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 50s/60S 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 singers 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In most historical documents there is room for error and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.
Lets 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-Youre 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 Nats 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)AINT 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 Boones 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

AINT 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

#17

BIRTH OF THE BOOGIEBILL HALEY AND HIS COMETS

#9

RED HOLLOWAY (solo) TENOR

MCKINLEY EASTON BARITONE
JOEY DAMBROSIA

TENOR

BURN THAT CANDLEBILL HALEY AND HIS COMETS

RUDY POMPILLI
TENOR
(JOEY DAMBROSIA 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

TENOR

JOEY DAMBROSIA

TENOR

#25

DONT 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

#2

KO KO MO (I LOVE YOU SO)-PERRY COMO

#18

(14) MAMBO ROCKBILL HALEY AND HIS COMETS

JOEY DAMBROSIA

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 DAMBROSIA

TENOR

ROCK-A-BEATIN BOOGIEBILL HALEY AND HIS COMETS

RUDY POMPILLI

TENOR

#23

TENOR

MITCHEL AYRES ORCHESTRA

TENOR with SAX SECTION

#13

ROCK LOVE-THE FONTANE SISTERS

TENOR

#3

SEVENTEEN-THE FONTANE SISTERS

TENOR

SHAKE, RATTLE AND ROLLBILL HALEY AND HIS COMETS

Originally recorded in 1954.

JOEY DAMBROSIA

#1

THE GREAT PRETENDER-THE PLATTERS

PLAS JOHNSON

#20

THE KENTUCKIAN SONG-THE HILLTOPPERS

#15

TWO HOUND DOGSBILL HALEY AND HIS COMETS

JOEY DAMBROSIA

TENOR

#14

TWEEDLEE DEE-LAVERN BAKER

SAM THE MAN TAYLOR

TENOR

#1

(1) (WERE GONNA) ROCK AROUND THE CLOCKBILL HALEY AND HIS COMETS
JOEY DAMBROSIA
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

#11

EDDIE MY LOVE-TEEN QUEENS

(per Plas Johnson)

ALTO
ALTO w/
VOCAL

PLAS JOHNSON (solo) TENOR

PLAS JOHNSON
JEWELL GRANT
JACKIE KELSO (?)

EDDIE MY LOVE-THE FONTANE SISTERS

TENOR
BARITONE
ALTO
SAX SECTION

#24
#2

EXPERIMENTS WITH MICEJOHNNY DANKWORTH

JOHNNY DANKWORTH
PETE WARNER

FEVER-LITTLE WILLIE JOHN

RAY FELDER and RUFUS NOSE GORE

ALTO
TENOR
SAX SECTION

(R&B) (29) HONEY CHILEFATS DOMINO

BUDDY HAGANS

#2
#22
#13
#3

HONKY TONK (PARTS 1 & 2)BILL DOGGETT

TENOR

SAM THE MAN TAYLOR

TENOR

I CANT LOVE YOU ENOUGHLAVERN BAKER

CLIFFORD SCOTT

I WANT YOU TO BE MY GIRLFRANKIE LYMON & THE TEENAGERS

JIMMY WRIGHT

(12) IM IN LOVE AGAIN-FATS DOMINO

TENOR

LEE ALLEN

#38 IM IN LOVE AGAIN-THE FONTANE SISTERS

w/ TENOR SOLO
#24

TENOR

TENOR
SAX SECTION

IN THE STILL OF THE NIGHTFIVE SATINS

VINNY MAZZETTA

TENOR

#13

IT ISNT RIGHT-THE PLATTERS

PLAS JOHNSON

TENOR

#20

LET THE GOOD TIMES ROLLSHIRLEY AND LEE

LEE ALLEN
LEE ALLEN (solo)
ALVIN RED TYLER

TENOR

#6

LONG TALL SALLY-LITTLE RICHARD

#8

(18) LONG TALL SALLY-PAT BOONE

#19

MY BLUE HEAVEN-FATS DOMINO per session notes:

CLARENCE FORD (as), LEE ALLEN, BUDDY HAGANS (ts)
HERB HARDESTY (solo per HH) TENOR

TENOR
BARITONE
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
3

ROCKIN THRU THE RYEBILL HALEY AND HIS COMETS

RUDY POMPILLI

TENOR
BARITONE
TENOR
TENOR
TENOR

#34

(30) RUDYS 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

RUDY POMPILLI

SEVEN DAYS-THE CREW CUTS

DAVID CARROLL ORCHESTRA
SAX SECTION

#9

(R&B) (15) SHES GOT IT-LITTLE RICHARD

TENOR

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

SAM THE MAN TAYLOR

ALTO

#33

SLIPPIN AND SLIDINLITTLE RICHARD

LEE ALLEN (solo)

ALVIN RED TYLER

TENOR
BARITONE

#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
#18

WENDELL DUCONGE
JESSE POWELL
PLAS JOHNSON

(R&B) (9) THE GIRL CANT HELP ITLITTLE RICHARD

(5) THE SAINTS ROCK N ROLLBILL HALEY AND HIS COMETS

LEE ALLEN
RUDY POMPILLI

ALTO
BARITONE
TENOR
TENOR
TENOR

#17

TUTTI-FRUTTI-LITTLE RICHARD

LEE ALLEN
(solo) TENOR
ALVIN RED TYLER
BARITONE

#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 1950s until the mid 1960s.
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 LOVE-

BIG AL SEARS (?)

TENOR

TENOR

THE DIAMONDS

HERB HARDESTY

TENOR

1957

23

AINT 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

?
LEE ALLEN

ALTO
TENOR

#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
groups 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

DONT KNOCK THE ROCKBILL HALEY AND HIS COMETS

#5

#16

PLAS JOHNSON
GENE DADDY G BARGE

RUDY POMPILLI

HAPPY, HAPPY, HAPPY BIRTHDAY BABYTUNE WEAVERS

(FRANK PAUL ORCHESTRA)
HES MINE-THE PLATTERS

?
?

PLAS JOHNSON

TENOR
TENOR

TENOR
ALTO &
TENOR
TENOR

#?

HIGH SCHOOL DANCELARRY WILLIAMS

JESSE JAMES JONES

TENOR

#4

IM WALKING-FATS DOMINO
per session notes LEE
ALLEN (ts) HERB HARDESTY (ts)-HARDESTY plays solo
per internet interview with Fats Domino and Dave
Bartholomew.
TENOR
#17

(19) IM WALKING-RICKY NELSON

PLAS JOHNSON

TENOR

#27

IM WAITING FOR YOU-PAT BOONE

JUSTIN GORDON
DAVE PELL is credited per http://www.lumaelectronic.cz/lp/b/Boonep/boone_patsgreat.htm

#6

ITS 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

ALTO

LEE ALLEN (solo) TENOR

ALVIN RED TYLER
BARITONE
SAM THE MAN TAYLOR TENOR

#21

JUNE NIGHTJIMMY DORSEY ORCHESTRA-recorded 5 days after Jimmys death.

DICK STABILE
ALTO
#29

JUST BECAUSE-LLOYD PRICE

SAX SECTION

#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

LEE ALLEN (solo)

ALVIN RED TYLER

#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

TENOR
BARITONE

SAX SECTION

LEE ALLEN (solo) TENOR

ALVIN RED TYLER
BARITONE
LEE ALLEN

TENOR

#6

MR LEE-BOBBETTES

JESSE POWELL

TENOR

#2

RAUNCHY-BILL JUSTIS

BILL JUSTIS

ALTO

#4

RAUNCHY-ERNIE FREEMAN

#10

RAUNCHY-BILLY VAUGHN

PLAS JOHNSON
JUSTIN GORDON

ALTO
ALTO

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 LOVINLITTLE RICHARD

LEE ALLEN

TENOR

#10

SHISH-KEBAB-RALPH MARTERIE

#5

(21) SHORT FAT FANNIELARRY WILLIAMS

#10
#3

JESSE JAMES JONES

SILHOUETTES-THE DIAMONDS
ALVIN RED TYLER and HERB HARDESTY
?

SO RARE-JIMMY DORSEY

#13

(R&B) THE ROOSTER SONG-FATS DOMINO

#25

SAX SECTION

CLIFFORD SCOTT FLUTE lead

#2

#25 TO THE AISLE-FIVE SATINS

(with sax section duet on main solo)

TENOR
SAX SECTION

SILHOUETTES-THE RAYS

#35 SOFT-BILL DOGGETT

THOMAS BEANS BOWLES BARITONE solo.

ALTO &
SOPRANO

JIMMY DORSEY ALTO

HERB HARDESTY
?

TENOR
ALTO

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 Marteries
hits (see SHISH-KEBAB) which were recorded at Universal
Recording Studios, Chicago, IL, December 1956.

