska” Campbell-(tenor sax), Lester
Sterling-(alto sax), Lloyd Brevett-(bass), Lloyd Knibbs(drums), Arkland “Drumbago” Parks-(drums), Bill Smith(piano), Jackie Mittoo-(piano), Theophilus Beckford-(piano),
Devon James-(guitar), Jerome “Jah Jerry” Hines-(guitar),
Ernest Ranglin-(guitar), Lyn Taitt-(guitar), Nathan
Breedlove-(trumpet), Johnny “Dizzy” Moore-(trumpet), Baba
Brooks-(trumpet), Will Clark-(trombone), Emmanuel “Rico”
Rodriguez-(trombone) , Don Drummond-(trombone/leader- died
May 6, 1969), Karl Bryan- (baritone) , Doreen Schaffer(vocals).
#31
HEY, LEROY, YOUR MAMA’S CALLIN’ YOUJIMMY CASTOR BUNCH
JIMMY CASTOR
TENOR
#2
(£1) I HEARD IT THROUGH THE GRAPEVINEGLADYS KNIGHT & THE PIPS
KING CURTIS
TENOR
#4
I SECOND THAT EMOTIONSMOKEY ROBINSON & THE MIRACLES
#33
MEMPHIS SOUL STEW-KING CURTIS
#5
MERCY, MERCY, MERCY-
#15
MUSIC TO WATCH GIRLS GO BYBOB CREWE GENERATION
#28
ODE TO BILLY JOE-KINGPINS
?
?
TENOR
with BRASS SECTION
KING CURTIS
TENOR
CANNONBALL ADDERLEY
ALTO
?
KING CURTIS
TENOR
ALTO
#31
PUCKER UP BUTTERCUPJR. WALKER & THE ALLSTARS
JR. WALKER
TENOR
#1
(£10) RESPECT-ARETHA FRANKLIN
KING CURTIS
TENOR
#17
SOUL FINGER-BAR-KAYS
#22
THE LOOK OF LOVE-DUSTY SPRINGFIELD
£35
PHALON JONES
duet with BEN CAULEY
TENOR
TRUMPET
DENNIS SPRINGER
TENOR
A couple of older musician-friends, plus one or two web
addresses, suggest it was RONNIE SCOTT. Andy W.
TRAIN TOUR TO THE RAINBOW CITYPYRAMIDS (JAMAICA)
?
TENOR
1968
£2
BEND ME SHAKE ME-AMEN CORNER
MIKE SMITH
ALLEN JONES
TENOR
BARITONE
#24
COME SEE ABOUT MEJR. WALKER & THE ALLSTARS
JR. WALKER
TENOR
#5
GIRL WATCHER-THE O’KAYSIONS
#1
GRAZING IN THE GRASS-HUGH MASEKELA
#31
HIP CITYJR. WALKER & THE ALLSTARS
#9
I CAN’T STOP DANCINGARCHIE BELL & THE DRELLS
#11
IF YOU CAN WANT-THE MIRACLES
JIM SPEIDEL
RON TURNER
AL ABREAU
JR. WALKER
TENOR w/
TRUMPET
TENOR
TENOR
?
TENOR
w/ BRASS
Several names are associated with this band’s horn section
depending upon the source; Michael Pedicin, Jr., Sam Peake,
Sam Reed, Clarence Harper, Nelson Mills and Leroy Lewis.
Per http://www.soul-patrol.com/philly/archie.html the brass
section were, Clarence Harper, Nelson Mills, and Leroy Lewis.
I do not know who played sax.
?
TENOR
?
BARITONE
CD credits-saxophones-Lanny Austin, Thomas "Beans" Bowles,
Teddy Buckner, Ted Buckner, Angelo Carlisi, Hank Cosby, Lefty
Edwards, Eli Fontaine, Kasuku Mafia, Eugene BeeBee Moore,
Larry Nozero, Bernie Peacock, Ernie Rodgers, Eugene Rodgers,
Andrew Mike Terry, Danny Turner
£5
I’M AN URBAN SPACEMANBONZO DOG DOO-DAH BAND
#4
(£1) LADY MADONNA-BEATLES
RONNIE SCOTT (solo) TENOR
Per liner notes; recorded at Abbey Road 2/3/68,
Ronnie Scott (ts), Harry Klein (bs), Bill Povey
(ts) and Bill Jackman (bs). Sax Section followed
by TENOR solo.
#14
LICKING STICK (PART 1)-JAMES BROWN
MACEO PARKER
ALTO
#7
MY SPECIAL ANGEL-VOGUES
PLAS JOHNSON
TENOR
#14
SEE SAW-ARETHA FRANKLIN
SAX SECTION
with BRASS
CD credits- KING CURTIS-TENOR, SELDON POWELL-TENOR, WILLIE
BRIDGES-BARI, CHARLES CHALMERS-TENOR, HAYWOOD HENRY-BARI,
ANDREW LOVE-TENOR, FLOYD NEWMAN-BARI, FRANK WESS-TENOR
#23
(£43)
#3
(£46) SPOOKYCLASSICS IV
MIKE (SHARP) SHAPIRO
TENOR
Once the group signed with The Lowery Music Group out of
Atlanta, Georgia and Capitol records, The Classics IV rerecorded “Spooky.” The song was originally an instrumental
regional hit by Mike Sharp, a talented saxophone player. J.R.
Cobb and producer Buddy Buie added lyrics to it and the rest
is history.
SOUL SERENADE-WILLIE MITCHELL
BOB KERR
SOPRANO
?
CHARLIE CHALMERS
TENOR
Two web sites that credit Jim Pepper as the soloist;
http://www.inmotionmagazine.com/pepper.html
http://tools.search.yahoo.com/language/translation/translatedPage.
php?tt=url&text=http%3a//www.jazzpoint.at/chronik/jim_pepper.4.php
&lp=de_en
However, the following clears up the issue;
“This is Joe G. (Joe Glickman) I am the biographer on The Classics
IV and their archivist. I started a documentary on the group about
7 years ago and traveled around the country gathering over 30
interviews with producers, writers, session musicians and band
members of The Classics IV. I can say with 100% CERTAINTY that
Mike Shapiro IS the sax player on SPOOKY. By the way, the reason
he didn’t play on some of the other records (the ones Ray Jarrel
played on) was because Mike was a bit hard to work with in the
studio. He had a very good concept of how he wanted the solos,
which differed from Buddy Buie’s ideas of mainstream pop. There’s
a bit of a tone-break at the end of the solo that Mike insisted on
re-recording, but Buddy wouldn’t let him. Now, I’ve interviewed on
video: Buddy Buie (producer/writer), J.R. Cobb (guitarist/writer),
Dennis St. John (session drummer), Emory Gordy, Jr. (session bass
player), Wally Eaton (session cowbell and whistler - road bass
player), Bill Lowery (producer/publisher), Dennis Yost (lead
singer) as well as Mike Shapiro himself. They were all at the
session and played on the entire “Spooky” album. All of them told
me that Mike Shapiro recorded the sax solo and Mike remembers,
too. It doesn’t get much more conclusive than that.
English White was a sax player that was brought in later during
the “Traces” road tour to fill in for the sax. Mike did not tour
at all and the band had been playing for a while with Auburn
Burrell filling in the sax solos on lead guitar. That was hurting
their reception since the sax had a lot to do with their sound.
The only reason I can figure a few sites credit Jim Pepper is
because one started it and the others follow. Try checking the
internet and some fairly accredited recording publications, like
ROLLING STONE, and ALL MUSIC GUIDE, and they all credit Wally
Eaton on rhythm guitar and Joe Wilson on bass. WRONG! Wally was
the bass player and Joe Wilson played keyboards. They only played
their true instruments on their very first records on the Capitol
Label and also contributed other instrumentation in the studio for
the hits, but they were the touring band and the ORIGINAL Classics
IV members.
There are SEVERAL people who have claimed to have recorded the sax
solo on “Spooky.” I still get e-mails from fans who bump into
these nut jobs. I don’t know how someone can take credit for
something they didn't do, but I’m sure after a while they start
believing their own lies. There was a fake CLASSICS IV that I had
to fight to get the trademark back from a few years ago (and did,
successfully) so they’re out there....I just don't understand it
and I won’t try. Whoever that is that said Jim “laughed while
looking back” on recording “Spooky” probably should know that Jim
was laughing because the guy was buying his made-up story. Jim
Pepper did NOT record “Spooky.” PERIOD. And if anyone that
represents him wants to challenge me on that - BRING IT
ON.
Oh - Um....Have a nice day everybody else. Hope that helped!”
Joe Glickman
www.classicsiv.com
“By the way, Mike Shapiro recorded under the name Mike Sharpe
because Shapiro wasn't Gentile enough for the recording industry
at the time. That is a comment made by Buddy Buie to me. Shapiro
played at The Houndstooth in Atlanta with Harry Middlebrooks early
on and Emory Gordy, Jr. and Dennis St. John both played on Mike’s
instrumental version, as well as The Classics IV’s, which came out
nearly a year before The Classics IV’s version. Mike Sharpe
recorded on the same label, but at a studio down the road from
Lowery’s. Buie and Cobb heard the instrumental and added lyrics to
it. The rest is history.
That’s the story.”
Joe Glickman
Classics IV Biographer
#5
STORMY-CLASSICS IV (DENNIS YOST)
RAY JARRELL
ALTO
MIKE (SHARP) SHAPIRO wrote the solo for STORMY but was not
availiable the day they did the final cut per Mike’s friend,
Charles A. King.
#2
THE HORSE-CLIFF NOBLES & CO.
MIKE TERRY
£7
THE RED BALLOON-DAVE CLARK FIVE
DENNIS PAYTON
TENOR
& BRASS SECTION
#7
THINK-ARETHA FRANKLIN
?
ALTO
CD credits- KING CURTIS-TENOR, SELDON POWELL-TENOR, WILLIE
BRIDGES-BARI, CHARLES CHALMERS-TENOR, HAYWOOD HENRY-BARI,
ANDREW LOVE-TENOR, FLOYD NEWMAN-BARI, FRANK WESS-TENOR
This is most likely KING- Gio Washington-Wright
#1
TIGHTEN UP-ARCHIE BELL & THE DRELLS
Several names are associated with this band’s horn section
depending upon the source; Michael Pedicin, Jr., Sam Peake,
Sam Reed, Clarence Harper, Nelson Mills and Leroy Lewis.
