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Artist not credited that played on other artist's songs

Posted on 4/5/17 at 7:28 pm
Posted by Ramblin Wreck
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Posted on 4/5/17 at 7:28 pm
Thought this topic might provide us with interesting music trivia knowledge to impress others with. Here are a couple -

Marc Bolan of T Rex fame played guitar on ELO's Ma Ma Ma Belle. This is one of ELO's early songs before they began adding full orchestras.

Ma Ma Ma Belle

The Oak Ridge Boys sang back up on Paul Simon's Slip Slidin' Away.

Slip Slidin' Away

Neither artist is listed in the credits.
Posted by Dandy Lion
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Posted on 4/5/17 at 7:58 pm to
Elton John on Bolan's Bang a Gong.
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Posted by ThePTExperience1969
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Posted on 4/5/17 at 8:12 pm to
Prince(guitar) on three songs on Madonna's Like a Prayer album: Like a Prayer, Keep It Together, and Act of Contrition
Posted by DyeHardDylan
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Posted on 4/5/17 at 8:45 pm to
Eric Clapton in While My Guitar Gently Weeps
Posted by 45acp
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Posted on 4/5/17 at 9:19 pm to
I've never been able to pick it out but they say gram parsons can be heard singing backing vocals on exile on Main Street.
Posted by Brosef Stalin
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Posted on 4/5/17 at 9:22 pm to
Kerry King on the Beasties No Sleep til Brooklyn
Mark Knopfler on Weird Al's Money For Nothing-Beverly Hillbilles
Posted by LSUDVM1999
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Posted on 4/5/17 at 9:26 pm to
Eddie Van Halen with the guitar solo for Michael Jackson's Beat It.
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Posted by prplhze2000
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Posted on 4/5/17 at 10:34 pm to
Clapton on Abbey Road
Posted by Fontainebleau Dr.
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Posted on 4/5/17 at 10:46 pm to
James Hetfield on CoC's "Man or Ash."

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Posted by Kafka
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Posted on 4/5/17 at 11:19 pm to
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I've never been able to pick it out but they say gram parsons can be heard singing backing vocals on exile on Main Street.
Can you hear GP on this? (I can't):

Everly Bros - "I'm On My Way Home Again"

Clarence White on guitar
Posted by GCTiger11
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Posted on 4/6/17 at 12:07 am to
David Bowie vocals in Lou Reed's Satellite of Love

John Lennon vocals in David Bowie's Fame

Flea bass in Bust A Move

Beach Boys Carl Wilson and Bruce Johnston vocals in Elton John's Don't Let The Sun Go Down On Me

Dusty Springfield vocals in Elton John's The Bitch is Back

Glenn Frey vocals in Randy Newman's Short People
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Posted by geauxbrown
Louisiana
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Posted on 4/6/17 at 2:08 am to
Bernard Purdie has maintained for years that he played drums on one of the later Beatles albums. The information is so detailed that I almost believe him. For those of you who don't know, Purdie was the top studio drummer in New York for years, playing on hundreds of hit records.

Glenn Frey, Don Henley and Timothy Schmidt sang back up on Steely Dan's "FM"

Les Dudek claims he co wrote "Jessica"

Larry Knectel played bass on the Doors stuff....no credit.

Stevie Wonder played on Elton Johns' "Guess that's why they call it the Blues"

Phil Collins sang on Howard Jones' "No One To Blame"

Posted by tigertrueAU
Canyon Lake Texas
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Posted on 4/6/17 at 2:21 am to
Jerry Garcia gave an interview one time were he said there was like 100 songs/albums he had played on and wasnt credited.
He was very involved with Jefferson airplane early on. Because of record label conflicts he was credited as "musical and spiritual advisor" on the back of Surrealistic pillow.
He also played pedal steel guitar on lots of albums for folks. Teach your children by Crosby, Stills & Nash comes to mind as a classic song few knew he played on.
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Posted by Kafka
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Posted on 4/6/17 at 2:46 am to
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Bernard Purdie has maintained for years that he played drums on one of the later Beatles albums. The information is so detailed that I almost believe him. For those of you who don't know, Purdie was the top studio drummer in New York for years, playing on hundreds of hit records.
Wiki:
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In a 1978 interview, Purdie claimed to have added drum overdubs to "several [tracks] of the Beatles' Hamburg recording" with Tony Sheridan, including "Ain't She Sweet", "Take Out Some Insurance On Me Baby" and "Sweet Georgia Brown" to give them a punchier sound for the US market
In other words, he overdubbed drum tracks to some pre-EMI "Beat Brothers" tracks b/c Pete Best (NOT Ringo) was deemed inadequate.
Posted by lsu2006
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Posted on 4/6/17 at 7:39 am to
Jerry plays the steel pedal on Teach Your Children Well. Not sure if he's credited or not

ETA: beaten to the punch
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Posted by Dandy Lion
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Posted on 4/6/17 at 9:08 am to
Mick Jagger on Carly Simon's You're So Vain.
Posted by Old
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Posted on 4/6/17 at 10:04 am to
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Artist not credited that played on other artist's songs

Jimmy Page - electric guitar solo . The Kinks - You Really Got Me.
Posted by TexTigah81
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Posted on 4/6/17 at 11:38 am to
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Clapton on Abbey Road


Clapton did not play on Abbey Road, only The White Album.
Posted by Dandy Lion
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Posted on 4/6/17 at 12:39 pm to
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As the year wound down, Page applied his six-string skills to several songs that took hold not only in England, but in America as well. The first of these was Tom Jones’s massive hit “It’s Not Unusual,” which saw Page deliver steady, straightforward rhythm guitar. That session was followed by contributions to a cachet of songs that have since become classic-rock staples. At the behest of producer Shel Talmy, Page played “at least a couple of riffs” on The Kinks’ “You Really Got Me” and “All Day and All of the Night.” (Note: the fiery solo on the former song was recorded by Dave Davies.) Page also played on Van Morrison and Them’s “Gloria,” “Here Comes the Night,” and “Baby Please Don’t Go,” though to what extent no one is certain.

Later in December, Talmy summoned Page back into the studio to “strengthen up” the riffs to The Who’s “I Can’t Explain.” Page also played scorching lead on that song’s B-side, “Bald-Headed Woman.” Other noteworthy Page contributions that year include an appearance on Marianne Faithfull’s “As Tears Go By,” and showing Keith Richards the solo that Richards employed on the Stones’ “Heart of Stone.”


Posted by Jester
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Posted on 4/6/17 at 3:15 pm to
Tina Turner and the Ikettes on Over-Nite Sensation by Frank Zappa and the Mothers of Invention

Dinah-Moe Hum
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