The history of “top 40” saxophone solos 1955-2011



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ALLEN JONES BARITONE



#24 COME SEE ABOUT ME-

JR. WALKER & THE ALLSTARS JR. WALKER TENOR
#5 GIRL WATCHER-THE O’KAYSIONS JIM SPEIDEL TENOR w/

RON TURNER TRUMPET
#1 GRAZING IN THE GRASS-HUGH MASEKELA AL ABREAU TENOR
#31 HIP CITY-

JR. WALKER & THE ALLSTARS JR. WALKER TENOR
#9 I CAN’T STOP DANCING-

ARCHIE BELL & THE DRELLS ? TENOR w/ BRASS

Several names are associated with this band’s horn section depending upon the source; Michael Pedicin, Jr., Sam Peake, Sam Reed, Clarence Harper, Nelson Mills and Leroy Lewis.

Per http://www.soul-patrol.com/philly/archie.html the brass section were, Clarence Harper, Nelson Mills, and Leroy Lewis. I do not know who played sax.
#11 IF YOU CAN WANT-THE MIRACLES ? TENOR

? BARITONE

CD credits-saxophones-Lanny Austin, Thomas "Beans" Bowles, Teddy Buckner, Ted Buckner, Angelo Carlisi, Hank Cosby, Lefty Edwards, Eli Fontaine, Kasuku Mafia, Eugene BeeBee Moore, Larry Nozero, Bernie Peacock, Ernie Rodgers, Eugene Rodgers, Andrew Mike Terry, Danny Turner
£5 I’M AN URBAN SPACEMAN-

BONZO DOG DOO-DAH BAND BOB KERR SOPRANO
#4 (£1) LADY MADONNA-BEATLES RONNIE SCOTT (solo) TENOR

Per liner notes; recorded at Abbey Road 2/3/68,

Ronnie Scott (ts), Harry Klein (bs), Bill Povey

(ts) and Bill Jackman (bs). Sax Section followed

by TENOR solo.
#14 LICKING STICK (PART 1)-JAMES BROWN MACEO PARKER ALTO
#7 MY SPECIAL ANGEL-VOGUES PLAS JOHNSON TENOR
#14 SEE SAW-ARETHA FRANKLIN ? SAX SECTION with BRASS

CD credits- KING CURTIS-TENOR, SELDON POWELL-TENOR, WILLIE BRIDGES-BARI, CHARLES CHALMERS-TENOR, HAYWOOD HENRY-BARI, ANDREW LOVE-TENOR, FLOYD NEWMAN-BARI, FRANK WESS-TENOR
#23 (£43) SOUL SERENADE-WILLIE MITCHELL CHARLIE CHALMERS TENOR
#3 (£46) SPOOKY-

CLASSICS IV MIKE (SHARP) SHAPIRO TENOR

Once the group signed with The Lowery Music Group out of Atlanta, Georgia and Capitol records, The Classics IV re-recorded “Spooky.” The song was originally an instrumental regional hit by Mike Sharp, a talented saxophone player. J.R. Cobb and producer Buddy Buie added lyrics to it and the rest is history.


Two web sites that credit Jim Pepper as the soloist;
http://www.inmotionmagazine.com/pepper.html
http://tools.search.yahoo.com/language/translation/translatedPage.php?tt=url&text=http%3a//www.jazzpoint.at/chronik/jim_pepper.4.php&lp=de_en
However, the following clears up the issue;
This is Joe G. (Joe Glickman) I am the biographer on The Classics IV and their archivist. I started a documentary on the group about 7 years ago and traveled around the country gathering over 30
interviews with producers, writers, session musicians and band members of The Classics IV. I can say with 100% CERTAINTY that Mike Shapiro IS the sax player on SPOOKY. By the way, the reason he didn’t play on some of the other records (the ones Ray Jarrel played on) was because Mike was a bit hard to work with in the studio. He had a very good concept of how he wanted the solos, which differed from Buddy Buie’s ideas of mainstream pop. There’s a bit of a tone-break at the end of the solo that Mike insisted on re-recording, but Buddy wouldn’t let him. Now, I’ve interviewed on video: Buddy Buie (producer/writer), J.R. Cobb (guitarist/writer), Dennis St. John (session drummer), Emory Gordy, Jr. (session bass player), Wally Eaton (session cowbell and whistler - road bass player), Bill Lowery (producer/publisher), Dennis Yost (lead singer) as well as Mike Shapiro himself. They were all at the session and played on the entire “Spooky” album. All of them told
me that Mike Shapiro recorded the sax solo and Mike remembers, too. It doesn’t get much more conclusive than that.

