Victor Stanley Feldman (7 April 1934 – 12 May 1987) was an English

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musician who played mainly piano,

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, and percussion. He began performing professionally during childhood, eventually earning acclaim in the UK jazz scene as an adult. Feldman emigrated to the United States in the mid-1950s, where he continued working in jazz and also as a

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with a variety of pop and rock performers.

Early life

Feldman was born in Edgware on 7 April 1934. He caused a sensation as a musical prodigy when he was "discovered", aged seven. His family were all musical and his father founded the Feldman Swing Club in London in 1942 to showcase his talented sons. Feldman performed from a young age: "from 1941 to 1947 he played drums in a trio with his brothers; when he was nine he took up piano and when he was 14 started playing vibraphone". He featured in the films '' King Arthur Was a Gentleman'' (1942) and '' Theatre Royal'' (1943). In 1944, he was featured at a concert with Glenn Miller's AAAF band, as "Kid Krupa" (in reference to drummer Gene Krupa). He also "took a prominent role in the musical ''Piccadilly Hayride''" (1946–1948).

Professional life and career

His drums teacher Carlo Krahmer encouraged Feldman to play the

which he did first in the Ralph Sharon Sextet and later in the Roy Fox band. Feldman played with Vic Lewis and Ted Heath. Feldman played with Sharon from late 1949 to 1951, including performances in Switzerland. There were further overseas trips with Ronnie Scott (to Paris in 1952), and Harry Parry (to India). He also played with Parry in the UK from October 1953 to January 1954. From 1954, when he recorded with Jimmy Deuchar, and played again with Scott, "he was working mainly as a pianist and vibraphonist; his early vibraphone playing showed the influence of Milt Jackson". He was a notable percussionist, but it was as a pianist and vibraphone player that he became best known. Before leaving the UK to work in the US, Feldman recorded with Ronnie Scott's orchestra and quintet from 1954 to 1955, which also featured other important British jazz musicians such as Phil Seamen and Hank Shaw. It was Scott who recommended that Feldman emigrate to the US, which he did in 1955. Once there, his first steady work was with the Woody Herman Herd. He had frequent return trips to the UK over the following years. His 8-week visit in 1956–57 included studio recording sessions and club appearances. After Herman he joined

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for a short time. In 1958, he had his own working band on the west coast, which included the innovative bassist Scott LaFaro. His 1958 album ''The Arrival of Victor Feldman'' includes LaFaro and Stan Levey on drums. He recorded with many jazz artists, including

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, George Shearing,

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and

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, most notably on Davis' 1963 album ''Seven Steps to Heaven'', the title tune being his own composition. Davis invited Feldman to join his group full-time, but Feldman declined, preferring the stability of studio work to the career of a touring musician. The 5-CD Shelly Manne Black Hawk set, originally released on LP in September 1959, is a good representation of Feldman's unmistakable driving '' comping'' behind the soloists, helping to define the session as a valuable hard bop genre element. In 1957, Feldman settled in Los Angeles permanently and then specialised in lucrative session work for the US film and recording industry, with the exception of joining the Cannonball Adderley Quintet in 1960-61. Feldman's vibraphone soloing is featured extensively on the Grammy Award-winning '' The Music from Peter Gunn'', with

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writing, "There's some particularly impressive work by drummer Shelly Manne and vibes player Victor Feldman, whose cool, understated playing seems to deliberately recall that of Milt Jackson." He also branched out to work with a variety of musicians outside of jazz, recording with artists such as

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in 1967, Steely Dan and

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in the 1970s and

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and Joe Walsh in the 1980s. It is Feldman's percussion work on Steely Dan's song " Do It Again" that gives the song its Latin groove. Feldman appears on all seven Steely Dan albums released in the 1970s and 1980 in the band's first incarnation. Feldman died of a heart attack in 1987 at his home in Los Angeles, aged 53, following an asthma attack. In 2009, he was inducted in the Musicians Hall of Fame and Museum in

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Discography

As leader

As sideman

With David Ackles * '' Subway to the Country'' (

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, 1970) With Arthur Adams * ''I Love Love Love My Lady'' (