Per http://www.soul-patrol.com/philly/archie.html the brass
section were, Clarence Harper, Nelson Mills, and Leroy Lewis.
I do not know who played sax.
BARITONE
1969
#2
AND WHEN I DIE-BLOOD, SWEAT & TEARS
FRED LIPSIUS
ALTO
#19
EVERYDAY WITH YOU GIRLCLASSICS IV (DENNIS YOST)
MIKE (SHARP) SHAPIRO
ALTO
£10
GET READY-TEMPTATIONS
#1
(£1) HONKY TONK WOMEN-ROLLING STONES
£1
(IF PARADISE IS) HALF AS NICE—AMEN CORNER ?
SOPRANO
The Amen Corner were a Welsh R&B-tinged pop band of the ‘60s
featuring singer Andy Fairweather-Low, organist Blue Weaver,
guitarist Neil Jones, bassist Clive Taylor, saxophonists
Allen Jones and Mike Smith, and drummer Dennis Bryon.
#10
OH,WHAT A NIGHT-DELLS
#3
SOULFUL STRUT-YOUNG-HOLT UNLIMITED
?
TENOR
Eldee Young (bass) and Redd Holt (drums) did not perform on
the record. It was performed by the Brunswick Records studio
KASUKU MAFIA
BOBBY KEYS
TENOR
SAX SECTION
GENE BARGE a/k/a DADDY G
TENOR
band.
#16
THESE EYESJR. WALKER & THE ALLSTARS
JR. WALKER
TENOR
#3
TOUCH ME-DOORS
CURTIS AMY
TENOR
#2
TRACES-CLASSICS IV (DENNIS YOST)
RAY JARREL
TENOR
#35
WE GOT MORE SOUL-DYKE AND THE BLAZERS
BERNARD WILLIAMS and CLARENCE TOWNS-dominant BARI SAX w/HORN
SECTION
#4
WHAT DOES IT TAKE (TO WIN YOUR LOVE)JR. WALKER & THE ALLSTARS
JR. WALKER
TENOR
#18
WHEN I DIE-MOTHERLODE
TENOR
STEVE KENNEDY
1970
#39
COME RUNNING-VAN MORRISON
JACK SCHROER
COLLIN TILTON
ALTO
TENOR
#9
DOMINO-VAN MORRISON (per album credits)VAN MORRISON (ts), JACK SCHROER (as, bs, ss),
KEITH JOHNSON (trumpet)
#4
DO YOU SEE MY LOVEJR. WALKER & THE ALLSTARS
JR. WALKER
TENOR
#4
GET READY-RARE EARTH
GIL BRIDGES
TENOR
#21
GOTTA HOLD ON TO THIS FEELINGJR. WALKER & THE ALLSTARS
JR. WALKER
TENOR
#25
SUGAR SUGAR-WILSON PICKETT
SAX SECTION
w/ BRASS
The CD titled "A Man And A Half: Best Of Wilson Pickett"
lists the following personnel but I could not confirm the
players on this specific hit; Charles “Packy” Axton, King
Curtis, Charles Chalmers, Andrew Love (tenor saxophone),
Floyd Newman (baritone saxophone) and Clarence Satchel
(saxophone).
#13
SUPER BAD-JAMES BROWN
#7
THE LETTER-JOE COCKER with LEON RUSSELL
BOBBY KEYS
TENOR
£11
THE WEAVER’S ANSWER-FAMILY
TENOR
?
ROBERT “CHOPPER” McCOLLOUGH
JIM KING
TENOR
1971
#35
ALL DAY MUSIC-WAR
CHARLES MILLER
TENOR
BOBBY KEYS
TENOR
#1
(£2) BROWN SUGAR-ROLLING STONES
#1
(£6) IT’S TOO LATECAROLE KING
(per L.P. credits) CURTIS AMY
SOPRANO
#4
MERCY MERCY ME (THE ECCOLOGY)MARVIN GAYE
(per CD credit)
WILD BILL MOORE
TENOR
#2
RAINY DAYS AND MONDAYS-CARPENTERS
BOB MESSENGER
TENOR
#2
WHAT’S GOING ON-MARVIN GAYE
ELI FONTAINE
ALTO
#28
WILD NIGHT-VAN MORRISON
JACK SCHROER
TENOR
Sounds like the sax was played through an effects unit which
altered the tone.
1972
#10
BANG A GONG (GET IT ON)-T. REX
IAN MCDONALD
BARITONE
#8
HONKY CAT-ELTON JOHN
JEAN LOUIS CHAUTEMPS and ALAIN HATOT
#1
ME AND MRS. JONESBILLY PAUL
LEON “ZACH” ZACHERY
ALTO
#3
OH, BABE, WHAT WOULD YOU SAY?HURRICANE SMITH
FRANKIE HARDCASTLE
ALTO
#1
SUPERSTITION-STEVIE WONDER
TREVOR LAWRENCE
STEVE MADAIO
TENOR
TRUMPET
#7
THE WORLD IS A GHETTO-WAR
CHARLES MILLER
ALTO
SAX SECTION
1973
£1
ANGEL FINGERSWIZZARD NICK PENTELOW, MIKE BURNEY, ROY WOOD
SAX SECTION
#14
DON’T LET ME BE LONELY TONIGHTJAMES TAYLOR
#31
ECSTASY-OHIO PLAYERS
#1
(£13) FRANKENSTEIN-EDGAR WINTER GROUP
#29
FUNKY STUFF-KOOL & THE GANG
SAX/BRASS SECTION
RONALD BELL (sax), DENNIS “DEE TEE” THOMAS (sax), ROBERT
MICKENS (trumpet)
#5
HELLO IT’S ME-TODD RUNDGREN
£4
I WISH IT COULD BE
CHRISTMAS EVERY DAY-WIZZARD
#4
JUST YOU N’ ME-CHICAGO
WALT PARAZADER
SOPRANO
#1
LET’S GET IT ON-MARVIN GAYE
ERNIE WATTS
ALTO
#15
ME AND BABY BROTHER-WAR
CHARLES MILLER
ALTO
#13
MONEY-PINK FLOYD
DICK PARRY
TENOR
#16
MY MUSIC-LOGGINS & MESSINA
JON CLARKE
AL GARTH
BARITONE
TENOR
£10
PYJAMARAMA-ROXY MUSIC
ANDY MACKAY
£1
SEE MY BABY JIVEWIZZARD
£3
SORROW-DAVID BOWIE
#4
YOUR MAMA DON’T DANCELOGGINS & MESSINA
#16
(£10) WALK ON THE WILD SIDE-LOU REED
MICHAEL BRECKER
TENOR
CLARENCE “SATCH” SATCHELL TENOR
EDGAR WINTER
MICHAEL BRECKER
ALTO
SOPRANO
NICK PENTELOW
TENOR
MIKE BURNEY or ROY WOOD BARITONE
ALTO
NICK PENTELOW, MIKE BURNEY, ROY WOOD
SAX SECTION with ALTO and BARITONE solos.
DAVID BOWIE
JON CLARKE
AL GARTH
RONNIE ROSS
ALTO
BARITONE
TENOR
BARITONE
1974
#4
(£15) BITCH IS BACK-ELTON JOHN
LENNY PICKET
TENOR
#2
DO IT (‘TIL YOU’RE SATISFIED)B.T. EXPRESS
#29
FUNKY STUFF-KOOL & THE GANG
DENNIS “DEE TEE” THOMAS
#6
HOLLYWOOD SWINGING-KOOL & THE GANG
DENNIS “DEE TEE” THOMAS
#2
JAZZMAN-CAROLE KING
£15
LAUGHTER IN THE RAIN-NEIL SEDAKA
BILL RISBROOK
ALTO
TENOR w/
HORN SECTION
SAX SECTION
TOM SCOTT
TENOR
JIM HORN
ALTO
#5
(£34) MOCKINGBIRD-CARLY SIMON & JAMES TAYLOR
MICHAEL BRECKER
#5
OH MY MY-RINGO STARR-
#31
PAPA DON’T TAKE NO MESS-JAMES BROWN
?
ALTO
CD creditsSAINT CLAIR PINCKNEY-TENOR, DAVID SANBORN-ALTO, PEE WEE
ELLIS-BARI, MACEO PARKER-ALTO, EDDIE DANIELS-REEDS, JOE
FARRELL-TENOR, DAVID TOFANI-REEDS, FRANK VICARI-TENOR
#1
PLEASE MR. POSTMAN-CARPENTERS
BOB MESSENGER
DOUG STRONG
£17
SMOKE GETS IN YOUR EYESBRYAN FERRY
CHRIS MERCER
TENOR
£3
THE MAN WHO SOLD THE WORLD-LULU
DAVID BOWIE
ALTO
#6
(£1) WATERLOO-ABBA
CHRISTER EKLUND
#1
WHATEVER GETS YOU THROUGH THE NIGHT- BOBBY KEYS
TENOR
JOHN LENNON with THE PLASTIC ONO NUCLEAR BAND and ELTON JOHN
(backing vocal)
#39
(WE’RE GONNA) ROCK AROUND THE CLOCKBILL HALEY AND HIS COMETS-repopularized due to tv’s “HAPPY
DAYS”
JOEY D’AMBROSIA
TENOR
TOM SCOTT
TENOR
TENOR
TENOR
BARITONE
TENOR
1975
#35
BLOODY WELL RIGHT-SUPERTRAMP
JOHN HELLIWELL
TENOR
#23
BORN TO RUN-BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN
CLARENCE CLEMONS
TENOR
#10
CUT THE CAKE-AVERAGE WHITE BAND
ROGER BALL & MALCOLM “MOLLY” DUNCAN
#4
EXPRESS-B.T. EXPRESS
#5
HOW SWEET IT IS (TO BE LOVED BY YOU)
JAMES TAYLOR
DAVID SANBORN
£38
I DO, I DO, I DO, I DO, I DOABBA
#39
IF I EVER LOSE THIS HEAVENAVERAGE WHITE BAND
#12
IT’S A MIRACLE-BARRY MANILOWARTIE KAPLAN & STAN SCHWARTZ
#1
LAUGHTER IN THE RAIN-NEIL SEDAKA
#1
(£6) LISTEN TO WHAT THE MAN SAID-WINGS
TOM SCOTT
£2
LOVE IS THE DRUG-ROXY MUSIC
#7
LOW RIDER─WAR
#3
MIRACLES-JEFFERSON STARSHIP
#22
OPERATOR-MANHATTAN TRANSFER
#1
(£6) PICK UP THE PIECESAVERAGE WHITE BAND
#5
POETRY MAN-PHOEBE SNOW
#33
SWEET STICKY THINGOHIO PLAYERS
#28
(£18) YOUNG AMERICANS-DAVID BOWIE
SAX SECTION
BILL RISBROOK
ALTO
w/HORN SECTION
ALTO
ULF ANDERSSON SAX SECTION
MALCOLM “MOLLY” DUNCAN
TENOR
TENOR/BARITONE
JIM HORN
ANDY MACKAY
ALTO
SOPRANO
SAX SECTION
CHARLES MILLER
IRV COX
ALTO
TENOR
MICHAEL BRECKER
TENOR
MALCOLM “MOLLY” DUNCAN
TENOR
ZOOT SIMS
CLARENCE “SATCH” SATCHELL
DAVID SANBORN
TENOR
ALTO
ALTO
1976
£17
DANCE THE BODY DANCEOSIBISA
TEDDY OSEI
MAC TONTOH
TENOR
TRUMPET
#29
DID YOU BOOGIE (WITH YOUR BABY)FLASH CADILLAC & THE CONTINENTAL KIDS
DWIGHT BEMENT (behind Wolfman Jack’s narration)
TENOR
#15
I DO, I DO, I DO, I DO, I DOABBA
£1
(IF PARADISE IS) HALF AS NICE—AMEN CORNER
£4
LET’S STICK TOGETHERBRYAN FERRY
CHRIS MERCER
#30
LOVE IS THE DRUG-ROXY MUSIC
ANDY MACKAY
#40
QUEEN OF MY SOULAVERAGE WHITE BAND
#7
SHE’S GONEDARYL HALL & JOHN OATS
JOE FARRELL
SOPRANO
(may have been a TENOR played through a synthesizer or
digitizer to take it up an octave to sound like a SOPRANO)
#1
SILLY LOVE SONGS-WINGS
?