English White was a sax player that was brought in later during the “Traces” road tour to fill in for the sax. Mike did not tour at all and the band had been playing for a while with Auburn Burrell filling in the sax solos on lead guitar. That was hurting their reception since the sax had a lot to do with their sound.

The only reason I can figure a few sites credit Jim Pepper is because one started it and the others follow. Try checking the internet and some fairly accredited recording publications, like ROLLING STONE, and ALL MUSIC GUIDE, and they all credit Wally Eaton on rhythm guitar and Joe Wilson on bass. WRONG! Wally was the bass player and Joe Wilson played keyboards. They only played their true instruments on their very first records on the Capitol Label and also contributed other instrumentation in the studio for the hits, but they were the touring band and the ORIGINAL Classics IV members.

There are SEVERAL people who have claimed to have recorded the sax


solo on “Spooky.” I still get e-mails from fans who bump into these nut jobs. I don’t know how someone can take credit for something they didn't do, but I’m sure after a while they start believing their own lies. There was a fake CLASSICS IV that I had to fight to get the trademark back from a few years ago (and did, successfully) so they’re out there....I just don't understand it and I won’t try. Whoever that is that said Jim “laughed while looking back” on recording “Spooky” probably should know that Jim was laughing because the guy was buying his made-up story. Jim Pepper did NOT record “Spooky.” PERIOD. And if anyone that represents him wants to challenge me on that - BRING IT
ON.

Oh - Um....Have a nice day everybody else. Hope that helped!”



Joe Glickman
www.classicsiv.com

By the way, Mike Shapiro recorded under the name Mike Sharpe because Shapiro wasn't Gentile enough for the recording industry at the time. That is a comment made by Buddy Buie to me. Shapiro played at The Houndstooth in Atlanta with Harry Middlebrooks early on and Emory Gordy, Jr. and Dennis St. John both played on Mike’s instrumental version, as well as The Classics IV’s, which came out nearly a year before The Classics IV’s version. Mike Sharpe recorded on the same label, but at a studio down the road from Lowery’s. Buie and Cobb heard the instrumental and added lyrics to it. The rest is history.

That’s the story”.
Joe Glickman

Classics IV Biographer


#5 STORMY-CLASSICS IV (DENNIS YOST) RAY JARRELL ALTO

MIKE (SHARP) SHAPIRO wrote the solo for STORMY but was not availiable the day they did the final cut per Mike’s friend, Charles A. King.
#2 THE HORSE-CLIFF NOBLES & CO. MIKE TERRY BARITONE
£7 THE RED BALLOON-DAVE CLARK FIVE DENNIS PAYTON TENOR & BRASS SECTION
#7 THINK-ARETHA FRANKLIN ? ALTO

CD credits- KING CURTIS-TENOR, SELDON POWELL-TENOR, WILLIE BRIDGES-BARI, CHARLES CHALMERS-TENOR, HAYWOOD HENRY-BARI, ANDREW LOVE-TENOR, FLOYD NEWMAN-BARI, FRANK WESS-TENOR

This is most likely KING- Gio Washington-Wright
#1 TIGHTEN UP-ARCHIE BELL & THE DRELLS

Several names are associated with this band’s horn section depending upon the source; Michael Pedicin, Jr., Sam Peake, Sam Reed, Clarence Harper, Nelson Mills and Leroy Lewis.

Per http://www.soul-patrol.com/philly/archie.html the brass section were, Clarence Harper, Nelson Mills, and Leroy Lewis. I do not know who played sax.