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, 1979) With Pepper Adams * '' California Cookin''' (Interplay, 1991) With

* '' Cannonball Adderley and the Poll Winners'' ( Riverside, 1960) * '' The Cannonball Adderley Quintet at the Lighthouse'' (Riverside, 1960) * '' The Cannonball Adderley Quintet Plus'' (Riverside, 1961) * ''Live in Europe'' ( Pablo, 1984) * ''Paris 1960'' (

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, 1997) With Nat Adderley * '' A Little New York Midtown Music'' (

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, 1978) With Alessi Brothers * ''Alessi'' (A&M Records, 1976) * ''Long Time Friends'' ( Qwest Records, 1982) With Peter Allen * '' I Could Have Been a Sailor'' (A&M Records, 1979) * '' Not the Boy Next Door'' (

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, 1983) With Gregg Allman Band * '' Playin' Up a Storm'' ( Capricorn Records, 1977) With Curtis Amy * '' Way Down'' ( Pacific Jazz, 1962) With Patti Austin * '' Patti Austin'' (Qwest Records, 1984) With Hoyt Axton * '' Southbound'' (A&M Records, 1975) With

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* '' L.A. (Light Album)'' (CBS Records, 1979) With The Beau Brummels * '' The Beau Brummels'' ( Warner Bros., 1975) With Bob Bennett * ''

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'' (Star Song, 1985) With Stephen Bishop * '' Careless'' (

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, 1976) With Bobby Bland * ''Reflections in Blue'' (ABC Records, 1977) With Blue Magic * ''Message from the Magic'' ( Atco, 1978) With Karla Bonoff * '' Wild Heart of the Young'' (Columbia Records, 1982) With Terence Boylan * ''Terence Boylan'' ( Asylum, 1977) * ''Suzy'' (Asylum, 1980) With

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* ''Music, Music, Music'' (Amsterdam, 1973) With Toni Brown * ''Toni Brown'' (Fantasy, 1980) With Solomon Burke * ''Electronic Magnetism'' (MGM Records, 1971) With

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* '' St. Vincent's Court'' (EMI, 1979) With Valerie Carter * '' Wild Child'' (ARC, 1978) With

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* '' John R. Cash'' (Columbia, 1975) With David Cassidy * '' Dreams Are Nuthin' More Than Wishes'' (

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, 1973) With Chad and Jeremy * ''The Ark'' (Columbia, 1968) With Kerry Chater * ''Part Time Love'' (Warner Bros. Records, 1977) * ''Love on a Shoestring'' (Warner Bros. Records, 1978) With

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* '' I'd Rather Believe in You'' (Warner Bros. Records, 1976) * ''

'' ( Casablanca Records, 1979) * ''

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'' (Casablanca Records, 1979) With James Clay * '' A Double Dose of Soul'' (Riverside, 1960) With Rita Coolidge * '' Never Let You Go'' (A&M Records, 1983) With Bob Cooper * '' Coop! The Music of Bob Cooper'' (Contemporary, 1958) With Jerry Corbetta * ''Jerry Corbetta'' (Warner Bros. Records, 1978) With Christopher Cross * '' Christopher Cross'' (Columbia Records, 1979) With

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* '' Pretty Girls'' (Talisman, 1979) With

* '' Seven Steps to Heaven'' (Columbia Records, 1963) With Kiki Dee * '' Stay with Me'' (Rocket, 1979) With

* ''

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'' (Vee-Jay, 1965) With

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* '' New Arrangement'' (Columbia Records, 1975) With Cliff De Young * ''Cliff De Young'' (MCA, 1975) With

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* '' Heartlight'' (Columbia Records, 1982) With

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* '' Love's Lines, Angles and Rhymes'' (Bell, 1971) With Dion DiMucci * '' Streetheart'' (Warner Bros. Records, 1976) With Ned Doheny * '' Hard Candy'' (Columbia, 1976) With The Doobie Brothers * '' Stampede'' (Warner Bros. Records, 1975) * '' Livin' on the Fault Line'' ( Warner Bros. Records, 1977) With Charlie Dore * ''Listen!'' (Chrysalis Records, 1981) With Yvonne Elliman * ''Yvonne'' (RSO Records, 1979) With