TENOR
CD saxophone credits-NORMAN RAY, THADEUS RICHARD, BILLY
PUITT, HOWIE CASEY
#40
STILL CRAZY AFTER ALL THESE YEARSPAUL SIMON
MICHAEL BRECKER
#7
SUMMER-WAR
CHARLES MILLER
£17
SUNSHINE DAY-OSIBISA
TEDDY OSEI
TENOR
#13
TAKING IT TO THE STREETSTHE DOOBIE BROTHERS
ANDREW WHITE
TENOR
#12
THERE’S A KIND OF HUSH (ALL OVER THE WORLD)CARPENTERS
BOB MESSENGER TENOR
JIM HORN
BARITONE
#1
(£5) TONIGHT’S THE NIGHT-ROD STEWART
JERRY JUMONVILLE
£1
UNDER THE MOON OF LOVE-SHOWADDYWADDY- JEFF DALY ?
TENOR
Plas Johnson and Daly were credited as guest players on this
recording. Plas Johnson states that he did not perform on
this recording.
#20
YOUNG HEARTS RUN FREE-CANDI STATON
ULF ANDERSSON
SAX SECTION
?
SOPRANO
TENOR
SAX SECTION
MALCOLM “MOLLY” DUNCAN
1977
MICHAEL BRECKER
TENOR
TENOR
ALTO
TENOR
TENOR
#26
ARIEL-DEAN FRIEDMAN
GEORGE YOUNG
TENOR
£1
CHANSON D’AMOURMANHATTEN TRANSFER
JAY MIGLIORI
TENOR
“Hi John, I believe that the sax player was Jay Migliori and
that he was playing a tenor sax.”
Best wishes,
Russ Paris, Webmaster
The Manhattan Transfer Fan Club
http://www.tmtfanclub.com
Also confirmed by Stuart Colman.
£6
DADDY COOL/THE GIRL CAN’T HELP IT
THE DARTS
NIGEL TRUBRIDGE
£14
DANCIN’ IN THE MOONLIGHT (IT’S CAUGHT ME IN THE
SPOTLIGHT)—THIN LIZZY
JOHN HELLIWELL
#18
DAZZ-BRICK
#11
JUST REMEMBER I LOVE YOU-FIREFALL
DAVID MUSE
ALTO
#1
(£1) WHEN I NEED YOU-LEO SAYER
BOBBY KEYS
TENOR
#15
(£29) GIVE A LITTLE BIT-SUPERTRAMP
JOHN HELLIWELL
ALTO
£5
NATIVE NEW YORKER-ODYSSEY
#22
SAVE IT FOR A RAINY DAYSTEPHEN BISHOP
#1
SIR DUKE-STEVIE WONDER
TREVOR LAURENCE (ts) HANK REDD (as) SAX SECTION
w/ BRASS
#9
SMOKE FROM A DISTANT FIRESANFORD/TOWNSEND BAND
#8
(£31) YEAR OF THE CAT-AL STEWART
JIMMY BROWN
TENOR
TENOR
ALTO
MICHAEL BRECKER ? TENOR
RAY PIZZI
OTIS HALE
JON CLARKE
PHIL KENZIE
TENOR
TENOR
SOPRANO
ALTO
1978
#28
ALMOST SUMMER-CELEBRATION
#2
(£3) BAKER STREET-GERRY RAFFERTY
CHARLES LLOYD
RAPHAEL RAVENSCROFT
TENOR
ALTO
£2
COME BACK MY LOVE-THE DARTS
NIGEL TRUBRIDGE
ALTO
£3
DANCING IN THE CITYMARSHALL HAIN
CHRIS MERCER
#19
DEACON BLUES-STEELY DAN
PETE CHRISTLIEB
TENOR
£18
DON’T LET IT FADE AWAY-THE DARTS
NIGEL TRUBRIDGE
ALTO
#4
FEELS SO GOOD-CHUCK MANGIONE
CHRIS VADALA
TENOR
#12
FOOL IF YOU THINK IT’S OVERCHRIS REA
STEVE GRAINGER
#22
(£49) FM (NO STATIC AT ALL)STEELY DAN
PETE CHRISTLIEB
#9
(£33) GOT TO GET YOU INTO MY LIFEEARTH, WIND & FIRE
DON MYRICK
£1
HIT ME WITH YOUR RHYTHM STICKIAN DURY & THE BLOCKHEADS
DAVEY PAYNE
TENOR
#3
HOW MUCH I FEEL-AMBROSIA
KEVIN KUPTZ
TENOR
#4
I JUST WANNA STOP-GINO VANNELLI
ERNIE WATTS
TENOR
#5
I LOVE THE NIGHTLIFEALICIA BRIDGES
TOM SCOTT
ALTO
£8
INSTANT REPLAY-DAN HARTMAN
EDGAR WINTER
ALTO
#2
IT’S RAINING-THE DARTS
NIGEL TRUBRIDGE
ALTO
#3
(£19) JUST THE WAY YOU ARE-BILLY JOEL
#1
(£3) MISS YOU-ROLLING STONES
#17
(£35) MOVIN’ OUT-BILLY JOEL
#21
NATIVE NEW YORKER-ODYSSEY
£5
NEVER LET HER SLIP AWAYANDREW GOLD
ERNIE WATTS
TENOR
#24
ONLY THE GOOD DIE YOUNG-BILLY JOEL
RICHIE CANNATA
ALTO
£1
RAT TRAPBOOMTOWN RATS
?
TENOR
From a UK contributor; the first BOOMTOWN RATS album featured
ALBIE DONNELLY on sax. The next five albums featured
BOB GELDOF on sax and RAT TRAP is on the 2nd album. Another
UK contributor indicates that it was Alan Holmes.
TENOR
SOPRANO
TENOR
SAX SECTION
PHIL WOODS
ALTO
MEL COLLINS
TENOR
RICHIE CANNATA
TENOR
MICHAEL BRECKER ?
TENOR
From Albie Donnelly web site; Dear John, I’ve just asked
Albie about RAT TRAP - the answer, it’s two saxophone
players on that song. Albie played the end of the solo on the
song, Albie can’t remember the name of the other guy. It’s
definitely not Bob Geldof! Bye, Bernie Zylka 3/27/2002
#7
TIME PASSAGES-AL STEWART
#6
YOU BELONG TO ME-CARLY SIMON
PHIL KENZIE
ALTO
DAVID SANBORN
ALTO
1979
#2
(£4) AFTER THE LOVE HAS GONEEARTH, WIND & FIRE
£4
ANGEL EYES-ROXY MUSIC
#14
BIG SHOT-BILLY JOEL
#34
BUSTIN’ LOOSE PART 1CHUCK BROWN & THE SOUL SEARCHERS
#1
(£1) DA YA THINK I’M SEXY?-ROD STEWART
£6
DUKE OF EARL-THE DARTS
NIGEL TRUBRIDGE
ALTO
£10
GET IT-THE DARTS
NIGEL TRUBRIDGE
TENOR
#20
HEART OF THE NIGHT-POCO
PHIL KENZIE
ALTO
#8
LOTTA LOVE-NICOLETTE LARSON
LON PRICE
TENOR
#24
MORNING DANCE-SPYRO GYRA
£3
MY GIRL-MADNESS
#3
MY LIFE-BILLY JOEL
#28
OLD TIME ROCK & ROLL-BOB SEGER
#7
OOH BABY BABY-LINDA RONSTADT
£7
ONE STEP BEYOND-MADNESS
£3
REASONS TO BE CHEERFULIAN DURY & THE BLOCKHEADS
#25
SHADOWS IN THE MOONLIGHTANNE MURRAY
DON MYRICK
ALTO
ANDY MACKAY
TENOR
RICHIE CANNATA
SAX SECTION
LEROY FLEMING
TOM SCOTT
JAY BECKENSTEIN
LEE “KIX” THOMPSON
RICHIE CANNATA
TENOR
TENOR
ALTO
TENOR
SOPRANO
ALTO REED
TENOR
DAVID SANBORN
ALTO
LEE “KIX” THOMPSON
DAVEY PAYNE
VERN DORGE?