#8
#23

VALLEY OF TEARS-FATS DOMINO

HERB HARDESTY (ts) and LEE ALLEN (solo)

TENOR

WAIT AND SEE-FATS DOMINO

HERB HARDESTY (ts) and LEE ALLEN (solo)

TENOR

#29

WHEN I SEE YOU-FATS DOMINO

HERB HARDESTY (solo) TENOR

CLARENCE FORD BARITONE

#9

WHISPERING BELLS-DELL-VIKINGS

GENE UPSHAW

TENOR

#8

YOUNG BLOOD-COASTERS

PLAS JOHNSON

TENOR

#16

ZIP ZIP-THE DIAMONDS

TENOR

GENE DADDY G BARGE

TENOR

1958
#33

BETTY AND DUPREE-CHUCK WILLIS

#38

BIG BOPPERS WEDDING-BIG BOPPER

LINK DAVIS

TENOR

11

BONY MORONIE-LARRY WILLIAMS

PLAS JOHNSON

TENOR

#7

(5) BORN TOO LATE-PONI TAILS

#11

BUZZ-BUZZ-BUZZHOLLYWOOD FLAMES

ALTO

JESSE JAMES JONES-lead TENOR

PLAS JOHNSON
TENOR

#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

#12
#6

PLAS JOHNSON

TENOR

CHANSON D AMOUR (SONG OF LOVE)FONTAINE SISTERS

TENOR

(12) CHANTILLY LACE-BIG BOPPER

LINK DAVIS

TENOR

#15

CRAZY LOVE-PAUL ANKA

ALTO

#24

EARLY IN THE MORNINGBOBBY DARIN

SAM THE MAN TAYLOR

EARLY IN THE MORNINGBUDDY HOLLY

BOOMIE RICHMAN
SAM THE MAN TAYLOR
ALTO

TENOR

#32

(solo)

#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

CHUCK RIO

TENOR

TENOR
TENOR

LEE ALLEN (solo) TENOR

ALVIN RED TYLER
BARITONE

HANG UP MY ROCK AND ROLL SHOESCHUCK WILLIS

KING CURTIS

TENOR

#37

HIGH SIGN-THE DIAMONDS

HERB HARDESTY

TENOR

HOOTS MON-LORD ROCKINGHAMS 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.

#11

HOW THE TIME FLIES-JERRY WALLACE

PLAS JOHNSON

TENOR

#25

ITCHY TWITCHY FEELING- BOBBY HENDRICKS

JIMMY OLIVER ORCHESTRA
JESSE POWELL

TENOR

(7) ITS TOO SOON TO KNOW-PAT BOONE

JUSTIN GORDON ?

ALTO

#8

JENNIE LEE-JAN & ARNIE

TENOR

#4

JUST A DREAM-JIMMY CLANTON

ALVIN RED TYLER

26

KANSAS CITY-LITTLE RICHARD

#4

PLAS JOHNSON

BARITONE
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 DONT

#23

AL WAYS

NO CHEMISE, PLEASE-GERRY GRANAHAN

TENOR
TENOR

#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

TENOR
SAX SECTION

TENOR (plus vari-speed TENOR)

#12

QUEEN OF THE HOP-BOBBY DARIN

JESSE POWELL

TENOR

#27

RAMROD-DUANE EDDY

PLAS JOHNSON

TENOR

11

RAUNCHY-BILL JUSTIS

BILL JUSTIS

ALTO

19

RAUNCHYKEN MACKINTOSH & HIS ORCHESTRA

KEN MACKINTOSH

ALTO

#6

(19) REBEL ROUSER-DUANE EDDY

GIL BERNAL

#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)

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.

#3

(18) SPLISH SPLASH-BOBBY DARIN

JESSE POWELL

#14

(1) STUPID CUPID-CONNIE FRANCIS

#5

(6) SUGAR MOON-PAT BOONE

#7

(3) TEA FOR TWO CHA CHATOMMY DORSEY ORCHESTRA

JUSTIN GORDON ?
JOE LOPES ?

#1

(5) TEQUILA-CHAMPS

CHUCK RIO

20

TEQUILA-EDDIE PLATT

EDDIE PRATT

#18

THAT OLD BLACK MAGICLOUIS PRIMA & KEELY SMITH

SAM BUTERA

TENOR

TENOR
TENOR
TENOR
ALTO
ALTO
TENOR
TENOR
TENOR

#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

PAUL ROBERTS

#1

THE CHIPMUNK SONG-DAVID SEVILLE/THE CHIPMUNKS

?

TENOR

#4

THE STROLL-DIAMONDS

TENOR

#7

THE WALK-JIMMY MCCRACKLIN

KING CURTIS

ALTO

JOHNNY PARKER and WILLIE COWART

#24

TENOR

THIS LITTLE GIRLS GONE ROCKINRUTH 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

?
KING CURTIS

TENOR

TENOR
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

TENOR

PLAS JOHNSON (solo) TENOR

?
BARITONE
SAX SECTION

BECAUSE THEYRE YOUNGDUANE EDDY

JIM HORN

#37

BLUE HAWAII-BILLY VAUGHN

JUSTIN GORDON

#26

BONNIE CAME BACK-DUANE EDDY

JIM HORN

TENOR

38
22

BY THE LIGHT OF THE SILVERY MOONLITTLE RICHARD

CANNONBALL-DUANE EDDY

LEE ALLEN
STEVE DOUGLAS

TENOR
TENOR

#2

(6) CHARLIE BROWN-COASTERS

KING CURTIS

TENOR
ALTO w/
SAX SECTION

TENOR

#23
#40

26

CROSSFIREJOHNNY & THE HURRICANES

DONT PITY MEDION & THE BELMONTS

JOHNNY PARIS
?

TENOR

EARLY TO BED-PONI TAILS

ALTO LEAD
with SAX SECTION
?

ALTO

#9
(11) FORTY MILES OF BAD ROAD-DUANE EDDY
STEVE DOUGLAS
TENOR
#1

HAPPY ORGAN-DAVE BABY CORTEZ

BUDDY LUCAS

BARITONE

#6

I CRIED A TEAR-LAVERN BAKER

KING CURTIS

TENOR

#22

IF I DIDNT CARE-CONNIE FRANCIS

TENOR

#17

IM GONNA BE A WHEEL SOMEDAYFATS DOMINO

HERB HARDESTY (solo) TENOR

CLARENCE FORD
TENOR

#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

PLAS JOHNSON

TENOR

#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

TENOR

#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

#2

(4) MY HAPPINESS-CONNIE FRANCIS

SAX SECTION

TENOR

SAM THE MAN TAYLOR

#28

PEEK-A-BOO-THE CADILLACS

JESSE POWELL

TENOR

SAX SECTION

#8
PETER GUNN-RAY ANTHONY
PLAS JOHNSON
(per telephone conversation with Ray Anthony)

TENOR

PETER GUNN-DUANE EDDY

STEVE DOUGLAS

TENOR

#3

PINK SHOE LACES-DODIE STEVENS

PLAS JOHNSON

TENOR

#36

PRETTY GIRLS EVERYWHEREEUGENE CHURCH

PLAS JOHNSON

BARITONE

#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

(14) REVEILLE ROCKJOHNNY & THE HURRICANES

JOHNNY PARIS

TENOR

#25
#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

PLAS JOHNSON

#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

TENOR
TENOR

SAX SECTION

16

WEE TOM-LORD ROCKINGHAMS 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

YOURE SO FINE-FALCONS

STEVE DOUGLAS
?

TENOR
TENOR
TENOR

1960

#15
29

(8) BEATNICK FLYJOHNNY & THE HURRICANES

JOHNNY PARIS

TENOR

BECAUSE THEYRE YOUNGDUANE EDDY

JIM HORN

TENOR

#16

BLUE TANGO-BILL BLACKS 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

JIM HORN

TENOR

SAX SECTION

HERB HARDESTY (SOLO) TENOR

CLARENCE FORD BARITONE

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

DONT COME KNOCKIN-

FATS DOMINO

JOHNNY PARIS

TENOR

DOWN YONDER-JOHNNY & THE HURRICANES

TENOR

ACE CANNON

DONT BE CRUEL-BILL BLACKS COMBO

TENOR

#11

HERB HARDESTY

#14
#7

FEEL SO FINE-JOHNNY PRESTON

FINGER POPPIN TIMEHANK BALLARD

BOOTS RANDOLPH

TENOR

J. C. DAVIS

TENOR

#18

JOSEPHINE-BILL BLACKS COMBO

ACE CANNON

TENOR

#7

(15) LET THE LITTLE GIRL DANCEBILLY BLAND

TENOR

#6
LETS GO, LETSS GO, LETS GOHANK BALLARD AND THE MIDNIGHTERS
J. C. DAVIS
#19

LOOK FOR A STAR-BILLY VAUGHN

#7

LOVE YOU SO-RON HOLDEN

14

MCDONALDS CAVE-THE PILTDOWN MEN

SCOTT GORDON & JACKIE KELSO

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 ?
ALTO DUET
#38

NATURAL BORN LOVER-FATS DOMINO

#6

NEW ORLEANS-GARY U.S. BONDS

DADDY G a/k/a GENE BARGE

TENOR

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

#28

LEE ALLEN

TENOR

(3)

ROCKING GOOSE-JOHNNY AND THE HURRICANES

JOHNNY PARIS
ROCKIN AROUND THE CHRISTMAS TREEBRENDA LEE
BOOTS RANDOLPH

TENOR

#30

RUBY DUBY DU-TOBIN MATHEWS & CO

TENOR

#1

(1) RUNNING BEAR-JOHNNY PRESTON

LINK DAVIS
Big Bopper, Bill Hall, George Jones (indian chants)

#17

SMOKIE-BILL BLACKS COMBO

#14

#30 SUMMER SET-MONTY KELLY

with SOPRANO lead
#7
(4) SWEET NOTHINS-BRENDA LEE

MARTIN WILLIS
?

TENOR

TENOR
TENOR

Solo/duet

BOOTS RANDOLPH

TENOR

#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

THATS ALL YOU GOTTA DO-BRENDA LEE

BOOTS RANDOLPH

TENOR

#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 BROWNS TUNETOPPERS

AL BROWN
TENOR
Born in Fairmont, West Virginia, on May 22, 1929, Al came
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

BUDDY SAVITT

TENOR

#28
#30

THE TWIST-HANK BALLARD AND THE MIDNIGHTERS ?