1969

#2 AND WHEN I DIE-BLOOD, SWEAT & TEARS FRED LIPSIUS ALTO
#19 EVERYDAY WITH YOU GIRL-

CLASSICS IV (DENNIS YOST) MIKE (SHARP) SHAPIRO ALTO
£10 GET READY-TEMPTATIONS KASUKU MAFIA TENOR
#1 (£1) HONKY TONK WOMEN-ROLLING STONES BOBBY KEYS SAX SECTION
£1 (IF PARADISE IS) HALF AS NICE—AMEN CORNER ? SOPRANO

The Amen Corner were a Welsh R&B-tinged pop band of the ‘60s featuring singer Andy Fairweather-Low, organist Blue Weaver, guitarist Neil Jones, bassist Clive Taylor, saxophonists Allen Jones and Mike Smith, and drummer Dennis Bryon.
#10 OH,WHAT A NIGHT-DELLS GENE BARGE a/k/a DADDY G TENOR
#3 SOULFUL STRUT-YOUNG-HOLT UNLIMITED ? TENOR

Eldee Young (bass) and Redd Holt (drums) did not perform on the record. It was performed by the Brunswick Records studio band.
#16 THESE EYES-

JR. WALKER & THE ALLSTARS JR. WALKER TENOR
#3 TOUCH ME-DOORS CURTIS AMY TENOR
#2 TRACES-CLASSICS IV (DENNIS YOST) RAY JARREL TENOR
#35 WE GOT MORE SOUL-DYKE AND THE BLAZERS

BERNARD WILLIAMS and CLARENCE TOWNS-dominant BARI SAX w/HORN SECTION
#4 WHAT DOES IT TAKE (TO WIN YOUR LOVE)-

JR. WALKER & THE ALLSTARS JR. WALKER TENOR
#18 WHEN I DIE-MOTHERLODE STEVE KENNEDY TENOR

1970

#39 COME RUNNING-VAN MORRISON JACK SCHROER ALTO COLLIN TILTON TENOR

#9 DOMINO-VAN MORRISON (per album credits)-

VAN MORRISON (ts), JACK SCHROER (as, bs, ss),

KEITH JOHNSON (trumpet)

#4 DO YOU SEE MY LOVE-

JR. WALKER & THE ALLSTARS JR. WALKER TENOR
#4 GET READY-RARE EARTH GIL BRIDGES TENOR
#21 GOTTA HOLD ON TO THIS FEELING-

JR. WALKER & THE ALLSTARS JR. WALKER TENOR
#13 LONG AS I CAN SEE THE LIGHT-

CREEDENCE CLEARWATER REVIVAL JOHN FOGERTY TENOR
#25 SUGAR SUGAR-WILSON PICKETT ? SAX SECTION w/ BRASS

The CD titled "A Man And A Half: Best Of Wilson Pickett" lists the following personnel but I could not confirm the players on this specific hit; Charles “Packy” Axton, King Curtis, Charles Chalmers, Andrew Love (tenor saxophone), Floyd Newman (baritone saxophone) and Clarence Satchel (saxophone).
#13 SUPER BAD-JAMES BROWN ROBERT “CHOPPER” McCOLLOUGH TENOR
#7 THE LETTER-JOE COCKER with LEON RUSSELL

BOBBY KEYS TENOR
£11 THE WEAVER’S ANSWER-FAMILY JIM KING TENOR

1971


#35 ALL DAY MUSIC-WAR CHARLES MILLER TENOR
#1 (£2) BROWN SUGAR-ROLLING STONES BOBBY KEYS TENOR
#1 (£6) IT’S TOO LATE-

CAROLE KING (per L.P. credits) CURTIS AMY SOPRANO
#4 MERCY MERCY ME (THE ECCOLOGY)-

MARVIN GAYE (per CD credit) WILD BILL MOORE TENOR
#2 RAINY DAYS AND MONDAYS-CARPENTERS BOB MESSENGER TENOR
#2 WHAT’S GOING ON-MARVIN GAYE ELI FONTAINE ALTO
#28 WILD NIGHT-VAN MORRISON JACK SCHROER TENOR

Sounds like the sax was played through an effects unit which altered the tone.