TENOR
TENOR
TENOR
#29
SONG ON THE RADIO-AL STEWART
PHIL KENZIE
#36
(£5) STREET LIFE-CRUSADERS
WILTON FELDER
TENOR
#6
(£7) THE LOGICAL SONG-SUPERTRAMP
JOHN HELLIWELL
ALTO
EDGAR WINTER
ALTO
£17
THIS IS IT-DAN HARTMAN
ALTO
1980
£3
BAGGY TROUSERS-MADNESS
#3
BIGGEST PART OF ME-AMBROSIA
ERNIE WATTS
TENOR
#10
COOL CHANGE-LITTLE RIVER BAND
BILL HARROWER
TENOR
#10
(£/CAN) ECHO BEACH-MARTHA AND THE MUFFINS
ANDY HAAS
ALTO
#1
(£2) FUNKYTOWN-LIPPS, INC.
TENOR
£1
GENO-DEXY’S MIDNIGHT RUNNERS
J. B. BLYTE
STEVE “BABYFACE” SPOONER
TENOR
ALTO
#18
GIVE IT ALL YOU GOT-CHUCK MANGIONE
TENOR
#5
I’M COMING OUT-DIANA ROSS
?
TENOR
with horn section
LARRY WILLIAMS or EDDIE DANIELS- per Gio Washington-Wright
£39
INHERIT THE WIND-JAZZ CRUSADERS
BOBBY WOMACK (vocal)
#1
(£14) IT’S STILL ROCK AND ROLL TO MEBILLY JOEL
RICHIE CANNATA
ALTO
#17
JOJO-BOZ SCAGGS
ALTO
#6
(£58) LATE IN THE EVENINGPAUL SIMON DAVE TOFANI & GERRY NIEWOOD
#10
LET ME LOVE YOU TONIGHTPURE PRAIRIE LEAGUE
£11
LET’S HANG ON-THE DARTS
#3
(£33) LITTLE JEANNIE-ELTON JOHN
#24
MIDNIGHT ROCKS-AL STEWART
LEE “KIX” THOMPSON
BARITONE
DALE MENDENHALL
CHRIS VADALA
WILTON FELDER
TENOR
ADRIAN TAPIA
SAX SECTION
w/ BRASS
DAVID SANBORN
NIGEL TRUBRIDGE
JIM HORN
BRYAN SAVAGE
ALTO
TENOR
TENOR
ALTO
(£4) MIRROR IN THE BATHROOM-BEAT
SAXA
RAPHAEL RAVENSCROFT
TENOR
#10
MORE LOVE-KIM CARNES
#5
ON THE RADIO-DONNA SUMMER
#5
REAL LOVE-DOOBIE BROTHERS
#28
THE SEDUCTION-JAMES LAST BAND
#18
TOGETHER-TIERRA
#5
TOO HOT-KOOL & THE GANG
?
TENOR
Originally formed as a quartet, the Jazziacs, by Robert
“Kool” Bell-bass, Robert “Spike” Mickens-trumpet, Robert “The
Captain” Bell, later known by his Muslim name Amir Bayyansaxophone, keyboards and Dennis “D.T.” Thomas-saxophone.
Based in Jersey City, this aspiring jazz group opened for
acts such as Pharaoh Sanders and Leone Thomas. They were
later joined by Charles “Claydes” Smith-guitar and “Funky”
George Brown-drums, and as the Soul Town Band, moderated
their early direction by blending soul and funk, a transition
completed by 1969 when they settled on the name Kool And The
Gang. The original six members remained with the group into
the 80s.
£6
TOM HARK-PIRANHAS
ZOOT ALORS
TENOR
#7
YOU MAY BE RIGHT-BILLY JOEL
RICHARD CANNATA
TENOR
#13
YOU’RE THE ONLY WOMAN-AMBROSIA
ERNIE WATTS
#26
WHY ME-STYX
STEVE EISEN
GARY HERBIG
ALTO &
TENOR
ALTO
CORNELIUS BUMPUS
TENOR
DAVID SANBORN
ALTO
BOBBY NAVARRETE
TENOR
ALTO
ALTO
1981
#17
AIN’T EVEN DONE WITH THE NIGHT
JOHN COUGAR
#1
ALL MY ROWDY FRIENDS ARE COMING OVER TONIGHT
HANK WILLIAMS JR.
JERRY MCKINNEY
#1
(£7) ARTHUR’S THEME-CHRISTOPHER CROSS
#2
#18
DAVID WOODFORD
TENOR
TENOR
ERNIE WATTS
ALTO
(£1) BEING WITH YOU-SMOKEY ROBINSON
JOEL C.PESKIN
ALTO
COME GO WITH ME-BEACH BOYS
JOEL C.PESKIN
ALTO
#8
GIVING IT UP FOR YOUR LOVEDELBERT MCCLINTON
#7
HARD TO SAY-DAN FOGELBERG
#33
HE CAN’T LOVE YOUMICHAEL STANLEY BAND
#39
I CAN TAKE CARE OF MYSELFBILLY VERA
#3
I DON’T NEED YOU-KENNY ROGERS
#19
I MISSED AGAIN-PHIL COLLINS
£4
IT MUST BE LOVE-MADNESS
LEE “KIX” THOMPSON
TENOR
£1
JEALOUS GUY-ROXY MUSIC
ANDY MACKAY
ALTO
#2
(£34) JUST THE TWO OF USGROVER WASHINGTON, JR. with BILL WITHERS
GROVER WASHINGTON, JR.
ROBERT HARWELL
TENOR
TOM SCOTT
TENOR
CLARENCE CLEMONS
TENOR
LON PRICE
TENOR
with SAX/BRASS SECTION
#9
SAME OLD LANG SYNE-DAN FOGELBERG
#17
“REV” DAVE BORUFF
DON MYRICK
ALTO
TENOR
TENOR
MICHAEL BRECKER
SOPRANO
SAY GOODBYE TO HOLLYWOODBILLY JOEL
RICHIE CANNATA
TENOR
#16
SUPER FREAK-RICK JAMES
DANIEL LE’MELLE
TENOR
#5
THERE’S NO GETTING OVER MERONNIE MILSAP
RONALD EADES
ALTO
#11
THIS LITTLE GIRL-GARY “U.S.” BONDS
#16
TOUCH ME WHEN WE’RE DANCINGCARPENTERS
#4
(£45) URGENT-FOREIGNER
£50
#15
£8
CLARENCE CLEMONS
BOB MESSENGER
TENOR
JR. WALKER
TENOR
WAITING ON A FRIEND-ROLLING STONES
(£55) WE’RE IN THIS LOVE TOGETHERAL JARREAU
WILL YOU-HAZEL O’CONNER
SONNY ROLLINS
LON PRICE
WESLEY MCGOOGAN
1982
TENOR
TENOR
ALTO
ALTO
#12
BOBBIE SUE-OAK RIDGE BOYS
?
TENOR
John, On the CD package, horn credits are listed under "The
Muscle Shoals Horns," including Ronnie Eades (Baritone Sax)
and Harvey Thompson (Tenor and Alto Sax). Thank you for your
interest in The Oak Ridge Boys!
The Oak Ridge Boys International Fan Club
#21
BIG FUN-KOOL & THE GANG
#23
DADDY’S HOME-CLIFF RICHARD
?
TENOR
Hi John,
Yes I managed to open your email and have been reading it
with great interest. Looks like a mammoth project!
I did not play on the original recording of Daddy's Home by
Cliff Richard, although I did play on a later live version in
1990. I think the original solo sax may have been Howie Casey
or Mel Collins.
Regards
Ray Beavis
5/18/2007
£18
DO IT TO THE MUSIC−RAW SILK
#7
(£9) DO YOU BELIEVE IN LOVEHUEY LEWIS & THE NEWS
JOHNNY COLLA
TENOR
#16
FIND ANOTHER FOOL-QUARTERFLASH
RINDY ROSS
ALTO
£17
FOOL IF YOU THINK IT’S OVER?
TENOR
ELKIE BROOKS-CD credits list MARTIN DOBSON and GARY BARNACLE.
Hi John......pretty sure it must have been Gary. Don’t think
I did any sessions for Elkie untill ‘86-‘87 when I did a
couple of tracks on an album called “No more the Fool” one
track (which I did a tenor solo on) was called “Break the
Chain” and the other which was Alto I can’t remember.
Best Wishes, Martin 4/6/07.
#3
(£49) HARDEN MY HEART-QUARTERFLASH
#1
(£8) I CAN’T GO FOR THAT (NO CAN DO)DARYL HALL & JOHN OATES
CHARLIE DECHANT
£10
I’LL BE SATISFIEDSHAKIN STEVENS
BARITONE with SAX/BRASS SECTION
RAY BEAVIS (ts), JOHN “IRISH” EARL (bs),
DICK HANSON (trp), CHRIS GOWER (tb)
#11
(£26) IT’S RAINING AGAIN-SUPERTRAMP
JOHN HELLIWELL
TENOR
#40
LET IT BE ME-WILLIE NELSON
JON MARETT
TENOR
#10
LOVE IS IN CONTROL-DONNA SUMMER
DENNIS “DEE TEE” THOMAS
BERT REID ?