(49) TOO MUCH TEQUILA-CHAMPS
JIMMY SEALS

#13

TRACYS THEMESPENCER ROSS ORCHESTRA

VINCENT JIMMY ABATO

#3

WHERE OR WHEN-DION & THE BELMONTS

#9

(50) WHITE SILVER SANDSBILL BLACKS COMBO

?
ACE CANNON

TENOR
TENOR
ALTO
ALTO
TENOR

#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
#3

YOULL NEVER KNOW WHAT YOURE MISSINGEMILE FORD & THE CHECKMATES
YOU TALK TOO MUCH-JOE JONES

ROBERT PARKER

TENOR
TENOR

1961
9

AFRICAN WALTZ- JOHNNY DANKWORTH

#33

AINT THAT JUST LIKE A WOMANFATS DOMINO

ALTO

HERB HARDESTY

TENOR
TENOR

#5

ANGEL BABY-ROSIE & THE ORIGINALS

TONY GOMEZ

#13

BARBARA-ANN-REGENTS

TONY GRAVAGNA

#4

(3) BUT I DO-CLARENCE HENRY

NATHANIEL NAT PERRILLIAT

22

CHARLESTON-TEMPERANCE SEVEN

#2

DADDYS HOME-SHEP & THE LIMELITES

#4

(22) DUM DUM-BRENDA LEE

#36

EXODUS-EDDIE HARRIS

#1

(MEXICO) FLORIDA TWIST-

BOOTS RANDOLPH

TENOR
TENOR
BARITONE
TENOR
TENOR
TENOR

#25
#30
18

BILL HALEY AND HIS COMETS

RUDY POMPILLI

FOOT STOMPING-PART 1
THE FLARES

PLAS JOHNSON

TENOR

(8)(GHOST) RIDERS IN THE SKYRAMRODS

RICHARD LANE

TENOR

GOODNIGHT MRS. FLINTSTONE-THE PILTDOWN MEN

SCOTT GORDON & JACKIE KELSO

TENOR

TENOR/BARITONE

#11

GOOD TIME BABY-BOBBY RYDELL

#20

HEARTS OF STONE-BILL BLACKS COMBO

24

HIGH VOLTAGE- JOHNNY AND THE HURRICANES

JOHNNY PARIS
I LIKE IT LIKE THAT-CHRIS KENNER
NAT PERRILLIAT

#2

SAX SECTION

ACE CANNON

TENOR
TENOR
TENOR

#23 IT KEEPS RAININ-FATS DOMINO

CLARENCE FORD and HERB
HARDESTY -saxes, DAVE BARTHOLOMEW-trumpet).
14

JA-DA-JOHNNY AND THE HURRICANES

JOHNNY PARIS

#21

JINGLE BELL ROCKBOBBY RYDELL and CHUBBY CHECKER

TENOR
SAX SECTION

#30 JAMBALAYA-FATS DOMINO LEE ALLEN (ts), HERB HARDESTY (ts),

CLARENCE FORD(bs).
SAX SECTION
with TENOR solo
#3
LAST NIGHT-MAR-KEYS
CHARLES PACKY AXTON TENOR
#14

LAZY RIVER-BOBBY DARIN

RICHARD BEHRKE ORCHESTRA

#15

LET THE FOUR WINDS BLOWFATS DOMINO

#39
#8

TENOR

HERB HARDESTY (solo) TENOR

LEE ALLEN
TENOR

LETS GO AGAIN (WHERE WE WENT LAST NIGHT)HANK BALLARD AND THE MIDNIGHTERS
?

TENOR

(2)LETS 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

KING CURTIS

32 MY GIRL JOSEPHINE-FATS DOMINO

LEE ALLEN (ts), HERB HARDESTY (ts) and CLARENCE FORD (bs)
SAX SECTION
16 NEW ORLEANS-GARY U.S. BONDS
DADDY G a/k/a
GENE BARGE

TENOR

TENOR

24

OLD SMOKIE-JOHNNY AND THE HURRICANES

JOHNNY PARIS

TENOR

#25

OLE BUTTERMILK SKYBILL BLACKS COMBO

ACE CANNON

TENOR

#18

(2) PEPE-DUANE EDDY

JIM HORN

TENOR

14

PILTMAN RIDES AGAIN-THE PILTDOWN MEN

SCOTT GORDON & JACKIE KELSO

TENOR/BARITONE

#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

SCHOOL IS OUT-GARY U.S. BONDS

DADDY G a/k/a GENE BARGE

TENOR

#5
#2

SHOP AROUND-MIRACLES

#32 SHU RAH-FATS DOMINO

CLARENCE FORD (bs)#10

RONNIE WAKEFIELD (solo)

MIKE TERRY

TENOR
BARITONE

LEE ALLEN (ts), HERB HARDESTY (ts),

SAX SECTION with TENOR solo

SPANISH HARLEM-BEN E. KING

#25

(per session notes-recorded 10/27/60) ROMEO PENQUE

Per Artie Kaplan, it was played on soprano.

SOPRANO

(6) TAKE FIVE-DAVE BRUBECK QUARTET

ALTO

PAUL DESMOND

#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

TENOR

J. C. DAVIS

TENOR

#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

BUDDY LUCAS lead TENOR

HENRY MOORE 2nd TENOR

#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

YOU CANT SIT DOWNPHILIP UPCHURCH COMBO

TENOR

#29

JUSTIN GORDON ALTO w/

SAX SECTION

DAVID BROOKS

#5

YOU MUST HAVE BEEN A BEAUTIFUL BABYBOBBY DARIN

PLAS JOHNSON and NINO TEMPO
(1) YOURE 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

(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

TENOR

ACE CANNON

ALTO

MAC MCINTYRE
LLOYD BAKER

TENOR
BARITONE

JIM HORN

TENOR

TENOR

DADDY G a/k/a
GENE BARGE

TENOR

STAN GETZ
THOMAS BEANS BOWLES

TENOR
TENOR

#4

DONT 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) HES A REBEL-CRYSTALS

STEVE DOUGLAS

BARITONE

#20

HEY, LETS TWISTJOEY DEE & THE STARLITERS

BILL RAMELL

ALTO

(R&B) JIVIN AROUND-AL CASEY

BRAD BAUDER

TENOR

#22

#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

TENOR

#19

LETS GO (PONY)-THE ROUTERS

PLAS JOHNSON

TENOR

#40

LIMBO ROCK-CHAMPS

JIMMY SEALS

TENOR

#2

LIMBO ROCK-CHUBBY CHECKER

TENOR/BARITONE

#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

#35

NIGHT TRAIN-JAMES BROWN

#2

ONLY LOVE CAN BREAK A HEARTGENE PITNEY

#5

PARTY LIGHTS-CLAUDINE CLARK

TENOR

26

PEPPERMINT TWISTDANNY PEPPERMINT AND THE JUMPING JACKS

TENOR

BARITONE

BUDDY SAVITT
J. C. DAVIS (SOLO)
ALFRED CORLEY
AL "BRISCO" CLARK
ROSCOE PATRICK

TENOR
TENOR
ALTO
BARITONE
TRUMPET

ALTO or SOPRANO

#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

TENOR

BOOTS RANDOLPH

BARITONE

TENOR

ROCKIN AROUND THE CHRISTMAS TREEBRENDA LEE

BOOTS RANDOLPH

TENOR

SLOW TWISTINCHUBBY CHECKER with DEE DEE SHARP

TENOR

#1

SOLDIER BOY-SHIRELLES

#17

SOUL TWIST

#3

TENOR
w/ SAX SECTION

KING CURTIS

TENOR

#31

SURFERS STOMP-THE MARKETTS

MIKE HENDERSON

#33

(10) THE BALLAD OF PALADINDUANE EDDY

JIM HORN & PLAS JOHNSON

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

#28 TURN ON YOUR LOVE LIGHTBOBBY BLUE BLAND

per http://www.hotburrito.20m.com/blues/bobbybland.html
ROBERT CALVIN BROOKS
#17 TWIST AND SHOUT-ISLEY BROTHERS
TRUMPET

TENOR
TENOR
ALTO

TENOR

TENOR &

#26

TWIST-HER-BILL BLACKS 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)

BOOTS RANDOLPH

TENOR

TENOR

and GEORGE BARROW (bs)

#22

WIGGLE WOBBLE-LES COOPER

JOE GRIER

TENOR

#8

YOULL LOSE A GOOD THINGBARBARA LYNN

TENOR

1963

#10

(23) ANOTHER SATURDAY NIGHT-SAM COOKE

JACKIE KELSO

TENOR

#12
#28

BIRDLAND-CHUBBY CHECKER
(27) BOSS GUITAR-DUANE EDDY

TENOR
TENOR

#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

DIAMONDS-JET HARRIS & TONY MEEHAN

#6

DONNA THE PRIMA DONNA-DION

#7

DONT SAY NOTHIN BAD (ABOUT MY BABY)COOKIES

ARTIE KAPLAN

#4
#22
30

HEAT WAVEMARTHA & THE VANDELLAS

?
JIM HORN

TENOR

BUDDY LUCAS

TENOR

TENOR

THOMAS BEANS BOWLES BARITONE

IF YOU WANNA BE HAPPY-JIMMY SOUL

GENE BARGE a/k/a DADDY G
KEEP YOUR HANDS OFF MY BABYLITTLE EVA

TENOR

#20

LETS LIMBO SOME MORE-CHUBBY CHECKER

#20

LETS TURKEY TROT-LITTLE EVA

ARTIE KAPLAN TENOR lead

with SAX SECTION
?
ARTIE KAPLAN

BARITONE
TENOR

#8

MICKEYS MONKEY-MIRACLES

#21

MISTY-LLOYD PRICE

HANK COSBY

TENOR

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
TRUMPET

#10

WALKING THE DOG-RUFUS THOMAS

#2

WASHINGTON SQUARE-VILLAGE STOMPERS

TENOR &

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

#35

YAKETY SAX

#8

MICKEY KIPLER

TENOR

BOOTS RANDOLPH

TENOR

YOUVE 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

TENOR

#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) CANT YOU SEE THAT SHES MINEDAVE CLARK FIVE

