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Larry Knechtel
Larry Knechtel
American session musician
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Hal Blaine
Hal Blaine
American drummer
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Earl Palmer
Earl Palmer
American drummer
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Brian Wilson
Brian Wilson
American musician, singer, songwriter and record producer
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Al De Lory
Al De Lory
American record producer, arranger and musician
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Barney Kessel
Barney Kessel
American jazz guitarist
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Duane Allman
Duane Allman
American musician
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Lyle Ritz
Lyle Ritz
American bassist and ukulele player
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Mike Deasy
Mike Deasy
American singer, songwriter, singer-songwriter, saxophonist and jazz musician
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Monk Montgomery
Monk Montgomery
American jazz bassist
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Bruce Johnston
Bruce Johnston
American singer, musician
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The Funk Brothers
The Funk Brothers
group of Motown studio musicians
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Stan Kesler
Stan Kesler
American musician, record producer and songwriter
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Phil Spector
Phil Spector
American record producer, songwriter, and convicted murderer
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The Beach Boys
The Beach Boys
American rock band
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Red Callender
Red Callender
American string bass and tuba player, member of The Wrecking Crew
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Carl Wilson
Carl Wilson
American musician; original member of The Beach Boys (1946-1998)
Carol Kaye
American bass guitarist

Carol Kaye

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American bass guitarist
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The Wrecking Crew

The Wrecking Crew

Carol Kaye (nee Smith, born March 24, 1935) is an American musician. She is one of the most prolific recorded bass guitarists in rock and pop music, playing on an estimated 10,000 recordings in a career spanning over 50 years.

Kaye began playing guitar in her early teens and after some time as a guitar teacher, began to perform regularly on the Los Angeles jazz and big band circuit. She started session work in 1957, and through a connection at Gold Star Studios began working for producers Phil Spector and Brian Wilson. After a bassist failed to turn up to a session in 1963, she switched to that instrument, quickly making a name for herself as one of the most in-demand session players of the 1960s, playing on numerous hits. She moved into playing on film soundtracks in the late 1960s, particularly for Quincy Jones and Lalo Schifrin, and began to release a series of tutoring books such as How To Play The Electric Bass. Kaye became less active towards the end of the 1970s, but has continued her career and attracted praise from other musicians.

During the peak of her years of session work, she became part of a stable of Los Angeles-based musicians which went by a variety of informal names, but has since become known as "The Wrecking Crew". Her work with the group led to her prominent role in the 2008 documentary film titled The Wrecking Crew.