RINDY ROSS
ERNIE WATTS
ALTO
TENOR
ALTO
ALTO
TENOR
#37
LOVE PLUS ONE-HAIRCUT ONE HUNDRED
PHIL SMITH
#1
(£6) MANEATER-DARYL HALL & JOHN OATES CHARLIE DECHANT
TENOR
#9
ONLY THE LONELY-MOTELS
ALTO
£5
OUR HOUSE-MADNESS
#21
OUT OF WORK- GARY “U.S.” BONDS
#19
PERSONALLY-KARLA BONOFF
£18
POISON ARROW-ABC
STEPHEN SINGLETON
£9
RIO-DURAN DURAN
ANDY HAMILTON
#13
(£50)SHOULD I DO ITPOINTER SISTERS
#14
TAKE ME TO HEART-QUARTERFLASH
#15
THE ONE YOU LOVE-GLEN FRY
#5
YOU SHOULD HEAR HOW SHE TALKS ABOUT YOUMELISSA MANCHESTER (saxes per CD credits) TREVOR LAWRENCE,
JAY SCOTT, LARRY WILLIAMS, TOM SAVIANO. (soloist unk) ALTO
#13
WAITING ON A FRIEND-ROLLING STONES
MARTY JOURARD
LEE “KIX” THOMPSON
TENOR
CLARENCE CLEMONS
TENOR
PHIL KENZIE
ALTO
COOL T (TREVOR LAWRENCE)
RINDY ROSS
ERNIE WATTS
JIM HORN (last solo)
AUS#1 WHAT ABOUT ME-MOVING PICTURES
#1
SOPRANO
(£45) WHO CAN IT BE NOW?-MEN AT WORK
SONNY ROLLINS
ANDREW THOMPSON
ALTO
TENOR
TENOR
ALTO
TENOR
TENOR
TENOR
ALTO
GREG HAM
TENOR
JIM HORN
TENOR
RAY BEAVIS
TENOR
1983
#1
(£3) AFRICA-TOTO
£3
CRY JUST A LITTLE BITSKAKIN STEVENS
#17
(UK) GARDEN PARTY-MEZZOFORTE (Mezzoforte's sax
player during the time Garden Party was released
is KRISTINN SVAVARSSON but there are guest sax
players on the album: BILL ELDRIDGE and MARTIN
DOBSON)
TENOR
GOLD-SPANDAU BALLET
TENOR
#29
STEVE NORMAN
#15
HEART TO HEART-KENNY LOGGINS
#33
IT MUST BE LOVE-MADNESS
#29
MAKE LOVE STAY-DAN FOGELBERG
AL GARTH
#14
(£2) MODERN LOVE-DAVID BOWIE
STEVE ELSON
#31
MY KIND OF LADY-SUPERTRAMP
#7
(£63) ONE ON ONE-DARYL HALL & JOHN OATES
CHARLIE DECHANT
ALTO
#7
OUR HOUSE-MADNESS
TENOR
#3
OVERKILL-MEN AT WORK
#25
POISON ARROW-ABC
#14
RIO-DURAN DURAN
ANDY HAMILTON
TENOR
#3
(£25) SHE WORKS HARD FOR THE MONEYDONNA SUMMER
GARY HERBIG
TENOR
#33
THE BORDER-AMERICA
#2
TIME (CLOCK OF THE HEART)CULTURE CLUB
STEVE GRAINGER
TENOR
#4
(£1) TRUE-SPANDAU BALLET
STEVE NORMAN
TENOR
#3
(£4) UNION OF THE SNAKE-DURAN DURAN
#29
DAVID SANBORN
LEE “KIX” THOMPSON
JOHN HELLIWELL
LEE “KIX” THOMPSON
GREG HAM
STEPHEN SINGLETON
RAPHAEL RAVENSCROFT
WHAT ABOUT ME-MOVING PICTURES
ANDY HAMILTON
ANDREW THOMPSON
ALTO
TENOR
SOPRANO
BARITONE
TENOR
SOPRANO
ALTO
ALTO
SOPRANO
ALTO
1984
#29
ALIBIS-SERGIO MENDES
CAN#2 BLACK STATIONS, WHITE STATIONSMARTHA & THE MUFFINS
#8
(£8) BLUE JEAN-DAVID BOWIE
BORNEO HORNS w/
#1
(£6) CARIBBEAN QUEEN-BILLY OCEAN
ERNIE WATTS
MICHAEL BRECKER
RANDY BRECKER
TENOR
TENOR
TRUMPET
LENNY PICKETT (solo) TENOR
JEFFREY SMITH
ALTO
#16
(£21) DANCE HALL DAYS-WANG CHUNG
#2
(£4) DANCING IN THE DARKBRUCE SPRINGSTEEN
#15
(£56) DON’T ANSWER ME-ALAN PARSONS PROJECT
MEL COLLINS
£15
GET OUT OF YOUR LAZY BED-MATT BIANCO
RONNIE ROSS
BARITONE
£23
HALF A MINUTE-MATT BIANCO
RONNIE ROSS
BARITONE
£9
NELSON MANDELATHE SPECIALS
#7
GLAMOROUS LIFE-SHEILA E
#6
HEART OF ROCK & ROLLHUEY LEWIS & THE NEWS
#6
I WANT A NEW DRUGHUEY LEWIS & THE NEWS
JOHNNY COLLA
TENOR
#13
IT’S A MIRACLE-CULTURE CLUB
STEVE GRAINGER
TENOR
BILLY CHAPMAN
TENOR
£25
MEL COLLINS
ALTO SOLO
with SAX SECTION
CLARENCE CLEMONS
MR. SOLITAIRE-ANIMAL NIGHTLIFE
TENOR
TENOR
ANDY ADERINTO
TENOR
LARRY WILLIAMS
ALTO
JOHNNY COLLA
TENOR
#7
ON THE DARK SIDE-JOHN CAFFERTY
MIKE ANTUNES
TENOR
#34
ONLY WHEN YOU LEAVE-SPANDAU BALLET
STEVE NORMAN
TENOR
#10
(£15) SOME GUYS HAVE ALL THE LUCKROD STEWART
GARY HERBIG (per GH) ALTO
2/18/07 – “I played the alto sax solo on Rod Stewart’s “Some
Guys Have All The Luck.” Gary Herbig
JIMMY “Z” ZAVALA is also on the CD credits.
#15
THE CURLY SHUFFLEJUMP ‘N THE SADDLE
#15
YOU CAN’T GET WHAT YOU WANT(TILL YOU KNOW WHAT YOU WANT)
JOE JACKSON-horn section w/ tenor solo. Saxes-TONY AIELLO and
JOE JACKSON; Trumpet-MICHAEL MORREALE
TOM TRINKA
TENOR
1985
#12
A LOVE BIZARRE-SHEILA E
EDDIE M
ALTO
#1
(£1) CARELESS WHISPERWHAM!/GEORGE MICHAEL
#8
FORTRESS AROUND YOUR HEARTSTING
#3
(£51) FREEWAY OF LOVE-ARETHA FRANKLIN
CLARENCE CLEMONS
TENOR
#1
HURT-JUICE NEWTON
JON JOYCE
TENOR
CAN#12 HURTS TO BE IN LOVEGINO VANNELLI
TOM SAVIANO
ALTO
STEVE GREGORY
BRANFORD MARSALIS
ALTO
SOPRANO
#3
(£26) IF YOU LOVE SOMEBODY SET THEM FREESTING
BRANFORD MARSALIS
TENOR
#9
I’M GOIN DOWN-BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN
TENOR
£1
I’M YOUR MAN-WHAM
(saxes per CD creits) DAVID BAPTISTE, STEVE HAMILTON,
ANDY HAMILTON
(soloist unk)
CLARENCE CLEMONS
ALTO
#12
JUST A GIGOLO/I AIN’T GOT NOBODYDAVID LEE ROTH
#18
KEEPING THE FAITH-BILLY JOEL
SAX/HORN SECTION
MARK RIVIERA (alto sax), Michael Brecker (tenor sax), Ronnie
Cuber (bari sax), (John Gatchell and Joe Shepley (trumpet)
£11
LIPSTICK, POWDER AND PAINT—
SHAKIN STEVENS
#1
LOST IN THE FIFTIES TONIGHTRONNIE MILSAP
#15
LOVE THEME FROM ST. ELMO’S FIREDAVID FOSTER
£1
MERRY CHRISTMAS EVERYONESHAKIN STEVENS
#3
EDGAR WINTER SAX SECTION
RAY BEAVIS
TENOR
JIM HORN
TENOR
“REV” DAVE BORUFF
ALTO
RAY BEAVIS
TENOR
NEVER SURRENDER-COREY HART
ANDY HAMILTON
TENOR
#15
ONE OF THE LIVING-TINA TURNER
TIMMY CAPPELLO
TENOR
#1
(£4) ONE MORE NIGHT-PHIL COLLINS
#20
ROCK AND ROLL GIRLS-JOHN FOGERTY
#25
ROCKIN’ AT MIDNIGHT-HONEYDRIPPERS
DONALD MYRICK
ALTO
STEVE DOUGLAS
TENOR
KEITH EVANS
TENOR
#1
(£1) SAVING ALL MY LOVE FOR YOUWHITNEY HOUSTON
#5
KIRK WHALUM
TENOR
(£19) SMOOTH OPERATOR-SADE
STUART MATTHEWMAN
TENOR
#31
TENDER YEARS-JOHN CAFFERTY
MIKE ANTUNES
TENOR
#1
(£12) THE HEAT IS ON-GLEN FREY
DAVID WOODFORD
TENOR
#22
TOUGH ALL OVER-JOHN CAFFERTY
MIKE ATUNES
TENOR
£13
YEH YEH-MATT BIANCO
RONNIE ROSS
BARITONE
#2
YOU BELONG TO THE CITY-GLEN FRY
BILL BERGMAN
#2
(£3) WE DON’T NEED ANOTHER HERO
(THUNDERDOME)-TINA TURNER
#7
(£11) WHO’S ZOOMIN’ WHO-ARETHA FRANKLIN
CLARENCE CLEMONS
TENOR
#5
WOULD I LIE TO YOU-EURYTHMICS
TENOR
TIM CAPPELLO
MARTIN DOBSON
ALTO
TENOR
1986
£2
ABSOLUTE BEGINNERS-DAVID BOWIE
DON WELLER
BARITONE
?
TENOR
CD credits per http://www.discogs.com/release/571300
Saxophone (Baritone)-Andy Mackintosh, Don Weller, Gordon
Murphy
Saxophone (Solo)-Don Weller
Saxophone (Tenor)-Gary Barnacle, Paul Weimer, Willie Garnett
£14
BECAUSE I LOVE YOU-SHAKIN STEVENS
?
ALTO
Note from the UK-Tony Hall (tenor) and Sid Phillips (bari)
are listed on the vast majority of LPs I have seen recently.
(Steve Marshall)
#1
BOP-DAN SEALS
£14
BREAKING UP MY HEARTSHAKIN STEVENS
#16
(£8) CAPTAIN OF HER HEARTDOUBLE
#2
(£45) DANGER ZONE-KENNY LOGGINS
#14
(£12) DIGGING YOUR SCENE-BLOW MONKEYS
JIM HORN
RAY BEAVIS
CHRISTIAN OSTERMEIER
DAVID WOODFORD
NEVILLE HENRY
ALTO
TENOR
SOPRANO
TENOR
TENOR
#8
FRENCH KISSIN’- DEBORAH HARRY
£49
HEART OF ROCK & ROLL-HUEY LEWIS & THE NEWS
JOHNNY COLLA
TENOR
£22
HELLO DARLING-TIPPA IRIE
TENOR
#3
(£3) HIP TO BE SQUAREHUEY LEWIS & THE NEWS
#9
(COUNTRY) HOMECOMING‘63KEITH WHITLEY
?