DENIS PAYTON

#1

(22) CHAPEL OF LOVE-DIXIE CUPS

ALTO LEAD
with SAX SECTION

TENOR
SAX SECTION

#36

CHARADE-SAMMY KAYE
SAX SECTION
Per Artie Kaplan; Kaplan-soprano & bari, Sam Marowitz-lead
alto, Phil Bodner-tenor and Romeo Penque-tenor.
#3
#15
#5

COME A LITTLE BIT CLOSERJAY & THE AMERICANS

ARTIE KAPLAN

COTTON CANDY-AL HIRT

BOOTS RANDOLPH
(29) GIRL FROM IPANEMA-STAN GETZ

TENOR
BARITONE
TENOR

#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.
#6
10
31

JUST LIKE ROMEO & JULIETREFLECTIONS

MOCKINGBIRD HILL-MIGIL 5
NEAR YOUMIGIL 5
ONE WAY LOVE-

MIKE TERRY

BARITONE

ALAN WATSON

TENOR

ALAN WATSON

TENOR

CLIFF BENNETT & THE REBEL ROUSERS

SAX SECTION

#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

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.
#38

TALL COOL ONE-WAILERS

MARK MARUSH

30

THE SPARTANS?
ALTO
SOUNDS INCORPORATED
ALAN HOLMES (flute/saxophone), GEOFF (GRIFF) West (saxophone)

#11

THE WAY YOU DO THE THINGS YOU DOTEMPTATIONS

HANK COSBY

TENOR

TENOR

#35

TENNESSEE WALTZ-SAM COOKE

WILLIAM GREEN (solo) TENOR

ALVIN RED TYLER
BARITONE
w/ BRASS SECTION

#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,
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].
Mitchells rhythm section consisted of, Al Jackson or Howard
Grimes on drums, (Al Jackson later joined Booker T at Staxs,
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

MIKE TERRY

BARITONE

YEH YEH-GEORGIE FAME

PETER COE
TENOR
John......Thanks for the document, it makes fascinating
reading.
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

#13

ACTION-FREDDY CANNON

NINO TEMPO

SAX SECTION

#1

(40) BACK IN MY ARMS AGAINSUPREMES

MIKE TERRY

BARITONE

(5) CATCH US IF YOU CANDAVE CLARK FIVE

HARMONICA
#36 DO THE BOOMERANGJR. WALKER & THE ALLSTARS

ARTIE KAPLAN

BARITONE

#4

10

HAVING A WILD WEEKENDDAVE CLARK FIVE

DENNIS PAYTON
JR. WALKER
DENIS PAYTON

#1

(10) I CANT HELP MYSELF-FOUR TOPS

MIKE TERRY

#3

I GOT YOU (I FEEL GOOD)-JAMES BROWN

MACEO PARKER

#1

(39) I HEAR A SYMPHONY- SUPREMES

MIKE TERRY

TENOR &
TENOR
BARITONE
BARITONE
ALTO
BARITONE

#21

IN THE MIDNIGHT HOURWILSON PICKET

FLOYD NEWMAN
BARITONE
I think youd do well to include Floyd Newman on the
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 Jacksons 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) ITS THE SAME OLD SONG-FOUR TOPS

MIKE TERRY

#26

JU JU HANDSAM THE SHAM & THE PHAROAHS

#39

JUST A LITTLE BIT-ROY HEAD

#33

RING DANG DOOSAM THE SHAM & THE PHAROAHS

#29

BUTCH GIBSON
TOMMY MAY
BUTCH GIBSON

BARITONE
TENOR
TENOR
TENOR

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

BARITONE

#14

TWINE TIMEALVIN CASH & THE CRAWLERS

?
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.
#25
#2

WERE GONNA MAKE IT-LITTLE MILTON

GENE BARGE a/k/a DADDY G
WOOLY BULLYSAM THE SHAM & THE PHAROAHS

BUTCH GIBSON

ALTO
TENOR

#36

YOUVE BEEN IN LOVE TOO LONGMARTHA & THE VANDELLAS

?
BARITONE
The Ultimate Collection lists Hank Cosby on saxophone.

1966
#13
#7

(21) AINT TOO PROUD TO BEGTEMPTATIONS

KASUKU MAFIA

TENOR/BARITONE

DONT 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

GOT TO GET YOU INTO MY LIFECLIFF BENNETT & THE REBEL ROUSERS
SID PHILLIPS and MAURICE GROVES

SAX SECTION

#39

HARLEM NOCTURNE-VISCOUNTS

#21

HOLD ON IM A COMIN-SAM & DAVE

#1

(22) HOW SWEET IT IS (TO BE LOVED BY YOU)

JR. WALKER & THE ALLSTARS
JR. WALKER

29
#20

#6
#9
#5
#13

I GOT YOU (I FEEL GOOD)-JAMES BROWN

(IM A) ROAD RUNNERJR. WALKER & THE ALLSTARS

HARRY HALLER

TENOR

ANDREW LOVE

TENOR
TENOR

MACEO PARKER

ALTO

JR. WALKER
MIKE TERRY

TENOR
BARITONE

(22) LAND OF 1000 DANCES-WILSON PICKET

CHARLIE CHALMERS
LOVE IS LIKE AN ITCHING IN MY HEARTSUPREMES
MIKE TERRY
MY WORLD IS EMPTY WITHOUT YOUSUPREMES
(20) OPUS 17 (DONT YOU WORRYBOUT ME)

TENOR
BARITONE

BARITONE

THE FOUR SEASONS

BARITONE

#10

SUMMERTIME-BILLY STEWART
?
ALTO
LP credits for alto include BUNKY GREEN and GEORGE PATTERSON.

37

THINKCHRIS FARLOWE & THUNDERBIRDS

#12

BARITONE
with HORN SECTION

(3) THIS OLD HEART OF MINE-ISLEY BROTHERS

MIKE TERRY

#17

WARM AND TENDER LOVE-PERCY SLEDGE

39

YOU CANT SIT DOWNPHILIP UPCHURCH COMBO

BARITONE

DAVID BROOKS

HORN SECTION
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 youll 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 players 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 theyd 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 Papas 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

36

GUNS OF NAVARONE-SKATALITES

CHARLIE CHALMERS
?

TENOR

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
#2
#4

HEY, LEROY, YOUR MAMAS CALLIN YOUJIMMY CASTOR BUNCH

JIMMY CASTOR
(1) I HEARD IT THROUGH THE GRAPEVINEGLADYS KNIGHT & THE PIPS
KING CURTIS
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

TENOR
TENOR

?
TENOR
with BRASS SECTION
KING CURTIS
CANNONBALL ADDERLEY
?

TENOR
ALTO
TENOR

#28

ODE TO BILLY JOE-KINGPINS

KING CURTIS

ALTO

#31

PUCKER UP BUTTERCUPJR. WALKER & THE ALLSTARS

JR. WALKER

TENOR

(10) RESPECT-ARETHA FRANKLIN

KING CURTIS

TENOR

PHALON JONES

TENOR

#1

#17 SOUL FINGER-BAR-KAYS

duet with BEN CAULEY

TRUMPET

#22 THE LOOK OF LOVE-DUSTY SPRINGFIELD DENNIS SPRINGER

TENOR
A couple of older musician-friends, plus one or two web
addresses, suggest it was RONNIE SCOTT. Andy W.
35

TRAIN TOUR TO THE RAINBOW CITYPYRAMIDS (JAMAICA)

TENOR

1968

BEND ME SHAKE ME-AMEN CORNER

#24

COME SEE ABOUT MEJR. WALKER & THE ALLSTARS

#5

GIRL WATCHER-THE OKAYSIONS

#1

GRAZING IN THE GRASS-HUGH MASEKELA

#31

HIP CITYJR. WALKER & THE ALLSTARS

MIKE SMITH
ALLEN JONES

TENOR
BARITONE

JR. WALKER

TENOR

JIM SPEIDEL
RON TURNER
AL ABREAU
JR. WALKER

TENOR w/
TRUMPET
TENOR
TENOR

#9

I CANT STOP DANCINGARCHIE BELL & THE DRELLS

?
TENOR
w/ BRASS
Several names are associated with this bands 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.
#11

IF YOU CAN WANT-THE MIRACLES

?
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

IM AN URBAN SPACEMANBONZO DOG DOO-DAH BAND

BOB KERR

SOPRANO

#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)

SOUL SERENADE-WILLIE MITCHELL

CHARLIE CHALMERS

TENOR

#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.

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 didnt 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 Buies ideas of mainstream pop. Theres
a bit of a tone-break at the end of the solo that Mike insisted on
re-recording, but Buddy wouldnt let him. Now, Ive 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 doesnt 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 dont know how someone can take credit for
something they didn't do, but Im 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 theyre out there....I just don't understand it
and I wont 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 Mikes
instrumental version, as well as The Classics IVs, which came out
nearly a year before The Classics IVs version. Mike Sharpe
recorded on the same label, but at a studio down the road from

Lowerys. Buie and Cobb heard the instrumental and added lyrics to
it. The rest is history.
Thats 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 Mikes friend,
Charles A. King.
#2

THE HORSE-CLIFF NOBLES & CO.

MIKE TERRY

BARITONE

THE RED BALLOON-DAVE CLARK FIVE

& BRASS SECTION

DENNIS PAYTON

#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

TENOR

#1

TIGHTEN UP-ARCHIE BELL & THE DRELLS

Several names are associated with this bands 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.

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

KASUKU MAFIA

#1

(1) HONKY TONK WOMEN-ROLLING STONES

(IF PARADISE IS) HALF AS NICEAMEN CORNER

BOBBY KEYS
?