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* ''

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'' (Columbia, 1978) With Phil Everly * ''Star Spangled Springer'' (RCA Records, 1973) With

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* '' The Everly Brothers Sing'' (Warner Bros. Records, 1967) With José Feliciano * '' Feliciano/10 to 23'' (RCA Victor, 1969) * '' Romance in the Night'' (Motown, 1983) With The Floaters * ''Float Into the Future'' (MCA Records, 1979) With

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* '' Keeper of the Castle'' (Dunhill, 1972) * '' Night Lights Harmony'' (ABC, 1975) With Michael Franks * '' Objects of Desire'' (Warner Bros. Records, 1982) With The Free Movement * '' I've Found Someone of My Own'' (

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, 1972) With Glenn Frey * '' The Allnighter'' (MCA Records, 1984) With Richie Furay * ''Dance a Little Light'' (Asylum Records, 1978) With Ted Gärdestad * '' Blue Virgin Isles'' (Polar, 1978) With Terry Garthwaite * ''Hand in Glove'' (Fantasy, 1978) With

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* '' Let's Get It On'' (Motown, 1973) With Amy Grant * '' A Christmas Album'' (Myrrh Records, 1983) With Cyndi Grecco * '' Making Our Dreams Come True'' (Private Stock Records, 1976) With Lani Hall * ''Blush'' (A&M, 1980) With Albert Hammond * '' Albert Hammond'' (Mums Records, 1974) With Woody Herman * ''At the Monterey Jazz Festival'' (

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, 1959) With Dan Hill * ''If Dreams Had Wings'' (Epic Records, 1980) With Paul Horn * '' Impressions of Cleopatra'' (Columbia Records, 1963) With Thelma Houston * '' I've Got the Music in Me'' (Sheffield Lab Records, 1975) With Paul Jabara * '' Keeping Time'' (Casablanca, 1978) * '' The Third Album'' (Casablanca, 1979) With Milt Jackson * '' Memphis Jackson'' ( Impulse!, 1969) With

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* '' Jarreau'' (Warner Bros. Records, 1983) With

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* '' 21 at 33'' (Rocket, 1980) * '' The Fox'' (Geffen, 1981) With J. J. Johnson * '' A Touch of Satin'' (Columbia Records, 1962) * '' Concepts in Blue'' (Pablo, 1981) With Plas Johnson * '' This Must Be the Plas'' (Capitol Records, 1959) With Jack Jones * ''Harbour'' (RCA Victor, 1974) * ''With One More Look at You'' (RCA Victor, 1977) With

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* '' The Hot Rock OST'' (Prophesy, 1972) * ''

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'' (A&M Records, 1977) With

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* ''

'' (Warner Bros. Records, 1979) * '' Pirates'' (Warner Bros. Records, 1981) * '' Girl at Her Volcano'' (Warner Bros. Records, 1983) * '' The Magazine'' (Warner Bros. Records, 1984) With Sam Jones * '' The Chant'' (Riverside, 1961) With Thomas Jefferson Kaye * ''Thomas Jefferson Kaye'' (Dunhill Records, 1973) * ''First Grade'' (Dunhill Records, 1974) With The Keane Brothers * ''The Keane Brothers'' (20th Century Records, 1977) With

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* ''

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'' (Capitol, 1969) With Barney Kessel * ''

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'' (Contemporary, 1958) * '' Let's Cook!'' (Contemporary, 1962) With B.B. King * '' L.A. Midnight'' (ABC Records, 1972) With Bobby King * ''Bobby King'' (Warner Bros. Records, 1981) With John Klemmer * '' Waterfalls'' (Impulse!, 1972) * '' Intensity'' (Impulse!, 1973) With

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* '' Miss Gladys Knight'' (Buddah, 1978) With Nicolette Larson * '' Nicolette'' (Warner Bros. Records, 1978) * '' In the Nick of Time'' (Warner Bros. Records, 1979) With