TENOR
CD credits for saxophone list JIM HORN and DENNIS SOLEE.
#1
(£5) HOW WILL I KNOWWHITNEY HOUSTON
#3
I’M YOUR MAN-WHAM
£12
IT’S ALRIGHT (BABY’S COMING BACK)EURTHYMICS
£3
CRISPIN CIOE
RAY CARLESS
STEPHEN “DOC” KUPKA
JOHNNY COLLA
PREMIK RUSSELL TUBBS
ANDY HAMILTON
LESSONS IN LOVE-LEVEL 42
MARTIN DOBSON
DAVE PLEWS
ALTO
BARITONE
TENOR
TENOR
ALTO
SAXES
TRUMPET
GARY BARNACLE
TENOR
CRISPIN CIOE
ALTO
#4
(£5) LIVING IN AMERICA-JAMES BROWN
£18
PRETTY IN PINK-PSYCHEDELIC FURS
TENOR
The 1981 recording made #43. The movie film version reached
#18. The 1981 sax player was Duncan Kilburn. The film version
would have been Mars Wiliams.
#1
ROCK ME AMADEUS-FALCO
£8
SHOUT-LULU & THE LUVERS
#4
TAKE ME HOME TONIGHT-EDDIE MONEY
PAUL HANSON
ALTO
#4
(£68) TALK TO ME-STEVIE NICKS
BARNEY WILENS
ALTO
£5
THORN IN MY SIDE-EURYTHMICS
#2
GARY BARNACLE
TENOR
JIMMY SMITH (solo)
TENOR
RONNIE ROSS ?
BARITONE
JIMMY ZAVALA
TENOR
TYPICAL MALE-TINA TURNER
TIMMY CAPPELLO
TENOR
#5
(£51) WHAT YOU NEED-INXS
KIRK PENGILLY
TENOR
#2
(£1) WHEN THE GOING GETS TOUGH,
THE TOUGH GET GOING-BILLY OCEAN
?
ALTO
“I SAW THIS ON TV ONCE IN THE MID-80’S AND MARC RUSSO WAS THE
SOLOIST. SOUNDS LIKE HIM ON THE RECORD TO ME TOO.” Gio
Washington-Wright
£8
£26
#18
WONDERFUL LIFE-BLACK
MARTIN GREEN
ALTO
YOUR LATEST TRICK-DIRE STRAITS
MICHAEL BRECKER
TENOR
Intro by RANDY BRECKER
TRUMPET
(Concert tour tenor solo by Chris White)
YOU’RE A FRIEND OF MINECLARENCE CLEMONS & JACKSON BROWNE
CLARENCE CLEMONS
TENOR
1987
#1
AT THIS MOMENTBILLY VERA & THE BEATERS
£16
BORN TO RUN(LIVE)BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN
#21
CANDY-CAMEO
£1
CHINA IN YOUR HANDS-T’PAU
GARY BARNACLE
ALTO
Per Carol Decker, GARY BARNACLE played on the hit single. The
album sax player’s name is unknown but he was a session
player in the states.
#15
DON’T MAKE ME WAIT FOR LOVELENNY WILLIAMS (vocal)
KENNY G
£2
GOT MY MIND SET ON YOU-GEORGE HARRISON
JIM HORN
TENOR
#1
(£6) I’VE HAD THE TIME OF MY LIFEBILL MEDLEY & JENNIFER WARNES
GARY HERBIG
TENOR
#14
I WANNA GO BACK-EDDIE MONEY (CD credits show DANNY HULL or
HALL, PAUL HANSON and EDDIE MONEY)
ALTO
#1
LOST IN EMOTION-LISA LISA & CULT JAM
#10
ONE HEARTBEAT-SMOKEY ROBINSON
#4
(£11) ONLY IN MY DREAMSDEBBIE GIBSON
£13
ROADBLOCK-STOCK AITKEN WATERMAN
GARY BARNACLE
£3
ROCKIN’ AROUND THE CHRISTMAS TREEMEL SMITH & KIM WILDE
PETE THOMAS
£8
RUNNING IN THE FAMILY-LEVEL 42
JERRY PETERSON
ALTO
CLARENCE CLEMONS ?
TENOR
MICHAEL BRECKER
TENOR
?
KENNY G
JEFF SMITH
KRYS MACH
TENOR
TENOR
SOPRANO
TENOR
ALTO
TENOR &
SOPRANO
TENOR
#4
(£22) SONGBIRD
KENNY G
£8
SWEETEST SMILE-BLACK
MARTIN GREEN
£10
WALK THE DINOSAUR-WAS (NOT WAS)
DAVE MCMURRAY
#1
WALKIN’ A BROKEN HEART-DON WILLIAMS
#5
(£11) WHEN SMOKIE SINGS-ABC
#3
YOU GOT IT ALL-JETS
(per L.P.credits)
JIM HORN
STEPHEN SINGLETON
JOHN PARIS and DAVEY PAYNE
SOPRANO
SOPRANO
TENOR
TENOR
TENOR
TENOR
1988
#11
DO YOU LOVE ME-THE CONTOURS
THOMAS “BEANS” BOWLES
TENOR
£11
DON’T BLAME IT ON THAT GIRLMATT BIANCO
ED CALLE
TENOR
#2
(£50) ENDLESS SUMMER NIGHTSRICHARD MARX
#1
(£9) FOOLISH BEATDEBBIE GIBSON
JEFF SMITH
TENOR
#1
(£3) GET OUTTA MY DREAMS,
GET INTO MY CAR-BILLY OCEAN
LENNY PICKET
TENOR
#1
GOT MY MIND SET ON YOU-GEORGE HARRISON
#2
(£4) HANDS TO HEAVEN-BREATHE
#1
HOLD ON TO THE NIGHTS-RICHARD MARX
#4
HUNGRY EYES-ERIC CARMAN
#3
(£41) I’LL ALWAYS LOVE YOUTAYLOR DAYNE
#1
(£25) KOKOMO-BEACH BOYS
£26
LIKE DREAMERS DO-MICA PARIS
#7
(£24) NEVER TEAR US APART-INXS
“REV” DAVE BORUFF
JIM HORN
JAMIE TALBOT
DAVE KOZ
ALTO
TENOR
ALTO
ALTO
GARY HERBIG
TENOR
RICHIE CANNATA
TENOR
JOEL C. PESKIN
COURTNEY PINE
KIRK PENGILLY
ALTO
TENOR
ALTO
#3
(£25) NEW SENSATION-INXS
KIRK PENGILLY
ALTO
#1
(£53) ROLL WITH IT-STEVE WINWOOD
ANDREW LOVE
TENOR
#1
SEASONS CHANGE-EXPOSE
STEVE GROVE
TENOR
#3
(£17) SHE’S LIKE THE WINDPATRICK SWAYZE & WENDY FRASER
GARY HERBIG
TENOR
#25
SMALL WORLD (part 2)HUEY LEWIS & THE NEWS
STAN GETZ
TENOR
#10
SOME KIND OF LOVER-JODY WATLEY
£3
SOMEWHERE IN MY HEART-AZTEC CAMERA
#16
SPY IN THE HOUSE OF LOVEWAS (NOT WAS)
?
TENOR
CD credits list David McMurray, David Was, John Weiss and
Larry Williams. Consensus says McMurray.
#16
THE TWIST-FAT BOYS with CHUBBY CHECKER
#13
TRUE LOVE-GLENN FREY
#2
(£9) WAITING FOR A STAR TO FALLBOY MEETS GIRL
#32
WHAT A WONDERFUL WORLD-LOUIS ARMSTRONG
LARRY SCHNEIDER
TENOR
SONNY JONZUN
ALTO
?
CHRIS (CHRISTIAAN) MOSTERT
ANDY SNITZER
TENOR
TENOR
ALTO
KENNY G
SOPRANO
MARC RUSSO
ALTO
1989
#4
(£45) ANGELIA-RICHARD MARX
#1
BABY COME TO ME-REGINA BELLE
#10
(£17) CRY-WATERFRONT
#8
(£74) DREAMIN’-VANESSA WILLIAMS
#8
(£48) END OF THE INNOCENCE-DON HENLEY
#1
(£24) FOREVER YOUR GIRLPAULA ABDUL (saxes per CD credits) TROY WILLIAMS
and EDDIE M
(soloist unk)
PREMIK RUSSELL TUBBS
?
SCOTT MAYO
WAYNE SHORTER
SOPRANO
TENOR
TENOR
SOPRANO
ALTO
#11
(£23) GET ON YOUR FEET-GLORIA ESTEFAN
MIKE SCAGLIONE
#1
GIRL I’M GONNA MISS YOU-MILLI VANILLI
MEL COLLINS
#14
IKO IKO-THE BELLE STARS
MIRANDA JOYCE and CLARE HIRST
£10
PACIFIC 202-808 STATE
#15
(£5) THE BEST-TINA TURNER
#13
ALTO
SOPRANO
SAX SECTION
GRAHAM MASSEY
SOPRANO
EDGAR WINTER
TENOR
SILHOUETTE
KENNY G
SOPRANO
#17
SOUL PROVIDER-MICHAEL BOLTON
KENNY G
TENOR
£51
THIS OLD HEART OF MINEROD STEWART with RONALD ISLEY
?
CD credits for ATLANTIC CROSSING list Memphis Horns.
Positively ANDREW LOVE per Gio Washington-Wright.
TENOR
#7
(£10) WALK THE DINOSAUR-WAS (NOT WAS)
TENOR
#5
(£53) WITH EVERY BEAT OF MY HEARTTAYLOR DAYNE
DAVE MCMURRAY
JOEL C. PESKIN
TENOR
1990
#28
(£47) CLUB AT THE END OF THE STREETELTON JOHN
VINCE DENHAM
#25
(£2) DIRTY CASH-ADVENTURES OF STEVIE V
#36
DIRTY DEEDS-JOAN JETT
£15
ENGLISHMAN IN NEW YORK(REMIX)-STING
#4
(£74) EVERYTHING-JODY WATLEY
#1
(DENMARK) FALLEN-LAUREN WOOD
#2 in Singapore, #3 in Malaysia
#36
GEORGIA-MICHAEL BOLTON
#27
GIRL I USED TO KNOW-BROTHER BEYOND
?