TENOR
SAX SECTION
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

GENE BARGE a/k/a DADDY G

TENOR

#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
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
#18

WHAT DOES IT TAKE (TO WIN YOUR LOVE)JR. WALKER & THE ALLSTARS
JR. WALKER

TENOR

WHEN I DIE-MOTHERLODE

TENOR

STEVE KENNEDY

1970
#39 COME RUNNING-VAN MORRISON
COLLIN TILTON TENOR

JACK SCHROER

ALTO

#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 FEELING-

JR. 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

THE WEAVERS ANSWER-FAMILY

TENOR

11

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) ITS TOO LATECAROLE KING

(per L.P. credits) CURTIS AMY

SOPRANO

MERCY MERCY ME (THE ECCOLOGY)MARVIN GAYE

(per CD credit)

WILD BILL MOORE

TENOR

#4
#2

RAINY DAYS AND MONDAYS-CARPENTERS

BOB MESSENGER

TENOR

#2

WHATS 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

#8

HONKY CAT-ELTON JOHN

JEAN LOUIS CHAUTEMPS and ALAIN HATOT

#1
#3

ME AND MRS. JONESBILLY PAUL

IAN MCDONALD

BARITONE
SAX SECTION

LEON ZACH ZACHERY

ALTO

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

1973
1
#14

ANGEL FINGERSWIZZARD NICK PENTELOW, MIKE BURNEY, ROY WOOD

DONT LET ME BE LONELY TONIGHTJAMES TAYLOR

SAX SECTION

MICHAEL BRECKER

#31

ECSTASY-OHIO PLAYERS

#1

(13) FRANKENSTEIN-EDGAR WINTER GROUP

TENOR

CLARENCE SATCH SATCHELL TENOR

EDGAR WINTER

ALTO

#29

FUNKY STUFF-KOOL & THE GANG

SAX/BRASS SECTION
RONALD BELL (sax), DENNIS DEE TEE THOMAS (sax), ROBERT
MICKENS (trumpet)

#5

HELLO ITS ME-TODD RUNDGREN

I WISH IT COULD BE
CHRISTMAS EVERY DAY-WIZZARD

MICHAEL BRECKER

SOPRANO

NICK PENTELOW
TENOR
MIKE BURNEY or ROY WOOD BARITONE

#4

JUST YOU N ME-CHICAGO

WALT PARAZADER

SOPRANO

#1

LETS GET IT ON-MARVIN GAYE

ERNIE WATTS

ALTO

#15

ME AND BABY BROTHER-WAR

#13

MONEY-PINK FLOYD

DICK PARRY

#16

MY MUSIC-LOGGINS & MESSINA

10

PYJAMARAMA-ROXY MUSIC

JON CLARKE
AL GARTH
ANDY MACKAY

SEE MY BABY JIVEWIZZARD

ALTO
TENOR
BARITONE
TENOR
ALTO

NICK PENTELOW, MIKE BURNEY, ROY WOOD

SAX SECTION with ALTO and BARITONE solos.

SORROW-DAVID BOWIE

#4

YOUR MAMA DONT DANCELOGGINS & MESSINA

#16

CHARLES MILLER

DAVID BOWIE
JON CLARKE
AL GARTH

(10) WALK ON THE WILD SIDE-LOU REED

RONNIE ROSS

ALTO
BARITONE
TENOR
BARITONE

1974
#4

(15) BITCH IS BACK-ELTON JOHN

LENNY PICKET

#2

DO IT (TIL YOURE SATISFIED)B.T. EXPRESS

BILL RISBROOK

FUNKY STUFF-KOOL & THE GANG

DENNIS DEE TEE THOMAS
HORN SECTION
#6
HOLLYWOOD SWINGING-KOOL & THE GANG
DENNIS DEE TEE THOMAS

TENOR

ALTO

#29

#2
15

JAZZMAN-CAROLE KING
LAUGHTER IN THE RAIN-NEIL SEDAKA

TENOR w/
SAX SECTION

TOM SCOTT

TENOR

JIM HORN

ALTO

#5
(34) MOCKINGBIRD-CARLY SIMON & JAMES TAYLOR
MICHAEL BRECKER
TENOR
#5

OH MY MY-RINGO STARR-

TOM SCOTT

TENOR

#31

PAPA DONT 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

17

SMOKE GETS IN YOUR EYESBRYAN FERRY

CHRIS MERCER

TENOR

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)

BOB MESSENGER
DOUG STRONG

TENOR
BARITONE

TENOR

#39

(WERE GONNA) ROCK AROUND THE CLOCKBILL HALEY AND HIS COMETS-repopularized due to tvs HAPPY
DAYS
JOEY DAMBROSIA
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
w/HORN SECTION
#5

SAX SECTION

BILL RISBROOK

ALTO

HOW SWEET IT IS (TO BE LOVED BY YOU)

JAMES TAYLOR
DAVID SANBORN

ALTO

38
#39
#12

I DO, I DO, I DO, I DO, I DOABBA

IF I EVER LOSE THIS HEAVENAVERAGE WHITE BAND

ULF ANDERSSON SAX SECTION

MALCOLM MOLLY DUNCAN

ITS A MIRACLE-BARRY MANILOWARTIE KAPLAN & STAN SCHWARTZ

#1

LAUGHTER IN THE RAIN-NEIL SEDAKA

#1

(6) LISTEN TO WHAT THE MAN SAID-WINGS

TENOR

TENOR/BARITONE

JIM HORN

ALTO

TOM SCOTT
2

LOVE IS THE DRUG-ROXY MUSIC

#7

LOW RIDERWAR

#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

SOPRANO

ANDY MACKAY

SAX SECTION

CHARLES MILLER

ALTO

IRV COX

TENOR

MICHAEL BRECKER

TENOR

MALCOLM MOLLY DUNCAN

TENOR

ZOOT SIMS
CLARENCE SATCH SATCHELL

(18) YOUNG AMERICANS-DAVID BOWIE

DAVID SANBORN

TENOR
ALTO
ALTO

1976

17

#29

DANCE THE BODY DANCEOSIBISA

TEDDY OSEI
MAC TONTOH

DID YOU BOOGIE (WITH YOUR BABY)FLASH CADILLAC & THE CONTINENTAL KIDS
DWIGHT BEMENT (behind Wolfman Jacks narration)

TENOR
TRUMPET

TENOR

#15

I DO, I DO, I DO, I DO, I DOABBA

ULF ANDERSSON

(IF PARADISE IS) HALF AS NICEAMEN CORNER

LETS STICK TOGETHERBRYAN FERRY

CHRIS MERCER

#30

LOVE IS THE DRUG-ROXY MUSIC

ANDY MACKAY

#40

QUEEN OF MY SOULAVERAGE WHITE BAND

SAX SECTION
?

SOPRANO

TENOR
SAX SECTION

MALCOLM MOLLY DUNCAN

TENOR

#7

SHES 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

TENOR

#7

SUMMER-WAR

CHARLES MILLER

ALTO

17

SUNSHINE DAY-OSIBISA

TEDDY OSEI

TENOR

#13

TAKING IT TO THE STREETSTHE DOOBIE BROTHERS

ANDREW WHITE

TENOR

#12

THERES A KIND OF HUSH (ALL OVER THE WORLD)CARPENTERS

BOB MESSENGER TENOR
JIM HORN
BARITONE

#1

(5) TONIGHTS THE NIGHT-ROD STEWART

JERRY JUMONVILLE

TENOR

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

MICHAEL BRECKER

TENOR

1977
#26

ARIEL-DEAN FRIEDMAN

GEORGE YOUNG

TENOR

CHANSON DAMOURMANHATTEN 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.

DADDY COOL/THE GIRL CANT HELP IT

THE DARTS
NIGEL TRUBRIDGE

TENOR

14 DANCIN IN THE MOONLIGHT (ITS CAUGHT ME IN THE

SPOTLIGHT)THIN LIZZY
JOHN HELLIWELL
TENOR
#18

DAZZ-BRICK

JIMMY BROWN

ALTO

#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

NATIVE NEW YORKER-ODYSSEY

#22

SAVE IT FOR A RAINY DAYSTEPHEN BISHOP

MICHAEL BRECKER ? TENOR

RAY PIZZI

TENOR

#1

SIR DUKE-STEVIE WONDER

TREVOR LAURENCE (ts) HANK REDD (as) SAX SECTION
w/ BRASS
#9

#8

SMOKE FROM A DISTANT FIRESANFORD/TOWNSEND BAND

(31) YEAR OF THE CAT-AL STEWART

OTIS HALE
JON CLARKE
PHIL KENZIE

TENOR
SOPRANO
ALTO

1978

#28

ALMOST SUMMER-CELEBRATION

CHARLES LLOYD

#2

(3) BAKER STREET-GERRY RAFFERTY

COME BACK MY LOVE-THE DARTS

NIGEL TRUBRIDGE

DANCING IN THE CITYMARSHALL HAIN

CHRIS MERCER

TENOR

RAPHAEL RAVENSCROFT

ALTO
ALTO
TENOR

#19

DEACON BLUES-STEELY DAN

PETE CHRISTLIEB

TENOR

18

DONT LET IT FADE AWAY-THE DARTS

NIGEL TRUBRIDGE

ALTO

#4

FEELS SO GOOD-CHUCK MANGIONE

CHRIS VADALA

TENOR

#12

FOOL IF YOU THINK ITS OVERCHRIS REA

STEVE GRAINGER

#22

SOPRANO

(49) FM (NO STATIC AT ALL)STEELY DAN

PETE CHRISTLIEB

(33) GOT TO GET YOU INTO MY LIFEEARTH, WIND & FIRE

DON MYRICK

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

INSTANT REPLAY-DAN HARTMAN

EDGAR WINTER

ALTO

#2

ITS RAINING-THE DARTS

#3

(19) JUST THE WAY YOU ARE-BILLY JOEL

#9
1

NIGEL TRUBRIDGE
PHIL WOODS

TENOR

SAX SECTION

ALTO
ALTO

#1

(3) MISS YOU-ROLLING STONES

#17

(35) MOVIN OUT-BILLY JOEL

#21

NATIVE NEW YORKER-ODYSSEY

NEVER LET HER SLIP AWAYANDREW GOLD

ERNIE WATTS

TENOR

ONLY THE GOOD DIE YOUNG-BILLY JOEL

RICHIE CANNATA

ALTO

#24

MEL COLLINS

TENOR

RICHIE CANNATA
MICHAEL BRECKER ?

