Carol Kaye (née 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 65 years.
Albums & songs
This is a partial list of albums and songs that bassist Carol Kaye played on.
A Man and a Woman – Laurindo Almeida (1967) A Natural Man – Lou Rawls (1971) A Time for Us – Mel Tormé (1969) A Message from the People – Ray Charles (1972) Accent on Africa – Cannonball Adderley (1968) Across 110th Street – Bobby Womack (1972) Anyone Who Knows What Love Is (Will Understand) – Irma Thomas (1964) Bang Bang (My Baby Shot Me Down) – Cher (1966) Batman Theme – The Marketts (1966) Beach Boys Today – The Beach Boys (1965) When I Die - Motherlode (1969) Big Man – Cannonball Adderley (1975) Brasswind – Gene Ammons (1974) California Girls – The Beach Boys (1965) Cameo – Dusty Springfield (1973) Can't Take My Eyes Off You – Andy Williams (1968) Cass Elliot – Cass Elliot (1972) Charles Kynard – Charles Kynard (1971) Chér – Cher (1966) Cream of the Crop – The Supremes (1969)(side 2: track 4) Danke Schoen – Wayne Newton (1963) David Axelrod – David Axelrod (2001) Diana Ross & the Supremes Join the Temptations – The Supremes and The Temptations (1968)(side 1: tracks 1, 5, 6; side 2: tracks 1, 5) Do I Love You (Indeed I Do) – Frank Wilson (1965) Donna – Ritchie Valens (1958)Ritchie Valens, Ritchie Valens in Come On. Let's Go, Del-Fi Records, CD liner notes Kaye played guitar on this recording. Expecting to Fly – Buffalo Springfield (1967) Fast Man Raider Man – Frank Black (2006) Feelin' Alright? – Joe Cocker (1969) Forever Changes – Love (1967) Four in Blue – The Miracles (1969)(side 1: track 4) Freak Out! – The Mothers of Invention (1966) Gypsys, Tramps & Thieves – Cher (1971) Hard Times – Roy Brown (1973) Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me – Mel Carter (1965) Almost In Your Arms – Sam Cooke (1958) Hully Gully – The Olympics (1959) I Am a Rock – Simon & Garfunkel (1966) I Don't Need No Doctor – Ray Charles (1966) I Hear a Symphony – The Supremes (1966)(side 1: tracks 1,4,5) I Heard That!! – Quincy Jones (1976) I Knew Jesus (Before He Was a Star) – Glen Campbell (1973) I'm Ready for Love – Martha and the Vandellas (1966) In and Out of Love – The Supremes (1967) In Case You're in Love – Sonny & Cher (1967) In the Heat of the Night – Ray Charles (1967) Indian Reservation (The Lament of the Cherokee Reservation Indian) – Paul Revere & the Raiders (1971) It Must Be Him – Vikki Carr (1967) Johnny Angel – Shelley Fabares (1962) La Bamba – Ritchie Valens (1958)Ritchie Valens, Ritchie Valens in Come On. Let's Go, Del-Fi Records, CD liner notes Kaye played acoustic guitar on this recording. Lipstick Traces (on a Cigarette) – The O'Jays (1965) Little Green Apples – O. C. Smith (1968) Livin' It Up! – Jimmy Smith (1968) Love Country Style – Ray Charles (1970) Love is Here and Now You're Gone – The Supremes (1967) Love Theme from Romeo and Juliet – Henry Mancini (1968) Speak Softly Love – Andy Williams (1972) Mannix – Lalo Schifrin (1969) Mercy, Mercy, Mercy – The Buckinghams (1967) Merry Christmas – The Supremes (1965)(side 1: tracks 2,3,4,6; side 2: tracks 1–6) Midnight Confessions – The Grass Roots (1968) Spanish Eyes – Al Martino (1965) More Mission: Impossible – Lalo Schifrin (1968) More of the Monkees – The Monkees (1967) Music from Mission: Impossible – Lalo Schifrin (1967) Neil Young – Neil Young (1968) No Matter What Shape (Your Stomach's In) – The T-Bones (1965) Northern Windows – Hampton