ALTO or TENOR
CD CREDITS PHILIP TODD and DAVID KOZ
“I checked this out and it sounds like DAVE KOZ to me.” Gio
Washington-Wright
?
ARNO HECHT
TENOR
ALTO
TENOR
BRANFORD MARSALIS SOPRANO
GERALD ALBRIGHT
DAVE WOODFORD
KENNY G
ALTO
TENOR
TENOR
#12
HEART OF STONE-TAYLOR DAYNE
RICHIE CANNATA
#1
(£53) I’LL BE YOUR EVERYTHING-TOMMY PAGE
BOB GAY
£29
I’M NOT IN LOVE-WILL TO POWER
£6
LILY WAS HEREDAVID A. STEWART & CANDY DULFER
#10
MY, MY ,MY-JOHNNY GILL
£51
SHELTER ME-CINDERELLA
#10
THIS OLD HEART OF MINEROD STEWART with RONALD ISLEY
ANDREW LOVE
CD credits for ATLANTIC CROSSING list Memphis Horns.
TENOR
ALTO
ED CALLE
TENOR
CANDY DULFER
KENNY G
ALTO
SOPRANO
JAY DAVIDSON
TENOR
TENOR
“Hi John, I'm reasonably sure it was Andrew Love. Good luck
and Merry Christmas! Your friend, Wayne Jackson” (The Memphis
Horns) 12/6/2004.
Positively ANDREW LOVE per Gio Washington-Wright.
#24
WAS IT NOTHING AT ALLMICHAEL DAMIAN
RICHARD ELLIOTT
TENOR
1991
#1
£10
(£13) ALL THE MAN THAT I NEEDWHITNEY HOUSTON
CHANGE-LISA STANSFILED
#11
(£1) DO THE BARTMAN-SIMPSONS
#14
EVERYTHING CHANGES-KATHY TROCCOLI
KENNY G
TENOR
CHRIS “SNAKE” DAVIS
TENOR
ANDY SNITZER
TENOR
RICHIE CANNATA
TENOR
#31
GENTLE-DINO
PAUL TAYLOR
“This is definitely PAUL TAYLOR. I have the CD.” Gio
Washington-Wright
SOPRANO
£48
GIRL I USED TO KNOW-BROTHER BEYOND
CD CREDITS PHILIP TODD and DAVID KOZ
£32
HOLDING ON-BEVERLY CRAVEN
#9
I WONDER WHY-CURTIS STIGERS
#7
I’M NOT IN LOVE-WILL TO POWER
?
ALTO or TENOR
FRANK MEAD
CURTIS STIGERS
ED CALLE
TENOR
ALTO
TENOR
#26
IT’S A SHAME (MY SISTER)-MONIE LOVE
?
#12
(£55) KEEP COMING BACK-RICHARD MARX
#11
LILY WAS HEREDAVID A. STEWART & CANDY DULFER
CANDY DULFER
ALTO
#4
(£23) LOVE IS A WONDERFUL THINGMICHAEL BOLTON
MARC RUSSO
TENOR
#40
LOVE ON A ROOFTOPDESMOND CHILD
#36
SHELTER ME-CINDERELLA
JAY DAVIDSON
TENOR
#23
SOMETHING GOT ME STARTEDSIMPLY RED
IAN KIRKHAM
ALTO
#5
TAKE IT BACK-REBA MCNTIRE
JOE MCGLOHON
TENOR
STEVE GROVE
CHRIS MOSTERT or BRANDON FIELDS
(£3) THE WHOLE OF THE MOONWATERBOYS
ALTO
TENOR
TENOR
ANTHONY THISTLEWAITE
TENOR
#14
(£19) UNFORGETTABLE-NATALIE COLE with
NAT “KING” COLE
PETE CHRISTLEIB
TENOR
#11
VOICES THAT CARE-VOICES THAT CARE
KENNY G
SOPRANO
1992
£7
A MILLION LOVE SONGSTAKE THAT
#6
BREAKIN’ MY HEART (PRETTY BROWN EYES)MINT CONDITION
#27
CHANGE-LISA STANSFIELD
#21
DO IT TO ME-LIONEL RICHIE
#1
HOW DO YOU TALK TO AN ANGEL-HEIGHTS
#2
(£2) I LOVE YOUR SMILE-SHANICE
#1
(£1) I WILL ALWAYS LOVE YOUWHITNEY HOUSTON
KIRK WHALUM
TENOR
£5
I WONDER WHY-CURTIS STIGERS
CURTIS STIGERS
ALTO
CHRIS “SNAKE” DAVIS
JEFF ALLEN
CHRIS “SNAKE” DAVIS
MARC RUSSO
BRANDON FIELDS
BRANFORD MARSALIS
TENOR
ALTO
TENOR
ALTO
ALTO
TENOR
#12
(£28) MISSING YOU NOW-MICHAEL BOLTON
£21
TASTE IT-INXS
£17
UNCHAIN MY HEART-JOE COCKER
#22
WHAT BECOMES OF THE BROKENHEARTEDPAUL YOUNG
KENNY G
SOPRANO
KIRK PENGILLY
TENOR
CLARENCE CLEMONS
TENOR
NICKY PAYNE
TENOR
1993
#25
(£56) BY THE TIME THIS NIGHT IS OVER PEABO BRYSON
KENNY G
SOPRANO
#18
(£47) FOREVER IN LOVE-KENNY G
KENNY G
SOPRANO
#9
(£7) I DON’T WANNA FIGHTTINA TURNER
#8
(£75) I’LL NEVER GET OVER YOU (GETTING OVER ME)
EXPOSE
DAVE KOZ
ALTO
£11
INDEPENDANCE-LULU
STEVE BEIGHTON
ALTO
£63
RAINY DAYS AND MONDAYS-CARPENTERS
BOB MESSENGER
£4
ROMEO AND JULIET –
DIRE STRAITS (Live version)
£8
SWEET HARMONY-THE BELOVED
#1
TELL ME WHAT YOU DREAM-RESTLESS HEART
TIMMY CAPPELLO
CHRIS WHITE
TENOR
TENOR
(Intro) ALTO
& TENOR
NIGEL HITCHCOCK
ALTO
WARREN HILL
ALTO
1994
#6
(£2) BABY, I LOVE YOUR WAYBIG MOUNTAIN
#1
I SWEAR-ALL-4-ONE
#34
(£2) MOVING ON UP-M PEOPLE
#5
WHY HAVEN’T I HEARD FROM YOUREBA MCNTIRE
BRANDON FIELDS
“REV” DAVE BORUFF
1995
ALTO
ALTO
CHRIS “SNAKE” DAVIS
TENOR
JOE MCGLOHON
TENOR
#21
ANTS MARCHING-DAVE MATTHEWS BAND
LEROI MOORE
SOPRANO
#22
WHAT WOULD YOU SAY-DAVE MATTHEWS BAND
LEROI MOORE
ALTO
1996
£38
A NIGHT TO REMEMBER-911
STEVE BEIGHTON
TENOR
#8
FASTLOVE-GEORGE MICHAEL
ANDY HAMILTON
TENOR
#15A SO MUCH TO SAY-DAVE MATTHEWS BAND
LEROI MOORE
BARITONE
#39
LEROI MOORE
BARITONE
TOO MUCH-DAVE MATTHEWS BAND
1997
#6
EVERY TIME I CLOSE MY EYES-BABYFACE
KENNY G
SOPRANO
£1
PERFECT DAY-VARIOUS ARTISTS
COURTNEY PINE
SOPRANO
#23
THE IMPRESSION THAT I GETTHE MIGHTY MIGHTY BOSSTONES
KEVIN LENEAR
TENOR
TIM BURTON (Saxophone)
KEVIN LENEAR (Saxophone)
ROMAN FLYSHER (Saxophone, replacement for KEVIN LENEAR)
1998
#5
I’LL BE-EDWIN MCCAIN
CRAIG SHIELDS
TENOR
#13
STAY (WASTING TIME)-DAVE MATTHEWS BAND
LEROI MOORE
TENOR
#13
(AC) WHO’S GOT THE HOOCH-EVERYTHING
RICHARD BRADLEY
TENOR
2001
#15
WHERE ARE YOU GOING-DAVE MATTHEWS BAND
LEROI MOORE
SOPRANO
2003
#17
SUPERSTAR PART 1-K-Os
BILL RUNGE
2004
TENOR
CAN#1 CRABBUCKIT-K-OS
£14
#39
CHRISTOPHER PLOCK
MARY-SCISSOR SISTERS
CRISPIN CIOE
TENOR
ALTO
(Country chart #2) YOU CAN’T TAKE THE COUNTRY OUT OF THE
GIRL?
TENOR
BROOKS & DUNN-CD credits (horns); Jeff Coffin, Jim Horn,
Steve Patrick and Samuel Levine.
“Dear John,
if I am not mistaken it was Jim Horn. But I would have to
call the Brooks & Dunn guys to tell you for sure. Is there no
credit on the CD?
Regards,
Katja Rieckermann”
(Katja appeared on the vedio playing sax.)
2005
#2
DON’T CHATHE PUSSYCAT DOLLS featuring BUSTA RHYMES
?
TENOR
“Either BRANDON FIELDS or DAN HIGGINS. Most likely BRANDON
for this bag.” Gio Washington-Wright
#1
GOLD DIGGER-KANYE WEST
?
BARITONE
“Given the other horn section members, it’s most likely DAN
HIGGINS although he isn’t in the credits.” Gio WashingtonWright
ADDITIONAL HISTORICAL NOTES
"Roy Simonds/Doug Miller": original research for and published in
"The Moan Within The Tone: R&B Saxophone and the Oral Tradition in
Afro American
Popular Music" (Department of Applied Social Science, University
of Northumbria, August 1993).
Additional notes by Gordon Beadle.
Additional entries by William Flannery
Urban Centres and their major sax players
Chicago
40s Illinois Jacquet, Gene Ammons, Arnett Cobb
50s Harold Ashby, Boyd Atkins, Ernest Cotton, C. L. Davis, J.T.