TENOR
TENOR

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.
From Albie Donnelly web site; Dear John, Ive just asked
Albie about RAT TRAP - the answer, its two saxophone
players on that song. Albie played the end of the solo on the
song, Albie cant remember the name of the other guy. Its
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

ANGEL EYES-ROXY MUSIC

#14

BIG SHOT-BILLY JOEL

#34

BUSTIN LOOSE PART 1CHUCK BROWN & THE SOUL SEARCHERS

DON MYRICK

ALTO

ANDY MACKAY

TENOR

RICHIE CANNATA

SAX SECTION

LEROY FLEMING

#1

(1) DA YA THINK IM SEXY?-ROD STEWART

DUKE OF EARL-THE DARTS

TOM SCOTT

NIGEL TRUBRIDGE

TENOR
TENOR
ALTO

10

GET IT-THE DARTS

#20

HEART OF THE NIGHT-POCO

PHIL KENZIE

ALTO

#8

LOTTA LOVE-NICOLETTE LARSON

LON PRICE

TENOR

#24

MORNING DANCE-SPYRO GYRA

MY GIRL-MADNESS

#3

MY LIFE-BILLY JOEL

#28

OLD TIME ROCK & ROLL-BOB SEGER

#7

OOH BABY BABY-LINDA RONSTADT

ONE STEP BEYOND-MADNESS

REASONS TO BE CHEERFULIAN DURY & THE BLOCKHEADS

#25

NIGEL TRUBRIDGE

JAY BECKENSTEIN
LEE KIX THOMPSON
RICHIE CANNATA
ALTO REED
DAVID SANBORN
LEE KIX THOMPSON
DAVEY PAYNE

SHADOWS IN THE MOONLIGHTANNE MURRAY

VERN DORGE?

TENOR

ALTO
TENOR
SOPRANO
TENOR
ALTO
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
(2) FUNKYTOWN-LIPPS, INC.
DALE MENDENHALL

#1

LEE KIX THOMPSON

BARITONE

ALTO
TENOR

GENO-DEXYS MIDNIGHT RUNNERS

#18

GIVE IT ALL YOU GOT-CHUCK MANGIONE

#5

IM 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
#17

J. B. BLYTE
STEVE BABYFACE SPOONER
CHRIS VADALA

WILTON FELDER

TENOR
ALTO
TENOR

TENOR

(14) ITS STILL ROCK AND ROLL TO MEBILLY JOEL

RICHIE CANNATA

ALTO

JOJO-BOZ SCAGGS

ALTO

ADRIAN TAPIA

#6

(58) LATE IN THE EVENINGPAUL SIMON DAVE TOFANI & GERRY NIEWOOD
w/ BRASS
#10
11

LET ME LOVE YOU TONIGHTPURE PRAIRIE LEAGUE

DAVID SANBORN

LETS HANG ON-THE DARTS

NIGEL TRUBRIDGE

#3

(33) LITTLE JEANNIE-ELTON JOHN

#24

MIDNIGHT ROCKS-AL STEWART

(4) MIRROR IN THE BATHROOM-BEAT

#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

SAX SECTION

JIM HORN
BRYAN SAVAGE
SAXA
RAPHAEL RAVENSCROFT
GARY HERBIG
CORNELIUS BUMPUS
DAVID SANBORN
BOBBY NAVARRETE

ALTO
TENOR
TENOR
ALTO
TENOR
ALTO &
TENOR
ALTO
TENOR
ALTO
TENOR

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

YOURE THE ONLY WOMAN-AMBROSIA

ERNIE WATTS

#26

WHY ME-STYX

STEVE EISEN

ALTO
ALTO

1981
#17
#1

AINT EVEN DONE WITH THE NIGHT

JOHN COUGAR

DAVID WOODFORD

ALL MY ROWDY FRIENDS ARE COMING OVER TONIGHT

HANK WILLIAMS JR.
JERRY MCKINNEY

#1

(7) ARTHURS THEME-CHRISTOPHER CROSS

#2

TENOR
TENOR

ERNIE WATTS

ALTO

(1) BEING WITH YOU-SMOKEY ROBINSON

JOEL C.PESKIN

ALTO

#18

COME GO WITH ME-BEACH BOYS

JOEL C.PESKIN

ALTO

#8

GIVING IT UP FOR YOUR LOVEDELBERT MCCLINTON

ROBERT HARWELL

#7

HARD TO SAY-DAN FOGELBERG

#33

HE CANT LOVE YOUMICHAEL STANLEY BAND

CLARENCE CLEMONS

TENOR

I CAN TAKE CARE OF MYSELFBILLY VERA

LON PRICE

TENOR

#39

TOM SCOTT

TENOR
TENOR

with SAX/BRASS SECTION

#3

I DONT NEED YOU-KENNY ROGERS

#19

I MISSED AGAIN-PHIL COLLINS

IT MUST BE LOVE-MADNESS

LEE KIX THOMPSON

TENOR

JEALOUS GUY-ROXY MUSIC

ANDY MACKAY

ALTO

#2

(34) JUST THE TWO OF USGROVER WASHINGTON, JR. with BILL WITHERS
GROVER WASHINGTON, JR.

#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 LEMELLE

TENOR

#5

THERES NO GETTING OVER MERONNIE MILSAP

RONALD EADES

ALTO

#11

THIS LITTLE GIRL-GARY U.S. BONDS

#16

TOUCH ME WHEN WERE DANCINGCARPENTERS

#4
50
#15
8

CLARENCE CLEMONS
BOB MESSENGER

TENOR

JR. WALKER

TENOR

(45) URGENT-FOREIGNER
WAITING ON A FRIEND-ROLLING STONES
(55) WERE IN THIS LOVE TOGETHERAL JARREAU
WILL YOU-HAZEL OCONNER

TENOR

SONNY ROLLINS
LON PRICE
WESLEY MCGOOGAN

TENOR
ALTO
ALTO

1982

#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

DADDYS 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 MUSICRAW SILK

#7

(9) DO YOU BELIEVE IN LOVEHUEY LEWIS & THE NEWS

JOHNNY COLLA

TENOR

FIND ANOTHER FOOL-QUARTERFLASH

RINDY ROSS

ALTO

#16

DENNIS DEE TEE THOMAS

BERT REID ?

ALTO

TENOR

17

FOOL IF YOU THINK ITS OVER?

TENOR
ELKIE BROOKS-CD credits list MARTIN DOBSON and GARY BARNACLE.
Hi John......pretty sure it must have been Gary. Dont 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 cant remember.
Best Wishes, Martin 4/6/07.
#3

(49) HARDEN MY HEART-QUARTERFLASH

RINDY ROSS

#1

(8) I CANT GO FOR THAT (NO CAN DO)DARYL HALL & JOHN OATES
CHARLIE DECHANT

ALTO
ALTO

10

ILL BE SATISFIEDSHAKIN STEVENS

BARITONE with SAX/BRASS SECTION
RAY BEAVIS (ts), JOHN IRISH EARL (bs),
DICK HANSON (trp), CHRIS GOWER (tb)

#11

(26) ITS RAINING AGAIN-SUPERTRAMP

JOHN HELLIWELL

TENOR

#40

LET IT BE ME-WILLIE NELSON

JON MARETT

#10

LOVE IS IN CONTROL-DONNA SUMMER

ERNIE WATTS

#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

OUR HOUSE-MADNESS

#21

OUT OF WORK- GARY U.S. BONDS

MARTY JOURARD

CLARENCE CLEMONS

TENOR

PHIL KENZIE

18

POISON ARROW-ABC

STEPHEN SINGLETON

RIO-DURAN DURAN

ANDY HAMILTON

#13

(50)SHOULD I DO ITPOINTER SISTERS

COOL T (TREVOR LAWRENCE)

#15

THE ONE YOU LOVE-GLEN FRY

SOPRANO

TENOR

PERSONALLY-KARLA BONOFF

TAKE ME TO HEART-QUARTERFLASH

TENOR

LEE KIX THOMPSON

#19

#14

TENOR

RINDY ROSS
ERNIE WATTS
JIM HORN (last solo)