Hawes (1974) Parsley, Sage, Rosemary and Thyme – Simon and Garfunkel (1966)(side 1: tracks 1,4) Pet Sounds – The Beach Boys (1966) Pink Shoe Laces – Dodie Stevens (1959) Presenting the Fabulous Ronettes – The Ronettes (1964) Pride – David Axelrod (1970) Quincy's Got a Brand New Bag – Quincy Jones (1965)Matsubayashi, K. Mercury Records Collection: MG-21063: Quincy's Got A Brand New Bag / Quincy Jones accessed January 17, 2018 Raindrops Keep Fallin' on My Head – B. J. Thomas (1969) Ray Charles Invites You to Listen – Ray Charles (1967) Ray's Moods – Ray Charles (1966) Reelin' with the Feelin' – Charles Kynard (1969) Release of an Oath – The Electric Prunes (1968) Rhythm of the Rain – The Cascades (1962) John Gummoe, RhythmoftheRain.com. Retrieved 21 January 2019 River Deep, Mountain High – Ike & Tina Turner (1967) Rock Messiah – David Axelrod (1971) Shades – J. J. Cale (1981) Sloop John B – The Beach Boys (1966) Smackwater Jack – Quincy Jones (1971) Smile – The Beach Boys The Smile Sessions – The Beach Boys (2011) "Smooth Operator" – Sarah Vaughan (1959) Some People Can Do What They Like – Robert Palmer (1976) Somethin' Stupid – Frank Sinatra and Nancy Sinatra (1967) Song of Innocence – David Axelrod (1968) Songs of Experience – David Axelrod (1969) Soul Spin – Four Tops (1969) (side 1: track 4; side 2: tracks 1,4) Sugar Town – Nancy Sinatra (1966) Summer Days (and Summer Nights!!) – The Beach Boys (1965) Summertime – Sam Cooke (1957) Surf's Up – The Beach Boys (1971) Tainted Love – Gloria Jones (1965) The Beat Goes On – Sonny & Cher (1967) The Complete Duets – Marvin Gaye and Tammi Terrell (2001) (disc one : track 27) The Honeysuckle Breeze – Tom Scott (1967) The Man From Shaft – Richard Roundtree (1972) The Original Jam Sessions 1969 – Quincy Jones (1969) The Sound of Nancy Wilson – Nancy Wilson (1968) The Supremes A' Go-Go – The Supremes (1966)(side 1: tracks 2, 4; side 2: tracks 2, 4) The Supremes Sing Rodgers & Hart – The Supremes (1967)(side 1: tracks 1,2,4,5,6; side 2: tracks 1,3) The Temptations in a Mellow Mood – The Temptations (1966) The Temptations Wish It Would Rain – The Temptations (1968)(side 2: track 1) The Way We Were – Barbra Streisand (1973) The World We Knew – Frank Sinatra (1967) The Zodiac: Cosmic Sounds (1967) Then He Kissed Me – The Crystals (1964) There's a Whole Lalo Schifrin Goin' On – Lalo Schifrin (1968) These Boots Are Made for Walkin' – Nancy Sinatra (1965) Time Is On My Side – Irma Thomas (1964) Time Out for Smokey Robinson & The Miracles – The Miracles (1969)(side 1: track 3) Try a Little Kindness – Glen Campbell (1970) Unchained Melody – The Righteous Brothers (1965) United – Marvin Gaye and Tammi Terrell (1967) (track 12) Volcanic Action of My Soul – Ray Charles (1971) When I Die – Motherlode (1969) (Where Do I Begin?) Love Story – Andy Williams (1971) Whipped Cream & Other Delights – Herb Alpert (1965) Wichita Lineman – Glen Campbell (1968) The Wilsons – The Wilsons (1996) Wind, Sky and Diamonds – Gábor Szabó (1968) Wish Someone Would Care – Irma Thomas (1964) You're Nobody till Somebody Loves You – Dean Martin (1964) You've Got It Bad Girl – Quincy Jones (1973) You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin' – The Righteous Brothers (1967) You've Made Me So Very Happy – Brenda Holloway (1967) Zip-a-Dee-Doo-Dah – Bob B. Soxx & the Blue Jeans (1962)
Soundtracks
This is a partial list of soundtracks that bassist Carol Kaye played on.