Brown, Red Prysock, Eddie Chamblee, Sil Austin, Tab Smith, Jimmy
Forrest, A. C. Reed, Sax Mallard, Eddie Shaw
60s Cliff Davis, Gene Barge, Johnny Board
New Orleans
50s Red Tyler, Lee Allen, Herb Hardesty, Clarence Ford, Robert
Parker, Joe Tillman, David Lastie
60s Harold Battiste, Nat Perrilliat, James Rivers
Memphis
50s Ace Cannon, Boots Randolph, Packy Axton, Raymond Hill, Fred
Ford, Bill Harvey
60s Andrew Love, Charles Chalmers
West Coast
40s Bumps Myers, Buddy Banks, Maxwell Davis, Lorenzo “Buddy” Floyd
50s Big Jim Wynn, Preston Love, Jack McVea, Gil Bernal, Big Jay
McNeely, Plas Johnson, Lynn Hope, Joe Houston, Chuck Alaimo,
Jackie Brenston, Jimmy Beasley, Sam Butera, James Von Streeter,
Fred Ford, Clifford Soloman
60s Wilton Felder, Steve Douglas, Jim Horn, Nino Tempo, James
Clay, Bobby Forte, Johnny Heartsman
New York
40s Buddy Tate, Bullmoose Jackson, Paul Bascomb, Fred Jackson
50s Big John Greer, Leroy Cooper, Earle Warren, Jimmy Wright,
Warren Lucky, Buddy Lucas, Heywood Henry, Lowell "Count" Hastings,
Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis, Willis Jackson, Hal Singer, Sam "The Man"
Taylor, Big Al Sears, Freddy Mitchell, George Kelly, Noble "Thin
Man" Watts, Frank "Floorshow" Culley,
60s Red Holloway, Jesse Powell, Harold Vick, Seldon Powell, Jerome
Richardson, David Newman, King Curtis, Hank Crawford, Eddie
Harris, Oliver Nelson, Frank Wess, Stanley Turrentine
Texas
Don Wilkerson, Grady Gaines
Other centres
50s Earl Bostic, Clifford Scott, Eddie Silvers, Ray Felder, Floyd
Johnson, Don Wilkerson [Cincinnatti]
Lionel Torrence, Rusty Bryant (Louisiana)
60s St. Clair Pinckney, Jr. Walker (Detroit), Oliver Sain (St.
Louis)
The following is a selection of records that had a significant
influence on the stylistic course of sax playing in r&r, r&b, soul
1940-1965. Subsequent this date, unison brass was more in vogue
till more recent times.
1943
1945
1946
1948
1949
1950
1951
1952
1953
1955
1956
1957
1958
1959
1960
1962
Lionel Hampton - Flying Home (Illinois Jacquet)
Louis Jordan-Caledonia
Louis Jordan-Choo Choo Ch’ Boogie
Sonny Thompson - Long Gone (David Brooks) or Eddie Chamblee
Frank Culley B Coleslaw
Big Jay McNeely-Deacon’s Hop
Cootie Williams Ork - Gator Tail (Willis Jackson)
Paul Williams - The Hucklebuck
Gene Ammons - My Foolish Heart
Lynn Hope - Tenderly
Earl Bostic - Sleep
Earl Bostic - Flamingo
Jimmy Forrest - Night Train
Hal Singer - Cornbread
Tiny Bradshaw - Soft (Red Prysock)
Joe Houston - Earthquake
Tiny Bradshaw - Free For All (Red Prysock)
Red Prysock - Handclappin
Red Prysock B Fingertips
Don Wilkerson-I Got a Woman (Ray Charles)
Don Wilkerson-Hallelujah I Love Her So (Ray Charles)
Sil Austin - Slow Walk
Bill Doggett - Honky Tonk (Clifford Scott)
Bill Haley - Rudy's Rock (Rudy Pompilli)
Louis Jordan-Choo Choo Ch' boogie
Noble Watts - The Slop
Chuck Willis - CC Rider (Gene Barge)
Louis Jordan-Ain’t Nobody Here But Us Chickens
Lee Allen - Walking With Mr. Lee
The Champs - Tequila (Danny Flores aka Chuck Rio)
Duane Eddy - Movin n Groovin (Plas Johnson)
Duane Eddy - Rebel Rouser (Gil Bernal)
The Coasters - Yakety Yak (King Curtis)
Ernie Fields - In The Mood (Plas Johnson)
Johnny & Hurricanes - Crossfire (Johnny Paris)
Johnny & Hurricanes - Red River Rock (Johnny Paris)
The Viscounts - Harlem Nocturne (Harry Haller)
Danny Boy - Sil Austin
Sil Austin - LP Golden Saxophone Hits
Bill Blacks Combo - Dont Be Cruel (Martin Willis)
Ace Cannon - Tuff
Les Cooper - Wiggle Wobble (Joseph Grier)
King Curtis - Soul Twist
Boots Randolph - Yakety Sax
Jr Walker - Cleo's Mood
1964 King Curtis - Soul Serenade
Plas Johnson - The Pink Panther Theme
In addition;
1955
Otis Williams and the Charms- Ling, Ting, Tong-tenor
1967
Van Morrison—Moondance—Jack Schrorer—tenor
1973
Bob Seger—Turn the Page—Alto Reed—alto
1974
Pink Floyd—Us and Them—Dick Parry—tenor
1980
Aerosmith—Same Old Song And Dance-Michael Brecker—tenor
1985
Manhattans—You Send Me—Crispin Cioe-alto
1989
Glenn Frey—Livin’ Right—Bill Bergman—tenor
1998
Everything—Who’s Got the Hooch—Richard Bradley—tenor—
(from the soundtrack of the movie “Waterboy”)
2004 Toby Keith with daughter Krystal—Mockingbird—Mark Douthit—
tenor
Dates Unknown:
The Hunch—Paul Gayten
The Night Time is the Right Time—Ray Charles—David “Fathead”
Newman
I Got a Woman—Ray Charles—David “Fathead” Newman
Talking ‘Bout You—Ray Charles—Fathead “Fathead” Newman
Bad To The Bone—George Thorogood—Hank “Hurricane” Carter—alto
Castle Rock—Al Sears—tenor (recorded under Johnny Hodges’s name)
Soul Shakin’—Delaney and Bonnie—Andrew Love—tenor
Turn the Page—Bob Seger—Alto Reed—alto
Reminiscing—King Curtis Ousley—Buddy Holly—Reminiscing
Tell It Like It Is—Bobby Caldwell—Michael Lington—alto
I Do The Rock—Tim Curry —?—alto
I Put a Spell On You—Screamin’ Jay Hawkins—Sam “The Man” Taylor—
tenor
True Love Ways by Buddy Holly-Sam “The Man” Taylor or Abraham
“Boomie” Richman-I have seen both credited for the amazing session
work . Recorded 10/20-21/58. John, My Holley discography credits
Boomie. The double CD called the Buddy Holley Collection credits
Sam “the Man.” It is definitely Boomie. I would stake my
reputation on it!!! Courtesy Jeff “Abbedd” Powell of Guardala
Mouthpieces. P.S. I emailed Richman’s son who lives and performs
in Atlanta. Barry sent his father’s telephone number in Florida
and I spoke to Mr. Boomie Richman who states that Sam Taylor was
in great demand at this time because he could play this style
extremely well. Mr. Richman gives credit to Mr. Taylor for this
solo. I was then advised by Mr. Powell that according to a web
page, http://nfo.net/calendar/apr02.htm, Mr. Richman had passed
away so I am not sure who was on the phone!
For Bill Haley & the Comets fans;
I assume you’re just wanting to stick with US and UK charts
and not include recordings like 1961’s “Florida Twist”, a Rudy
Pompilli instrumental, which was a major Haley hit on Orfeon
Records in Mexico. I don’t know the chart position, but at one
point it was the most successful single ever released in Mexico
(or so I’ve heard). One of the Bill Haley fan club newsletters
from the early 60s reports that a song called Chick Safari
(recorded for Warner Brothers in 1961) actually made a very high
chart placement in India of all places. But that’s heresay.
There’s sax on it (Pompilli again) but nothing too notable.
In terms of non-Top 40 recordings that are felt to
have made an impact on sax players, I can’t speak to what players
might think, but the following Haley recordings (all of which,
again, I can provide you with MP3s of for your reference) are
notable:
1953: Live It Up / Farewell-So Long-Goodbye (Essex Records) - Tony
Lance (baritone). This was Haley’s first single using a saxophone
1954: Straight Jacket (Essex Records) – Joey D’Ambrosia (sax).
D’Ambrosia’s first sax work with Haley, and a notable instrumental
of the time (but non-charting).
1955: The Jodimars - Well Now Dig This (Capitol Records) D’Ambrosia (sax). Arguably the best known recording by this Comets
spin-off group. No solo but Joey’s riffs drive the song.
1955: The Jodimars – Eat Your Heart Out Annie – D’Ambrosia.
Another sax-driven melody, though no solo.
1956: The Jodimars – Midnight (D’Ambrosia) - the only instrumental
the band released, featuring Joey.
1956: Calling All Comets (Decca) - Rudy Pompilli. Non-single
release on the Rock and Roll Stage Show LP, a saxophone
instrumental that was also performed in the film Don’t Knock the
Rock. This one was likely influential.
1959 (but recorded 1958): Joey’s Song (Decca) - Pompilli
instrumental that was a low-placing chart hit in 1959.
1960 (but recorded 1959) - Skokiaan (Decca) - Pompilli’s sax plays
a major role in this instrumental, which was Haley’s last chart
hit in America before the 1974 reissue of Clock.
1960: Tamiami (Warner Brothers) - Pompilli. I remember reading
that this non-rock and roll instrumental registered on Billboard’s
“Bubbling Under” charts, making it the closest thing to a chart
hit Haley had after leaving Decca.
In terms of the Mexican recordings, Haley recorded
many instrumentals for Orfeon between 1961 and 1966 (Rudy Pompilli
on all though a few might have also featured a second sax by Mike
Shay). Florida Twist and a 1966 recording, Land of 1000 Dances are
the only tracks I have heard referred to as chart hits down there,
but there may have been others because the Comets were really
popular (even hosting a TV show) for several years.
One later recording that might be of note is “Rudy’s
Rock: The Sax that Changed the World”, an LP which was released by
“Rudy Pompilli and the Comets” on Sonet Records of Sweden in 1975
or 76 (it was recorded in 1975). It was a solo album Rudy did
without Haley, to give him a chance to do some final recordings
before he succumbed to lung cancer. There is some great sax work
by him on this album (which, sadly, did not chart and remains the
only Comets-related Sonet material not to be reissued).
As always, I hope this helps.
Cheers!
Alex Frazer-Harrison
3/10/07