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* '' If You Go'' (Capitol, 1961) * '' Then Was Then – Now Is Now!'' (Capitol, 1965) * '' Make It With You'' (Capitol, 1970) * '' Norma Deloris Egstrom from Jamestown, North Dakota'' (Capitol, 1972) * ''

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'' (A&M, 1975) With Ketty Lester * ''Ketty Lester'' (Records By Pete, 1969) With

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* '' Shadows'' (Warner Bros. Records, 1982) With

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* ''

'' (Polydor Records, 1973) With Mary MacGregor * '' ...In Your Eyes'' (Ariola Records, 1978) With Henry Mancini * '' The Music from Peter Gunn'' (RCA Records, 1959) With Harvey Mandel * ''Righteous'' (Phillips, 1969) With Shelly Manne * '' Shelly Manne & His Men Play Peter Gunn'' (Contemporary, 1959) * '' Son of Gunn!!'' (Contemporary, 1959) * '' At the Black Hawk 1'' (Contemporary, 1959) * '' At the Black Hawk 2'' (Contemporary, 1959) * '' At the Black Hawk 3'' (Contemporary, 1959) * '' At the Black Hawk 4'' (Contemporary, 1959) * '' My Son the Jazz Drummer!'' (Contemporary, 1962) * '' Daktari'' (Atlantic Records, 1967) * '' At the Black Hawk 5'' (Contemporary, 1991) With Jon Mark * ''Songs for a Friend'' (Columbia, 1975) With Gene McDaniels * ''Natural Juices'' (Ode, 1975) With Bobby McFerrin * '' Bobby McFerrin'' (Elektra Records, 1982) With Kate & Anna McGarrigle * '' Pronto Monto'' (Warner Bros. Records, 1978) With Carmen McRae * '' Can't Hide Love'' (Blue Note, 1976) With Randy Meisner * '' Randy Meisner'' (Asylum, 1978) With Melanie * ''

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'' (Atlantic Records, 1976) * ''Seventh Wave'' (Neighbourhood Records, 1983) With Jim Messina * ''Messina'' (Warner Bros. Records, 1981) With

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* '' Merciless'' (Casablanca Records, 1983) With

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* '' Tropical Nights'' (Columbia, 1977) With Adam Mitchell * ''Redhead in Trouble'' (Warner Bros. Records, 1979) With Blue Mitchell * '' Stablemates'' ( Candid Records, 1977) With

* '' The Hissing of Summer Lawns'' (Asylum Records, 1975) * '' Hejira'' (A&M Records, 1976) * '' Wild Things Run Fast'' (Geffen, 1982) With

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* '' City of Angels'' (Tamla, 1975) With

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* ''

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'' (Colgems, 1969) With Melba Moore * '' Peach Melba'' (Buddah Records, 1975) With

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* '' Sweet Harmony'' (Reprise Records, 1976) * ''Open Your Eyes'' (Warner Bros. Records, 1979) With Michael Martin Murphey * '' Flowing Free Forever'' (Epic Records, 1976) * '' Lone Wolf'' (Epic Records, 1978) * '' The Heart Never Lies'' (Liberty Records, 1983) With Anne Murray * '' Together'' (Capitol, 1975) * '' Where Do You Go When You Dream'' (Capitol, 1981) With

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* '' Zig Zag'' (

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, 1970) With Michael Nesmith * '' The Wichita Train Whistle Sings'' (Dot Records, 1968) With

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* '' Born Again'' (Warner Bros. Records, 1979) With

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* '' Totally Hot'' (MCA Records, 1978) * '' Physical'' (MCA Records, 1981) With Wayne Newton * ''Daddy Don't You Walk So Fast'' (Chelsea, 1972) * ''While We're Still Young'' (Chelsea, 1973) * ''She Believes in Me'' (Aries, 1979) With Nielsen Pearson * ''Nielsen/Pearson'' (Capitol, 1980) With Kenny Nolan * ''A Song Between Us'' (Polydor, 1978) With