ALTO
ALTO
TENOR
TENOR
ALTO
TENOR
TENOR

#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

AUS#1 WHAT ABOUT ME-MOVING PICTURES

#1

(45) WHO CAN IT BE NOW?-MEN AT WORK

SONNY ROLLINS
ANDREW THOMPSON

TENOR
ALTO

GREG HAM

TENOR

JIM HORN

TENOR

1983
#1

(3) AFRICA-TOTO

3
#17

CRY JUST A LITTLE BITSKAKIN STEVENS

RAY BEAVIS

TENOR

(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

#29

GOLD-SPANDAU BALLET

STEVE NORMAN

TENOR

#15

HEART TO HEART-KENNY LOGGINS

DAVID SANBORN

ALTO

#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

LEE KIX THOMPSON

TENOR
SOPRANO

JOHN HELLIWELL

BARITONE

LEE KIX THOMPSON

GREG HAM
STEPHEN SINGLETON

SOPRANO
ALTO

#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

WHAT ABOUT ME-MOVING PICTURES

RAPHAEL RAVENSCROFT

TENOR

ANDY HAMILTON
ANDREW THOMPSON

ALTO

SOPRANO
ALTO

1984

#29

ALIBIS-SERGIO MENDES

CAN#2 BLACK STATIONS, WHITE STATIONSMARTHA & THE MUFFINS

#8
#1

(8) BLUE JEAN-DAVID BOWIE

BORNEO HORNS w/
(6) CARIBBEAN QUEEN-BILLY OCEAN

ERNIE WATTS
MICHAEL BRECKER
RANDY BRECKER

#15

(4) DANCING IN THE DARKBRUCE SPRINGSTEEN

TENOR
TRUMPET

LENNY PICKETT (solo) TENOR

JEFFREY SMITH

#16 (21) DANCE HALL DAYS-WANG CHUNG

with SAX SECTION
#2

TENOR

MEL COLLINS

ALTO

CLARENCE CLEMONS

ALTO SOLO

(56) DONT ANSWER ME-ALAN PARSONS PROJECT

MEL COLLINS

TENOR
TENOR

15

GET OUT OF YOUR LAZY BED-MATT BIANCO

RONNIE ROSS

BARITONE

23

HALF A MINUTE-MATT BIANCO

RONNIE ROSS

BARITONE

NELSON MANDELATHE SPECIALS

#7

GLAMOROUS LIFE-SHEILA E

#6

HEART OF ROCK & ROLLHUEY LEWIS & THE NEWS

#6
#13
25

ANDY ADERINTO
LARRY WILLIAMS
JOHNNY COLLA

TENOR
ALTO
TENOR

I WANT A NEW DRUGHUEY LEWIS & THE NEWS

JOHNNY COLLA

TENOR

ITS A MIRACLE-CULTURE CLUB

STEVE GRAINGER

TENOR

BILLY CHAPMAN

TENOR

MR. SOLITAIRE-ANIMAL NIGHTLIFE

#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 Stewarts Some
Guys Have All The Luck. Gary Herbig
JIMMY Z ZAVALA is also on the CD credits.
#15
#15

THE CURLY SHUFFLEJUMP N THE SADDLE

TOM TRINKA

TENOR

YOU CANT 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

1985
#12

A LOVE BIZARRE-SHEILA E

#1

(1) CARELESS WHISPERWHAM!/GEORGE MICHAEL

#8
#3

FORTRESS AROUND YOUR HEARTSTING

EDDIE M
STEVE GREGORY
BRANFORD MARSALIS

ALTO
ALTO
SOPRANO

(51) FREEWAY OF LOVE-ARETHA FRANKLIN

CLARENCE CLEMONS

TENOR

HURT-JUICE NEWTON

JON JOYCE

TENOR

CAN#12 HURTS TO BE IN LOVEGINO VANNELLI

TOM SAVIANO

#1

#3

ALTO

(26) IF YOU LOVE SOMEBODY SET THEM FREESTING

BRANFORD MARSALIS

TENOR

#9

IM GOIN DOWN-BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN

TENOR

IM YOUR MAN-WHAM

CLARENCE CLEMONS

(saxes per CD creits) DAVID BAPTISTE, STEVE HAMILTON,

ANDY HAMILTON
(soloist unk)
#12
#18
11
#1
#15
1

JUST A GIGOLO/I AINT GOT NOBODYDAVID LEE ROTH

ALTO

EDGAR WINTER SAX SECTION

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)
LIPSTICK, POWDER AND PAINT
SHAKIN STEVENS
RAY BEAVIS
TENOR
LOST IN THE FIFTIES TONIGHTRONNIE MILSAP
JIM HORN
TENOR
LOVE THEME FROM ST. ELMOS FIREDAVID FOSTER
MERRY CHRISTMAS EVERYONESHAKIN STEVENS

REV DAVE BORUFF

RAY BEAVIS

ALTO
TENOR

#3

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

STEVE DOUGLAS

TENOR

#25

ROCKIN AT MIDNIGHT-HONEYDRIPPERS

KEITH EVANS

TENOR

#1

(1) SAVING ALL MY LOVE FOR YOUWHITNEY HOUSTON

KIRK WHALUM

TENOR

DONALD MYRICK

ALTO

#5

(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 DONT NEED ANOTHER HERO

ALTO

(THUNDERDOME)-TINA TURNER
#7
#5

TIM CAPPELLO

TENOR

(11) WHOS ZOOMIN WHO-ARETHA FRANKLIN

CLARENCE CLEMONS

TENOR

WOULD I LIE TO YOU-EURYTHMICS

TENOR

MARTIN DOBSON

1986

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

JIM HORN
RAY BEAVIS
CHRISTIAN OSTERMEIER
DAVID WOODFORD

ALTO
TENOR
SOPRANO

#2

(45) DANGER ZONE-KENNY LOGGINS

#14

(12) DIGGING YOUR SCENE-BLOW MONKEYS

#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

NEVILLE HENRY

CRISPIN CIOE

RAY CARLESS
STEPHEN DOC KUPKA
JOHNNY COLLA

TENOR
TENOR
ALTO

BARITONE
TENOR

#9

(COUNTRY) HOMECOMING63KEITH WHITLEY

?
TENOR
CD credits for saxophone list JIM HORN and DENNIS SOLEE.

#1

(5) HOW WILL I KNOWWHITNEY HOUSTON

PREMIK RUSSELL TUBBS

#3

IM YOUR MAN-WHAM

12

ITS ALRIGHT (BABYS COMING BACK)EURTHYMICS

ANDY HAMILTON

LESSONS IN LOVE-LEVEL 42

MARTIN DOBSON
DAVE PLEWS

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

SHOUT-LULU & THE LUVERS

#4

TAKE ME HOME TONIGHT-EDDIE MONEY

PAUL HANSON

ALTO

#4

(68) TALK TO ME-STEVIE NICKS

BARNEY WILENS

ALTO

THORN IN MY SIDE-EURYTHMICS

#2
#5

GARY BARNACLE

TENOR

JIMMY SMITH (solo)

TENOR
RONNIE ROSS ?
BARITONE

JIMMY ZAVALA

TENOR

TYPICAL MALE-TINA TURNER

TIMMY CAPPELLO

TENOR

(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-80S AND MARC RUSSO WAS THE
SOLOIST. SOUNDS LIKE HIM ON THE RECORD TO ME TOO. Gio
Washington-Wright
8
26

WONDERFUL LIFE-BLACK
YOUR LATEST TRICK-DIRE STRAITS

MARTIN GREEN
MICHAEL BRECKER

ALTO
TENOR

Intro by RANDY BRECKER

#18

TRUMPET
(Concert tour tenor solo by Chris White)

YOURE A FRIEND OF MINECLARENCE CLEMONS & JACKSON BROWNE

CLARENCE CLEMONS

TENOR

1987
#1
16
#21

AT THIS MOMENTBILLY VERA & THE BEATERS

BORN TO RUN(LIVE)BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN

JERRY PETERSON
CLARENCE CLEMONS ?

CANDY-CAMEO

MICHAEL BRECKER

ALTO
TENOR
TENOR

CHINA IN YOUR HANDS-TPAU

GARY BARNACLE
ALTO
Per Carol Decker, GARY BARNACLE played on the hit single. The
album sax players name is unknown but he was a session
player in the states.
#15
2

DONT MAKE ME WAIT FOR LOVELENNY WILLIAMS (vocal)

KENNY G

GOT MY MIND SET ON YOU-GEORGE HARRISON

JIM HORN

TENOR
TENOR

#1

(6) IVE 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

ROCKIN AROUND THE CHRISTMAS TREEMEL SMITH & KIM WILDE

SOPRANO

?
KENNY G
JEFF SMITH
GARY BARNACLE

TENOR
SOPRANO
TENOR
ALTO

PETE THOMAS

TENOR &

8
#4

RUNNING IN THE FAMILY-LEVEL 42

KRYS MACH

(22) SONGBIRD

SWEETEST SMILE-BLACK

10

WALK THE DINOSAUR-WAS (NOT WAS)

KENNY G

SOPRANO

MARTIN GREEN

SOPRANO

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)

TENOR

TENOR

JIM HORN

TENOR

STEPHEN SINGLETON

TENOR

JOHN PARIS and DAVEY PAYNE

TENOR

1988

#11

DO YOU LOVE ME-THE CONTOURS

THOMAS BEANS BOWLES

TENOR

11

DONT BLAME IT ON THAT GIRLMATT BIANCO

ED CALLE

TENOR

#2
#1
#1

(50) ENDLESS SUMMER NIGHTSRICHARD MARX

REV DAVE BORUFF

ALTO

(9) FOOLISH BEATDEBBIE GIBSON

JEFF SMITH

TENOR

(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) ILL ALWAYS LOVE YOU-

JIM HORN
JAMIE TALBOT
DAVE KOZ
GARY HERBIG

TENOR
ALTO
ALTO
TENOR

TAYLOR DAYNE

RICHIE CANNATA

#1

(25) KOKOMO-BEACH BOYS

26

LIKE DREAMERS DO-MICA PARIS

#7

(24) NEVER TEAR US APART-INXS

KIRK PENGILLY

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) SHES LIKE THE WINDPATRICK SWAYZE & WENDY FRASER

GARY HERBIG

TENOR

STAN GETZ

TENOR

#25

JOEL C. PESKIN

TENOR

COURTNEY PINE

SMALL WORLD (part 2)HUEY LEWIS & THE NEWS

#10

SOME KIND OF LOVER-JODY WATLEY

SOMEWHERE IN MY HEART-AZTEC CAMERA

ALTO
TENOR

LARRY SCHNEIDER

TENOR

SONNY JONZUN

ALTO

#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

CHRIS (CHRISTIAAN) MOSTERT

#2
#32

(9) WAITING FOR A STAR TO FALLBOY MEETS GIRL

ANDY SNITZER

TENOR
TENOR
ALTO

WHAT A WONDERFUL WORLD-LOUIS ARMSTRONG

KENNY G

SOPRANO

1989

#4

(45) ANGELIA-RICHARD MARX

MARC RUSSO

ALTO

#1

BABY COME TO ME-REGINA BELLE

PREMIK RUSSELL TUBBS

#10

(17) CRY-WATERFRONT

#8

(74) DREAMIN-VANESSA WILLIAMS

#8

(48) END OF THE INNOCENCE-DON HENLEY

SOPRANO
TENOR

SCOTT MAYO

TENOR

WAYNE SHORTER
#1

(24) FOREVER YOUR GIRLPAULA ABDUL (saxes per CD credits) TROY WILLIAMS
and EDDIE M
(soloist unk)

SOPRANO

#11

(23) GET ON YOUR FEET-GLORIA ESTEFAN

MIKE SCAGLIONE

#1

GIRL IM GONNA MISS YOU-MILLI VANILLI

MEL COLLINS

#14

IKO IKO-THE BELLE STARS

MIRANDA JOYCE and CLARE HIRST

ALTO

10

PACIFIC 202-808 STATE

ALTO
SOPRANO

SAX SECTION

GRAHAM MASSEY

SOPRANO

EDGAR WINTER

TENOR

#15

(5) THE BEST-TINA TURNER

#13

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.

