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Tommy Tedesco (Legendary sessionist with The Wrecking Crew

Tommy Tedesco (Legendary sessionist with The Wrecking Crew; The Beach Boys, Jack Nitzsche, The Mamas & the Papas, The Everly Brothers, The Association, Barbra Streisand, Jan and Dean, The 5th Dimension, Elvis Presley, Sam Cooke, Ella Fitzgerald, Frank Zappa, Ricky Nelson, Cher, and Nancy, Frank Sinatra) was born on this date in 1930. He died on November 10, 1997, aged 67.

SELECTED SESSIONOGRAPHY
With Chet Baker
Blood, Chet and Tears (Verve, 1970)

With Bobby Darin
Venice Blue (Capitol Records, 1965)

With Sam Cooke
Twistin' the Night Away (RCA Victor, 1962)
Mr. Soul (RCA Victor, 1963)

With Peggy Lee
Mirrors (A&M Records, 1975)

With Johnny Rivers
Changes (Imperial Records, 1966)

With Al Kooper
Easy Does It (Columbia Records, 1970)

With Michael Nesmith
The Wichita Train Whistle Sings (Dot Records, 1968)

With Paul Anka
The Music Man (United Artists Records, 1977)

With Neil Diamond
Serenade (Columbia Records, 1974)

With Van Dyke Parks
Song Cycle (Warner Bros. Records, 1967)

With Michael Franks
Michael Franks (Brut, 1973)

With Don Ellis
Haiku (MPS, 1974)

With Minnie Riperton
Stay in Love (Epic Records, 1977)

With Maria Muldaur
Waitress in the Donut Shop (Reprise Records, 1974)

With Leon Russell
Looking Back (Olympic Records, 1973)

With Aretha Franklin
Laughing on the Outside (Columbia Records, 1963)

With Art Garfunkel
Angel Clare (Columbia Records, 1973)

With J. J. Cale
Shades (Island Records, 1981)

With Quincy Jones
The Hot Rock OST (Prophesy, 1972)

With Stephen Bishop
Careless (ABC Records, 1976)

With Kenny Loggins
Celebrate Me Home (Columbia Records, 1977)

With Jack Nitzsche
Heart Beat (Soundtrack) (Capitol, 1980)

With Sarah Vaughan
Sarah Vaughan with Michel Legrand (Mainstream Records, 1972)

With Lalo Schifrin
The Cincinnati Kid (soundtrack) (MGM, 1965)
Music from Mission: Impossible (Dot, 1967)
More Mission: Impossible (Paramount, 1968)
Mannix (Paramount, 1968)
The Fox (soundtrack) (MGM, 1968)
Che! (soundtrack) (Tetragrammaton, 1969)
Kelly's Heroes (soundtrack) (MGM, 1970)
Enter the Dragon (soundtrack) (Warner Bros., 1973)
Gloria (Columbia, 1980)[10]

With Randy Newman
Randy Newman (Reprise Records, 1968)

With Hugh Masekela
Herb Alpert / Hugh Masekela (Horizon, 1978)

With Linda Ronstadt
What's New (Asylum Records, 1983)

With Joan Baez
Gracias a la Vida (A&M Records, 1974)

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