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* ''Appetizers'' (Pacific, 1977) * ''Oh Johnny!'' (Pacific, 1979) With Pages * ''Pages'' (Epic, 1978) With Freda Payne * '' Out of Payne Comes Love'' (ABC, 1975) With Leslie Pearl * ''Words & Music'' (RCA Records, 1982) With

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and

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* '' Art 'n' Zoot'' (Pablo, 1995) With Esther Phillips * ''All About Esther'' (Mercury Records, 1978) With Sam Phillips * '' Dancing with Danger'' (Myrrh Records, 1984) With Poco * '' Head over Heels'' (ABC, 1975) With June Pointer * ''Baby Sister'' (Planet Records, 1983) With Jean-Luc Ponty and

* '' King Kong: Jean-Luc Ponty Plays the Music of Frank Zappa'' (World Pacific Jazz, 1970) With

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* '' Pressin' On'' (Motown, 1982) With

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* '' Music, Music'' (Capitol Records, 1976) With

Della Reese Della Reese (born Delloreese Patricia Early; July 6, 1931 – November 19, 2017) was an American singer, actress, television personality, author and ordained minister. As a singer, she recorded blues, gospel, jazz and pop. Several of her singl ...

* '' Della on Strings of Blue'' (ABC, 1967) * '' I Gotta Be Me...This Trip Out'' (ABC, 1968) * '' Let Me in Your Life'' (LMI, 1973) With Minnie Riperton * '' Minnie'' (Capitol Records, 1979) With

Kenny Rogers Kenneth Ray Rogers (born Kenneth Donald Rogers) (August 21, 1938 – March 20, 2020) was an American singer and songwriter. He was inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum, Country Music Hall of Fame in 2013. Rogers was particul ...

and

Dolly Parton Dolly Rebecca Parton (born January 19, 1946) is an American singer, songwriter, musician, actress, and philanthropist, known primarily as a country music, country musician. After achieving success as a songwriter for others, Parton's debut album ...

* '' Once Upon a Christmas'' (RCA Records, 1984) With

Sonny Rollins Walter Theodore "Sonny" Rollins (born September 7, 1930) is an American retired jazz tenor saxophonist who is widely recognized as one of the most important and influential jazz musicians. In a seven-decade career, Rollins recorded over sixt ...

* '' Sonny Rollins and the Contemporary Leaders'' (Contemporary, 1958) With

Brenda Russell Brenda Russell (née Gordon; born April 8, 1949) is an American singer-songwriter, producer, and keyboardist. Russell has a diverse musical range which encompasses Rhythm and blues, R&B, pop music, pop, soul music, soul, dance music, dance, and ...

* ''

'' (Horizon Records, 1979) With Evie Sands * ''Estate Of Mind'' (Haven Records, 1974) * ''Suspended Animation'' (RCA Victor, 1979) With

Leo Sayer Leo Sayer (born Gerard Hugh Sayer, 21 May 1948) is an English-Australian singer and songwriter who has been active since the early 1970s. He has been an Australian citizen and resident since 2009. Sayer launched his career in the United Kingd ...

* '' Here'' (Chrysalis Records, 1979) With Boz Scaggs * '' Down Two Then Left'' (Columbia Records, 1977) With

Lalo Schifrin Boris Claudio "Lalo" Schifrin (born June 21, 1932) is an Argentine-American pianist, composer, arranger, and conductor. He is best known for his large body of film and TV scores since the 1950s, incorporating jazz and Music of Latin America, Lati ...

* '' Gone with the Wave'' ( Colpix, 1964) * ''The Cincinnati Kid'' (MGM, 1965) With Seals and Crofts * '' Seals & Crofts'' (TA Records, 1969) * '' Year of Sunday'' (Warner Bros. Records, 1971) * '' The Longest Road'' (Warner Bros. Records, 1980) With Bud Shank * '' Girl in Love'' (World Pacific, 1966) * '' Bud Shank Plays Music from Today's Movies'' (World Pacific, 1967) * '' Magical Mystery'' (World Pacific, 1967) With

Carly Simon Carly Elisabeth Simon (born June 25, 1943) is an American musician, singer, songwriter, and author. She rose to fame in the 1970s with a string of hit records; her 13 Billboard Hot 100, top 40 U.S. hits include "Anticipation (song), Anticipatio ...