1972

#10 BANG A GONG (GET IT ON)-T. REX IAN MCDONALD BARITONE


#8 HONKY CAT-ELTON JOHN

JEAN LOUIS CHAUTEMPS and ALAIN HATOT SAX SECTION


#1 ME AND MRS. JONES-

BILLY PAUL LEON “ZACH” ZACHERY ALTO


#3 OH, BABE, WHAT WOULD YOU SAY?-

HURRICANE SMITH FRANKIE HARDCASTLE ALTO
#1 SUPERSTITION-STEVIE WONDER TREVOR LAWRENCE TENOR

STEVE MADAIO TRUMPET
#7 THE WORLD IS A GHETTO-WAR CHARLES MILLER ALTO
#17 THUNDER AND LIGHTNING-

CHI COLTRANE JIM HORN TENOR

(#4 IN GERMANY)

Hello John,

“Yes; the saxophone was played by Jim Horn, who also did all the brass arrangements on my 1st album.  I believe that he also worked with Leon Russell and Joe Cocker as well as playing on various hits with other artists”.



Kind Regards,
-Chi


5/9/2011


£23 WHO WAS IT-HURRICANE SMITH FRANKIE HARDCASTLE ALTO


1973

£1 ANGEL FINGERS-WIZZARD

NICK PENTELOW, MIKE BURNEY, ROY WOOD SAX SECTION
#14 DON’T LET ME BE LONELY TONIGHT-

JAMES TAYLOR MICHAEL BRECKER TENOR
#31 ECSTASY-OHIO PLAYERS CLARENCE “SATCH” SATCHELL TENOR
#1 (£13) FRANKENSTEIN-EDGAR WINTER GROUP

EDGAR WINTER ALTO
#29 FUNKY STUFF-KOOL & THE GANG SAX/BRASS SECTION

RONALD “KHALIS” BELL aka KHALIS BAYYAN (tenor sax), DENNIS “DEE TEE” THOMAS (alto sax), ROBERT “SPIKE” MICKENS (trumpet)

Pt 2 More Funky Stuff

Ronald “Khalis” Bell aka Khalis Bayyan (solo) Tenor

Per Tia Sinclair, Business Manager, Gang Touring, Inc. f/s/o Kool & The Gang
#5 HELLO IT’S ME-TODD RUNDGREN MICHAEL BRECKER SOPRANO
£4 I WISH IT COULD BE

CHRISTMAS EVERY DAY-WIZZARD NICK PENTELOW TENOR

MIKE BURNEY or ROY WOOD BARITONE
#4 JUST YOU N’ ME-CHICAGO WALT PARAZADER SOPRANO
#1 LET’S GET IT ON-MARVIN GAYE ERNIE WATTS ALTO
#15 ME AND BABY BROTHER-WAR CHARLES MILLER ALTO
#13 MONEY-PINK FLOYD DICK PARRY TENOR
#16 MY MUSIC-LOGGINS & MESSINA JON CLARKE BARITONE

AL GARTH TENOR

£10 PYJAMARAMA-ROXY MUSIC ANDY MACKAY ALTO

£1 SEE MY BABY JIVE-

WIZZARD NICK PENTELOW, MIKE BURNEY, ROY WOOD

SAX SECTION with ALTO and BARITONE solos.
£3 SORROW-DAVID BOWIE DAVID BOWIE ALTO
£3 YOU CAN DO MAGIC-

LIMMIE AND FAMILY COOKIN' ? ALTO
#4 YOUR MAMA DON’T DANCE-

LOGGINS & MESSINA JON CLARKE BARITONE

AL GARTH TENOR
#16 (£10) WALK ON THE WILD SIDE-LOU REED RONNIE ROSS BARITONE
1974

#2 DO IT (‘TIL YOU’RE SATISFIED)-

B.T. EXPRESS BILL RISBROOK ALTO
#29 FUNKY STUFF-KOOL & THE GANG

DENNIS “DEE TEE” THOMAS TENOR w/ HORN SECTION
#6 HOLLYWOOD SWINGING-KOOL & THE GANG SAX/BRASS SECTION

RONALD “KHALIS” BELL aka KHALIS BAYYAN (tenor sax), DENNIS “DEE TEE” THOMAS (alto sax), ROBERT “SPIKE” MICKENS (trumpet)