With Alfred Newman Airport (1970) With Billy Goldenberg Change of Habit (1969) Duel (1971)
With Burt Bacharach Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969)
With Cy Coleman
Sweet Charity (1969)
With Dave Grusin
Waterhole No. 3 (1967) Candy (1968) Winning (1969) Adam at 6 A.M. (1971)
With Dee Barton High Plains Drifter (1973)
With Dominic Frontiere On Any Sunday (1971)
With Elmer Bernstein Baby the Rain Must Fall (1965) Big Jake (1971)
With Frank De Vol Guess Who's Coming to Dinner (1967)
With Henry Mancini Me, Natalie (1969) Sometimes a Great Notion (1971) The Thief Who Came to Dinner (1973)
With Jerry Goldsmith Bandolero! (1968) Escape from the Planet of the Apes (1971)
With J. J. Johnson Across 110th Street (1972)
With John Williams Daddy's Gone A-Hunting (1969) The Poseidon Adventure (1972) The Long Goodbye (1973) The Paper Chase (1973) The Sugarland Express (1974) The Eiger Sanction (1975)
With Johnny Mandel Harper (1966) M*A*S*H (1970)
With Lalo Schifrin Murderer's Row (1966) The Fox (1967) Where Angels Go, Trouble Follows (1968) Coogan's Bluff (1968) Bullitt (1968) Dirty Harry (1971) Magnum Force (1973)
With Leonard Rosenman Beneath the Planet of the Apes (1970)
With Michel Legrand The Thomas Crown Affair (1968) The Happy Ending (1969) Le Mans (1971) One Is a Lonely Number (1972)
With Nelson Riddle Red Line 7000 (1965) El Dorado (1966)
With Peter Schickele Silent Running (1972)
With Quincy Jones The Pawnbroker (1964) The Slender Thread (1965) Walk, Don't Run (1966) Banning (1967) In the Heat of the Night (1967) In Cold Blood (1967) A Dandy In Aspic (1968) The Split (1968) Mackenna's Gold (1969) The Lost Man (1969) Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice (1969) The Italian Job (1969) Cactus Flower (1969) They Call Me Mister Tibbs! (1970) Killer By Night (1972) The Hot Rock (1972) The New Centurions (1972)
With Vic Mizzy Don't Make Waves (1967) The Shakiest Gun in the West (1968)
TV shows
This is a partial list of TV shows that bassist Carol Kaye played on.
With Billy Goldenberg Kojak (1973)
With Charles Fox Wonder Woman (1976) The Love Boat (1977)
With David Shire McCloud (1970) Alice (1976)
With Frank De Vol The Brady Bunch (1969)
With Irving Szathmary Get Smart (1965)
With Jerry Fielding Hogan's Heroes (1965)
With Jerry Goldsmith Room 222 (1969)
With John Williams Lost in Space (1965)
With Lalo Schifrin Mission: Impossible (1966) Mannix (1967)
With Morton Stevens Hawaii Five-O Theme (1968)
With Patrick Williams The Streets of San Francisco (1972)
With Quincy Jones Ironside (1967) The Bill Cosby Show (1969)
With Richard Markowitz The Wild Wild West (1965)
With Vic Mizzy The Addams Family (1964) Green Acres (1965)
As composer Sanford and Son (1976) (Season 6, episode 2)
Live albums Joe Williams Live – Joe Williams (1973) Live in San Francisco – Hampton Hawes (1976)
Archival recordings Guitars '65 (California Creamin') - Carol Kaye (1965) Better Days - Carol Kaye (1971) I Don't Know What's On Your Mind – Carol Kaye and Spider Webb (1976) Picking Up On The E-String - Carol Kaye (1995)
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