* '' Another Passenger'' (Elektra Records, 1976) With Patrick Simmons * ''Arcade'' (Elektra, 1983) With

Frank Sinatra Francis Albert Sinatra (; December 12, 1915 – May 14, 1998) was an American singer and actor. Honorific nicknames in popular music, Nicknamed the "Chairman of the Board" and "Ol' Blue Eyes", he is regarded as one of the Time 100: The Most I ...

* '' Moonlight Sinatra'' (Reprise, 1965) * '' Strangers in the Night'' (Reprise, 1966) * '' That's Life'' (Reprise, 1966) * '' Francis Albert Sinatra & Antônio Carlos Jobim'' (Reprise, 1967) * '' Sinatra & Company'' (Reprise, 1971) With The Singers Unlimited * ''Feeling Free'' (Pausa, 1975) * ''A Special Blend'' (MPS, 1976) With O. C. Smith * ''Together'' (Caribou, 1977) With David Soul * ''Band of Friends'' (Energy, 1979) With

Dusty Springfield Mary Isobel Catherine Bernadette O'Brien (16 April 1939 – 2 March 1999), better known by her stage name Dusty Springfield, was a British singer. With her distinctive mezzo-soprano voice, she was a popular singer of blue-eyed soul, Pop mus ...

* '' Cameo'' (ABC Dunhill Records, 1973) With Candi Staton * ''Young Hearts Run Free'' (Warner Bros. Records, 1976) * ''House of Love'' (Warner Bros. Records, 1978) With Steely Dan * '' Can't Buy a Thrill'' (ABC Records, 1972) * '' Countdown to Ecstasy'' (ABC Records, 1973) * '' Pretzel Logic'' (ABC Records, 1974) * '' Katy Lied'' (ABC Records, 1975) * '' The Royal Scam'' (ABC Records, 1976) * '' Aja'' (ABC Records, 1977) * '' FM (No Static at All)'' (MCA Records, 1978) * ''

Gaucho A gaucho () or gaúcho () is a skilled horseman, reputed to be brave and unruly. The figure of the gaucho is a folk symbol of Argentina, Paraguay, Uruguay, Rio Grande do Sul in Brazil, the southern part of Bolivia, and the south of Chilean Patago ...

'' (MCA Records, 1980) With Foster Sylvers * '' Foster Sylvers'' (Capitol, 1978) With The Sylvers * ''

New Horizons ''New Horizons'' is an Interplanetary spaceflight, interplanetary space probe launched as a part of NASA's New Frontiers program. Engineered by the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory (APL) and the Southwest Research Institut ...

'' (Capitol, 1976) With

James Taylor James Vernon Taylor (born March 12, 1948) is an American singer-songwriter and guitarist. A six-time Grammy Award winner, he was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2000. Taylor achieved his breakthrough in 1970 with the single "Fi ...

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Gorilla Gorillas are primarily herbivorous, terrestrial great apes that inhabit the tropical forests of equatorial Africa. The genus ''Gorilla'' is divided into two species: the eastern gorilla and the western gorilla, and either four or five su ...

'' (Warner Bros. Records, 1975) * '' In the Pocket'' (Warner Bros. Records, 1976) With Livingston Taylor * ''

Man's Best Friend "Man's best friend" is a common title given to both domestic dogs, referring to their multi-millennia-long history of Human-canine bond, close relations, loyalty, friendship, and companionship with humans. The first recorded use of a related ph ...

'' (Epic Records, 1980) With Willie Tee * ''Anticipation'' (United Artists Records, 1976) With

Three Dog Night Three Dog Night is an American rock band formed in 1967, founded by vocalists Chuck Negron, Cory Wells, and Danny Hutton. This lineup was soon augmented by Jimmy Greenspoon (keyboards), Joe Schermie (bass), Michael Allsup (guitar), and Floyd Sn ...