Per Tia Sinclair, Business Manager, Gang Touring, Inc. f/s/o Kool & The Gang
#2 JAZZMAN-CAROLE KING TOM SCOTT TENOR
£15 LAUGHTER IN THE RAIN-NEIL SEDAKA JIM HORN ALTO
#5 (£34) MOCKINGBIRD-CARLY SIMON & JAMES TAYLOR MICHAEL BRECKER TENOR
#5 OH MY MY-RINGO STARR- TOM SCOTT TENOR
#31 PAPA DON’T TAKE NO MESS-JAMES BROWN ? ALTO

CD credits-

SAINT CLAIR PINCKNEY-TENOR, DAVID SANBORN-ALTO, PEE WEE ELLIS-BARI, MACEO PARKER-ALTO, EDDIE DANIELS-REEDS, JOE FARRELL-TENOR, DAVID TOFANI-REEDS, FRANK VICARI-TENOR
#1 PLEASE MR. POSTMAN-CARPENTERS BOB MESSENGER TENOR

DOUG STRONG BARITONE

£17 SMOKE GETS IN YOUR EYES-

BRYAN FERRY CHRIS MERCER TENOR
#4 (£15) THE BITCH IS BACK-ELTON JOHN LENNY PICKET TENOR
£3 THE MAN WHO SOLD THE WORLD-LULU DAVID BOWIE ALTO
#6 (£1) WATERLOO-ABBA CHRISTER EKLUND TENOR
#1 WHATEVER GETS YOU THROUGH THE NIGHT- BOBBY KEYS TENOR

JOHN LENNON with THE PLASTIC ONO NUCLEAR BAND and ELTON JOHN (backing vocal)
#39 (WE’RE GONNA) ROCK AROUND THE CLOCK-

BILL HALEY AND HIS COMETS-repopularized due to tv’s “HAPPY DAYS” JOEY D’AMBROSIA TENOR

1975

#35 BLOODY WELL RIGHT-SUPERTRAMP JOHN HELLIWELL TENOR
#23 BORN TO RUN-BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN CLARENCE CLEMONS TENOR
#10 CUT THE CAKE-AVERAGE WHITE BAND

ROGER BALL & MALCOLM “MOLLY” DUNCAN SAX SECTION
#4 EXPRESS-B.T. EXPRESS BILL RISBROOK ALTO w/HORN SECTION
#5 HOW SWEET IT IS (TO BE LOVED BY YOU)

JAMES TAYLOR DAVID SANBORN ALTO
£38 I DO, I DO, I DO, I DO, I DO-

ABBA ULF ANDERSSON SAX SECTION
#39 IF I EVER LOSE THIS HEAVEN-

AVERAGE WHITE BAND MALCOLM “MOLLY” DUNCAN TENOR
#12 IT’S A MIRACLE-BARRY MANILOW-

ARTIE KAPLAN & STAN SCHWARTZ TENOR/BARITONE
#14 LADY BLUE-LEON RUSSELL JIM HORN ALTO

#1 LAUGHTER IN THE RAIN-NEIL SEDAKA JIM HORN ALTO
#1 (£6) LISTEN TO WHAT THE MAN SAID-WINGS

TOM SCOTT SOPRANO
£2 LOVE IS THE DRUG-ROXY MUSIC ANDY MACKAY SAX SECTION
#7 LOW RIDER─WAR CHARLES MILLER ALTO
#3 MIRACLES-JEFFERSON STARSHIP IRV COX TENOR
#22 OPERATOR-MANHATTAN TRANSFER MICHAEL BRECKER TENOR
#1 (£6) PICK UP THE PIECES-

