The Wrecking Crew

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American musical ensemble collective of session musicians

The Wrecking Crew was a loose collective of elite Los Angeles session musicians in the 1960s and 1970s who played on countless hit records for major artists and producers.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
The Wrecking Crew canonical	10
The Wrecking Crew (2008 documentary film)	1
The Wrecking Crew! (book by Kent Hartman)	1

Statements (95)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	American musical ensemble ⓘ collective of session musicians ⓘ
activeIn	1960s ⓘ 1970s ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Phil Spector's session band ⓘ The Clique ⓘ
associatedWith	Brian Wilson ⓘ Cher ⓘ Frank Sinatra ⓘ Gary Lewis & the Playboys ⓘ Glen Campbell ⓘ surface form: Glen Campbell (solo artist) Herb Alpert & the Tijuana Brass ⓘ Jan & Dean ⓘ surface form: Jan and Dean Nancy Sinatra ⓘ Phil Spector ⓘ Wall of Sound ⓘ surface form: Phil Spector's Wall of Sound Simon & Garfunkel ⓘ Sonny and Cher ⓘ surface form: Sonny & Cher The 5th Dimension ⓘ The Association ⓘ The Beach Boys ⓘ The Byrds ⓘ The Carpenters ⓘ The Crystals ⓘ The Grass Roots ⓘ The Mamas & the Papas ⓘ The Monkees ⓘ The Partridge Family (TV series) ⓘ surface form: The Partridge Family The Righteous Brothers ⓘ The Ronettes ⓘ
basedIn	Los Angeles recording scene ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
genre	R&B ⓘ country ⓘ pop ⓘ rock ⓘ soul ⓘ surf rock ⓘ
hasPart	bassists ⓘ drummers ⓘ guitarists ⓘ horn players ⓘ keyboardists ⓘ percussionists ⓘ rhythm section ⓘ
influenced	West Coast pop sound ⓘ later studio musicians ⓘ
location	Los Angeles ⓘ
member	Al Casey ⓘ Bill Pitman ⓘ Carol Kaye ⓘ Don Randi ⓘ Earl Palmer ⓘ Glen Campbell ⓘ Hal Blaine ⓘ Jim Gordon ⓘ Jim Keltner ⓘ Jimmie Haskell ⓘ Joe Osborn ⓘ Julius Wechter ⓘ Larry Carlton ⓘ Larry Knechtel ⓘ Leon Russell ⓘ Lyle Ritz ⓘ Mike Deasy ⓘ Plas Johnson ⓘ Ray Pohlman ⓘ Tommy Tedesco ⓘ
notableFor	contributing to the Wall of Sound ⓘ playing on numerous hit records ⓘ shaping the sound of 1960s American pop ⓘ
occupation	session musicians ⓘ
operatedIn	Capitol Studios ⓘ Gold Star Studios ⓘ Hollywood ⓘ Western Recorders ⓘ surface form: United Recorders Western Recorders ⓘ
subjectOf	The Wrecking Crew self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: The Wrecking Crew (2008 documentary film) The Wrecking Crew self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: The Wrecking Crew! (book by Kent Hartman)
workedIn	recording studios ⓘ
workedOn	A Taste of Honey ⓘ Let the Sunshine In ⓘ surface form: Aquarius/Let the Sunshine In Be My Baby ⓘ California Dreamin' ⓘ Galveston ⓘ Good Vibrations ⓘ I Got You Babe ⓘ Monday, Monday ⓘ Mrs. Robinson ⓘ Pet Sounds ⓘ Strangers in the Night ⓘ The Beat Goes On ⓘ These Boots Are Made for Walkin’ ⓘ surface form: These Boots Are Made for Walkin' Wichita Lineman ⓘ You’ve Lost That Lovin’ Feelin’ ⓘ surface form: You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin'

Referenced by (12)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Brian Wilson → associatedAct → The Wrecking Crew ⓘ

Sonny and Cher → associatedAct → The Wrecking Crew ⓘ

Leon Russell → associatedAct → The Wrecking Crew ⓘ

“Be My Baby” by The Ronettes → backingMusiciansEnsemble → The Wrecking Crew ⓘ

subject surface form: "Be My Baby"

Jack Nitzsche → memberOf → The Wrecking Crew ⓘ

Emil Richards → associatedAct → The Wrecking Crew ⓘ

Sharon Tate → notableWork → The Wrecking Crew ⓘ

Glen Campbell → associatedAct → The Wrecking Crew ⓘ

The Wrecking Crew → subjectOf → The Wrecking Crew self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: The Wrecking Crew (2008 documentary film)

The Wrecking Crew → subjectOf → The Wrecking Crew self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: The Wrecking Crew! (book by Kent Hartman)

Wouldn't It Be Nice → featuresEnsemble → The Wrecking Crew ⓘ

Nancy Kwan → notableWork → The Wrecking Crew ⓘ