Charles Thomas Gillingham (born January 26, 1960) is a keyboardist and multi-instrumentalist best known for his performance on the

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, accordion, piano, and keyboards for the band

Counting Crows Counting Crows is an American rock band from San Francisco, California. Formed in 1991, the band consists of guitarist David Bryson, drummer Jim Bogios, vocalist Adam Duritz, keyboardist Charlie Gillingham, David Immerglück, bass guitarist ...

. He has also played the bass guitar in live shows during certain songs such as " Holiday in Spain". Gillingham attended Richard Henry Dana Junior High in

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, and also attended Miraleste High School in Rancho Palos Verdes his sophomore, junior and senior year. He was a member of Slip Stream, Clark, Kent, and the Reporters, Midnight Radio, Zip Code Revue, and played keyboards on

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's 1998 debut album. In 2004, Gillingham was nominated for an Oscar as co-composer of the song " Accidentally in Love". He was put forward in the category

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with his fellow songwriters

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, Jim Bogios, David Immerglück, Matt Malley, David Bryson and Dan Vickrey. The track was used in the film ''

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''. Gillingham studied philosophy and

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. Before entering the music industry, he worked as a software engineer in the field of artificial intelligence.

Recordings

Apart from his work with Counting Crows, Gillingham also contributed to the following recordings:

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Gillingham, Charlie 1960 births Living people Counting Crows members American rock pianists American male pianists American rock keyboardists American rock bass guitarists American male bass guitarists American accordionists American multi-instrumentalists Songwriters from California Musicians from Torrance, California Guitarists from California American male guitarists 20th-century American guitarists 20th-century American pianists 21st-century accordionists 21st-century American keyboardists 20th-century American keyboardists

Recordings

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