AVERAGE WHITE BAND MALCOLM “MOLLY” DUNCAN TENOR
#5 POETRY MAN-PHOEBE SNOW ZOOT SIMS TENOR
#33 SWEET STICKY THING-

OHIO PLAYERS CLARENCE “SATCH” SATCHELL ALTO
#28 (£18) YOUNG AMERICANS-DAVID BOWIE DAVID SANBORN ALTO
1976


£17 DANCE THE BODY DANCE-

OSIBISA TEDDY OSEI TENOR

MAC TONTOH TRUMPET
#29 DID YOU BOOGIE (WITH YOUR BABY)-

FLASH CADILLAC & THE CONTINENTAL KIDS

DWIGHT BEMENT (behind Wolfman Jack’s narration) TENOR

#15 I DO, I DO, I DO, I DO, I DO-

ABBA ULF ANDERSSON SAX SECTION
£1 (IF PARADISE IS) HALF AS NICE—AMEN CORNER ? SOPRANO
#1 (£4) KISS AND SAY GOODBYE-

THE MANHATTANS CHRIS CIOE ALTO
£4 LET’S STICK TOGETHER-

BRYAN FERRY CHRIS MERCER TENOR
£10 LOVE AND AFFECTION-

JOAN ARMATRADING JIMMY JEWELL ALTO
#30 LOVE IS THE DRUG-ROXY MUSIC ANDY MACKAY SAX SECTION
#40 QUEEN OF MY SOUL-

AVERAGE WHITE BAND MALCOLM “MOLLY” DUNCAN TENOR
#2 RIGHT BACK WHERE WE STARTED FROM-

MAXINE NIGHTINGALE PETER HUGHES BARITONE
#7 SHE’S GONE-

DARYL HALL & JOHN OATS JOE FARRELL SOPRANO

(May have been a TENOR played through a synthesizer or digitizer to take it up an octave to sound like a SOPRANO. Or it may have been a SAXELLO)
#1 SILLY LOVE SONGS-WINGS ? TENOR

CD saxophone credits-NORMAN RAY, THADEUS RICHARD, BILLY PUITT, HOWIE CASEY
#40 STILL CRAZY AFTER ALL THESE YEARS-

PAUL SIMON MICHAEL BRECKER TENOR
#7 SUMMER-WAR CHARLES MILLER ALTO
£17 SUNSHINE DAY-OSIBISA TEDDY OSEI TENOR
#13 TAKING IT TO THE STREETS-

THE DOOBIE BROTHERS ANDREW WHITE TENOR
#12 THERE’S A KIND OF HUSH (ALL OVER THE WORLD)-

CARPENTERS BOB MESSENGER TENOR

JIM HORN BARITONE
#1 (£5) TONIGHT’S THE NIGHT-ROD STEWART

JERRY JUMONVILLE TENOR
£1 UNDER THE MOON OF LOVE-SHOWADDYWADDY- JEFF DALY ? TENOR

Plas Johnson and Daly were credited as guest players on this recording. Plas Johnson states that he did not perform on this recording.

#20 YOUNG HEARTS RUN FREE-CANDI STATON MICHAEL BRECKER TENOR

1977

#26 ARIEL-DEAN FRIEDMAN GEORGE YOUNG TENOR
£1 CHANSON D’AMOUR-

MANHATTEN TRANSFER JAY MIGLIORI TENOR

Hi John, I believe that the sax player was Jay Migliori and that he was playing a tenor sax.”


Best wishes,
Russ Paris, Webmaster



The Manhattan Transfer Fan Club
http://www.tmtfanclub.com

Also confirmed by Stuart Colman.