#7

(10) WALK THE DINOSAUR-WAS (NOT WAS)

#5

(53) WITH EVERY BEAT OF MY HEARTTAYLOR DAYNE

DAVE MCMURRAY
JOEL C. PESKIN

TENOR

TENOR
TENOR

1990

#28

(47) CLUB AT THE END OF THE STREETELTON JOHN

VINCE DENHAM

TENOR

#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

?
ARNO HECHT

ALTO
TENOR

BRANFORD MARSALIS SOPRANO

GERALD ALBRIGHT

ALTO

DAVE WOODFORD

TENOR

KENNY G

TENOR

#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
#12

HEART OF STONE-TAYLOR DAYNE

RICHIE CANNATA

#1

(53) ILL BE YOUR EVERYTHING-TOMMY PAGE

BOB GAY

29

IM NOT IN LOVE-WILL TO POWER

LILY WAS HEREDAVID A. STEWART & CANDY DULFER

#10

MY, MY ,MY-JOHNNY GILL

51

SHELTER ME-CINDERELLA

#10

ED CALLE
CANDY DULFER
KENNY G
JAY DAVIDSON

THIS OLD HEART OF MINEROD STEWART with RONALD ISLEY

ANDREW LOVE
CD credits for ATLANTIC CROSSING list Memphis Horns.

TENOR
ALTO
TENOR
ALTO
SOPRANO
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

KENNY G

TENOR

#11

(1) DO THE BARTMAN-SIMPSONS

#14

EVERYTHING CHANGES-KATHY TROCCOLI

CHRIS SNAKE DAVIS

TENOR

ANDY SNITZER

TENOR

RICHIE CANNATA

TENOR

GENTLE-DINO
PAUL TAYLOR
This is definitely PAUL TAYLOR. I have the CD. Gio
Washington-Wright

SOPRANO

#31

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

IM NOT IN LOVE-WILL TO POWER

#26

ITS A SHAME (MY SISTER)-MONIE LOVE

#12

(55) KEEP COMING BACK-RICHARD MARX

#11

LILY WAS HEREDAVID A. STEWART & CANDY DULFER

CANDY DULFER

ALTO

(23) LOVE IS A WONDERFUL THINGMICHAEL BOLTON

MARC RUSSO

TENOR

#4

#40

LOVE ON A ROOFTOPDESMOND CHILD

ALTO or TENOR

FRANK MEAD
CURTIS STIGERS
ED CALLE
?
STEVE GROVE

CHRIS MOSTERT or BRANDON FIELDS

TENOR
ALTO
TENOR
ALTO
TENOR

TENOR

#36

SHELTER ME-CINDERELLA

JAY DAVIDSON

TENOR

#23

SOMETHING GOT ME STARTEDSIMPLY RED

IAN KIRKHAM

ALTO

#5

TAKE IT BACK-REBA MCNTIRE

JOE MCGLOHON

(3) THE WHOLE OF THE MOONWATERBOYS

#14
#11

TENOR

ANTHONY THISTLEWAITE

TENOR

(19) UNFORGETTABLE-NATALIE COLE with

NAT KING COLE
PETE CHRISTLEIB

TENOR

VOICES THAT CARE-VOICES THAT CARE

KENNY G

SOPRANO

1992
7
#6

A MILLION LOVE SONGSTAKE THAT

CHRIS SNAKE DAVIS

BREAKIN MY HEART (PRETTY BROWN EYES)MINT CONDITION

JEFF ALLEN

#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

I WONDER WHY-CURTIS STIGERS

CURTIS STIGERS

5
#12

CHRIS SNAKE DAVIS

MARC RUSSO
BRANDON FIELDS

(28) MISSING YOU NOW-MICHAEL BOLTON

BRANFORD MARSALIS

21

TASTE IT-INXS

17

UNCHAIN MY HEART-JOE COCKER

#22

WHAT BECOMES OF THE BROKENHEARTEDPAUL YOUNG

1993

KENNY G

TENOR
ALTO
TENOR
ALTO
ALTO
TENOR
TENOR
ALTO
SOPRANO

KIRK PENGILLY

TENOR

CLARENCE CLEMONS

TENOR

NICKY PAYNE

TENOR

#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 DONT WANNA FIGHTTINA TURNER

#8

TIMMY CAPPELLO

TENOR

(75) ILL 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

ROMEO AND JULIET

DIRE STRAITS (Live version)

CHRIS WHITE

SWEET HARMONY-THE BELOVED

#1

TELL ME WHAT YOU DREAM-RESTLESS HEART

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 HAVENT I HEARD FROM YOUREBA MCNTIRE

BRANDON FIELDS
REV DAVE BORUFF

ALTO
ALTO

CHRIS SNAKE DAVIS

TENOR

JOE MCGLOHON

TENOR

1995

#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

#39 TOO MUCH-DAVE MATTHEWS BAND

LEROI MOORE
LEROI MOORE

BARITONE
BARITONE

1997
#6

EVERY TIME I CLOSE MY EYES-BABYFACE

KENNY G

SOPRANO

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

ILL BE-EDWIN MCCAIN

#13

STAY (WASTING TIME)-DAVE MATTHEWS BAND

#13

(AC) WHOS GOT THE HOOCH-EVERYTHING

CRAIG SHIELDS

TENOR

LEROI MOORE

TENOR

RICHARD BRADLEY

TENOR

2001
#15

#17

WHERE ARE YOU GOING-DAVE MATTHEWS BAND

LEROI MOORE
2003
SUPERSTAR PART 1-K-Os

BILL RUNGE

SOPRANO
TENOR

2004
CAN#1 CRABBUCKIT-K-OS

CHRISTOPHER PLOCK

TENOR

14

MARY-SCISSOR SISTERS

CRISPIN CIOE

ALTO

#39 (Country chart #2) YOU CANT 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

DONT 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, its most likely DAN
HIGGINS although he isnt 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

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-Deacons 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

1957
1958

1959

1960
1962

1964

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-Aint 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
King Curtis - Soul Serenade
Plas Johnson - The Pink Panther Theme

In addition;
1955
Otis Williams and the Charms- Ling, Ting, Tong-tenor
1967
Van MorrisonMoondanceJack Schrorertenor
1973
Bob SegerTurn the PageAlto Reedalto
1974
Pink FloydUs and ThemDick Parrytenor
1980
AerosmithSame Old Song And Dance-Michael Breckertenor
1985
ManhattansYou Send MeCrispin Cioe-alto
1989
Glenn FreyLivin RightBill Bergmantenor
1998
EverythingWhos Got the HoochRichard Bradleytenor
(from the soundtrack of the movie Waterboy)
2004 Toby Keith with daughter KrystalMockingbirdMark Douthit
tenor
Dates Unknown:
The HunchPaul Gayten
The Night Time is the Right TimeRay CharlesDavid Fathead
Newman
I Got a WomanRay CharlesDavid Fathead Newman
Talking Bout YouRay CharlesFathead Fathead Newman
Bad To The BoneGeorge ThorogoodHank Hurricane Carteralto

Castle RockAl Searstenor (recorded under Johnny Hodgess name)

Soul ShakinDelaney and BonnieAndrew Lovetenor
Turn the PageBob SegerAlto Reedalto
ReminiscingKing Curtis OusleyBuddy HollyReminiscing
Tell It Like It IsBobby CaldwellMichael Lingtonalto
I Do The RockTim Curry ?alto
I Put a Spell On YouScreamin Jay HawkinsSam 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 Richmans son who lives and performs
in Atlanta. Barry sent his fathers 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 youre just wanting to stick with US and UK charts
and not include recordings like 1961s Florida Twist, a Rudy
Pompilli instrumental, which was a major Haley hit on Orfeon
Records in Mexico. I dont know the chart position, but at one
point it was the most successful single ever released in Mexico
(or so Ive 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 thats heresay.
Theres 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 cant 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 Haleys first single using a saxophone
1954: Straight Jacket (Essex Records) Joey DAmbrosia (sax).
DAmbrosias first sax work with Haley, and a notable instrumental

of the time (but non-charting).

1955: The Jodimars - Well Now Dig This (Capitol Records) DAmbrosia (sax). Arguably the best known recording by this Comets
spin-off group. No solo but Joeys riffs drive the song.
1955: The Jodimars Eat Your Heart Out Annie DAmbrosia.
Another sax-driven melody, though no solo.
1956: The Jodimars Midnight (DAmbrosia) - 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 Dont Knock the
Rock. This one was likely influential.
1959 (but recorded 1958): Joeys Song (Decca) - Pompilli
instrumental that was a low-placing chart hit in 1959.
1960 (but recorded 1959) - Skokiaan (Decca) - Pompillis sax plays
a major role in this instrumental, which was Haleys 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 Billboards
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 Rudys
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