* '' Coming Down Your Way'' (ABC, 1975) With

Mel Tormé Melvin Howard Tormé (September 13, 1925 – June 5, 1999), nicknamed "the Velvet Fog", was an American musician, singer, composer, arrangement, arranger, drummer, actor, and author. He composed the music for "The Christmas Song" ("Chestnuts Roa ...

* '' Back in Town'' (Verve, 1959) With The Manhattan Transfer * ''

Pastiche A pastiche () is a work of visual art, literature, theatre, music, or architecture that imitates the style or character of the work of one or more other artists. Unlike parody, pastiche pays homage to the work it imitates, rather than mocking ...

'' (Atlantic, 1978) * '' Mecca for Moderns'' (Atlantic, 1981) With Gino Vannelli * '' Brother to Brother'' (A&M Records, 1978) With Leroy Vinnegar * '' Leroy Walks!'' (Contemporary, 1958) * '' Leroy Walks Again!!!'' (Contemporary, 1963) With

* '' Heartattack and Vine'' (Asylum Records, 1980) * ''

Swordfishtrombones ''Swordfishtrombones'' is the eighth studio album by American singer-songwriter Tom Waits, released in 1983 on Island Records. It was the first album that Waits self-produced. Stylistically different from his previous albums, ''Swordfishtrombones ...

'' (Island Records, 1983) With

Narada Michael Walden Narada Michael Walden ( ; Michael Walden; born April 23, 1952) is an American musician, singer, songwriter and record producer. He acquired the nickname Narada from Sri Chinmoy. He began his career as a drummer, working primarily in the jazz ...

* '' Awakening'' (Atlantic, 1979) With Wendy Waldman * ''The Main Refrain'' (Warner Bros. Records, 1976) With Joe Walsh * '' There Goes the Neighborhood'' (Asylum Records, 1981) With

Dionne Warwick Marie Dionne Warwick ( ; born Marie Dionne Warrick; December 12, 1940) is an American singer, actress, and television host. During her career, Warwick has won many awards, including six Grammy Awards. She has been inducted into the Hollywood Wa ...

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Love at First Sight Love at first sight is a personal experience and a common theme in creative works: a person or character feels an instant, extreme, and ultimately long-lasting romantic attraction for a stranger upon first seeing that stranger. It has been desc ...

'' (Warner Bros. Records, 1977) * '' Friends in Love'' (Arista Records, 1982) With Wayne Watson * ''Man in the Middle'' (Milk & Honey, 1984) With

Jimmy Webb Jimmy Layne Webb (born August 15, 1946) is an American songwriter, composer, and singer. He achieved success at an early age, winning the Grammy Award for Song of the Year at the age of 21. During his career, he established himself as one of Am ...

* '' Angel Heart'' (Real West Production, 1982) With The Whispers * '' Love Is Where You Find It'' (Solar, 1982) With Deniece Williams * '' Song Bird'' (Columbia Records, 1977) With Joe Williams * ''With Love'' (Temponic, 1972) With Lenny Williams * ''Taking Chances'' (MCA Records, 1981) With Paul Williams * '' Here Comes Inspiration'' (A&M, 1974) With

Gerald Wilson Gerald Stanley Wilson (September 4, 1918 – September 8, 2014) was an American jazz trumpeter, big band bandleader, composer, arranger, and educator. Born in Mississippi, he was based in Los Angeles from the early 1940s. He arranged music for D ...

* '' Feelin' Kinda Blues'' (Pacific Jazz, 1965) * '' On Stage'' (Pacific Jazz, 1965) * '' The Golden Sword'' (Pacific Jazz, 1966) With Renn Woods * ''Out of the Woods'' (Columbia, 1979) With Betty Wright * ''Betty Wright'' (Epic Records, 1981) With The Youngbloods * '' Elephant Mountain'' (RCA Victor, 1969) With

* '' Lumpy Gravy'' (Capitol Records, 1968)

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