£6 DADDY COOL/THE GIRL CAN’T HELP IT

THE DARTS NIGEL TRUBRIDGE TENOR
£14 DANCIN’ IN THE MOONLIGHT (IT’S CAUGHT ME IN THE SPOTLIGHT)—THIN LIZZY JOHN HELLIWELL TENOR

#18 DAZZ-BRICK JIMMY BROWN ALTO


#11 JUST REMEMBER I LOVE YOU-FIREFALL DAVID MUSE ALTO
#1 (£1) WHEN I NEED YOU-LEO SAYER BOBBY KEYS TENOR
#15 (£29) GIVE A LITTLE BIT-SUPERTRAMP JOHN HELLIWELL ALTO
£5 NATIVE NEW YORKER-ODYSSEY MICHAEL BRECKER ? TENOR
#22 SAVE IT FOR A RAINY DAY-

STEPHEN BISHOP RAY PIZZI TENOR
#1 SIR DUKE-STEVIE WONDER

TREVOR LAURENCE (ts) HANK REDD (as) SAX SECTION w/ BRASS
#9 SMOKE FROM A DISTANT FIRE-

SANFORD/TOWNSEND BAND OTIS HALE TENOR

JON CLARKE SOPRANO
#8 (£31) YEAR OF THE CAT-AL STEWART PHIL KENZIE ALTO

1978

#28 ALMOST SUMMER-CELEBRATION CHARLES LLOYD TENOR


#2 (£3) BAKER STREET-GERRY RAFFERTY RAPHAEL RAVENSCROFT ALTO
RAPHAEL RAVENSCROFT is given credit on the original LP cover City to City.

And more from http://news.scotsman.com/opinion/Stuck-in-a-battle-with.4352529.jp
Rafferty's perfect pop moment came in 1978 with 'Baker Street', a song of hoarse sincerity about giving up the booze and the one-night stands and settling down. It is now a staple of soft rock stations, where it has the sturdy inevitability of Christmas or death. Movie director Gus Van Sant used it for a key scene in Good Will Hunting and the song was a hit once again in the Nineties when covered by Undercover. It even featured in an episode of The Simpsons, with Lisa playing it on her saxophone. Yet until Raphael Ravenscroft overlaid a glistening saxophone solo, it was destined to be just another folky tune. Ravenscroft's name doesn't appear on the writing credits – allowing the NME to start up an urban myth that bespectacled former Blockbusters presenter Bob Holness had performed the sax solo. Rafferty maintains that he wrote the hook, and claims he intended to sing the refrain at first. Ravenscroft disagrees, saying he was presented with a song that contained "several gaps".

"In fact, most of what I played was an old blues riff," says the sax musician. "If you're asking me: 'Did Gerry hand me a piece of music to play?' then no, he didn't." Ravenscroft's fee was a cheque for £27, which he says bounced anyway and is now framed and hangs on his solicitor's wall. Rafferty has not attempted to make further payment, and Ravenscroft has chosen not to pursue the matter of a song that guarantees Rafferty a yearly income of £80,000. Since the song thrust Rafferty into a spotlight that has made him deeply uncomfortable ever since, maybe Ravenscroft is right to regard the riches of 'Baker Street' as tainted money: "If I had received pots of money, I wouldn't have known what to do," he remarked recently. "It might have destroyed me."


Note: Raphael Ravenscroft is given credit on the LP cover.


The following quote was found on Sax on the Web;
The Sax AL NEWMAN used is a Selmer Alto Mark VI circa 1958 SN84452. In the docs Al supplied to Howarths of London he writes: "The last recording session I played it on prior to leaving for America in late 1977 was at a recording studio in Rodmarton Street, near Baker Street W1 where was required to perform an Alto Sax solo and had to sign a release form. I later found out that this track was Baker Street by Jerry Rafferty and that credit for the Sax solo was first taken by the producer of the track and later falsely by Raf Ravenscroft who certainly did not play on that track - which in actual fact I did!!!"

The following statement is from Al Newman’s son;

1/7/2011
Hi John,

“I found your history of sax.

My name is Jonathan Newman and I am the son of Al Newman, who recorded the original sax riff on Baker St. I am so pleased you have set the record straight to what is a very long overdue omission in the history of this famous song. (Jonathan refers to the above note found on Sax on the Web)

The last session my father played on in 1977 prior to leaving for LA was Rafferty's Baker St, in a recording studio in Rodmartin St, where he played alto sax (a Selmer Alto Sax MK V! - No 84452 -auctioned through Howarth's). He was required to sign a release form, common in those days.  He later found out that credit was first taken by the producer of the track, and then sometime later falsely taken by Ravenscroft.

My father, though very well known in both the jazz and the session world, has never sought the limelight. He is now in his 80s and has retired.  It is sad to me that the truth has never come out, that Rav took credit for this, and that my father never got the recognition he deserved”.

Best wishes,


Jonathan Newman


My response to Jonathan;
1/8/2011
Jonathan, it is good to hear from you!

 

I will be glad to add your email to the list if that is okay with you? I have followed the comments on SOTW and will be glad to add your comment to the list so that everyone can read all sides of the history behind the song "Baker Street".

 

Is it okay to add your email statement to the book?

 

Thanks

 

John Laughter
1/8/11

Yes of course”



Jonathan Newman

£2 COME BACK MY LOVE-THE DARTS NIGEL TRUBRIDGE ALTO
£3 DANCING IN THE CITY-

MARSHALL HAIN CHRIS MERCER TENOR

#19 DEACON BLUES-STEELY DAN PETE CHRISTLIEB TENOR
£18 DON’T LET IT FADE AWAY-THE DARTS NIGEL TRUBRIDGE ALTO
#4 FEELS SO GOOD-CHUCK MANGIONE CHRIS VADALA TENOR

7/9/2009
Hi John: Thanks so much for the updated CD. What great opus!!!  I’m sending along a color jpg pic and a new bio when you do future updates. Even though “Feel So Good” was the big hit I did w/ Mangione, “Children of Sanchez” was our second Grammy Award winning piece in case you care to include that on record.

All the best,


Chris Vadala

#12 FOOL IF YOU THINK IT’S OVER-

CHRIS REA STEVE GRAINGER SOPRANO
#22 (£49) FM (NO STATIC AT ALL)-

STEELY DAN PETE CHRISTLIEB TENOR
#9 (£33) GOT TO GET YOU INTO MY LIFE-

EARTH, WIND & FIRE DON MYRICK SAX SECTION
£1 HIT ME WITH YOUR RHYTHM STICK-

IAN DURY & THE BLOCKHEADS DAVEY PAYNE TENOR
#3 HOW MUCH I FEEL-AMBROSIA KEVIN KUPTZ TENOR
#4 I JUST WANNA STOP-GINO VANNELLI ERNIE WATTS TENOR
#5 I LOVE THE NIGHTLIFE-

ALICIA BRIDGES TOM SCOTT ALTO
£8 INSTANT REPLAY-DAN HARTMAN EDGAR WINTER ALTO
#2 IT’S RAINING-THE DARTS NIGEL TRUBRIDGE ALTO
#3 (£19) JUST THE WAY YOU ARE-BILLY JOEL PHIL WOODS ALTO
#17 KING TUT-STEVE MARTIN BRYAN SAVAGE TENOR

Hi John

I'm surprised I didn't catch this when your book first came out, but in your sax on the web post I was enjoying looking through all the soloists you'd compiled through the years and was surprised to see that you had Lou Marini as the soloist on the record "King Tut" by Steve Martin. Actually that was me on tenor for the solo and I also overdubbed the bari and the flute parts. The rest of the section was made up of guys in the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band. Steve, the Dirt Band and the band I was in at the time all shared the same manager, Bill McEuen. (John McEuen's Brother) The song was recorded at Bill McEuen's Studio in Aspen Colorado. Bill even gave me a gold record of the tune once it became a hit, which I still have. I'm sure where the confusion came in was that Lou Marini was in the Saturday Night Band at the time Steve Martin appeared on the show after the tune was a hit. They of course used the Saturday Night Live Band for Steve's live rendition on the show and Lou played the tenor solo, dressed in the Egyptian costume (lucky guy!). I'd love to hear back from you on this if you have the time”.
Bryan Savage
Good to hear from you Bryan. As you can imagine it has been a long road trying to confirm the credits on the list so any help is appreciated. And we have had a lot of help.

 

I recall that the information was taken from some web sites which are not all accurate as follows but it stands to reason that Lou would have been given credit for the "live" version.

 

Bryan, I will gladly enter your info to the list!

 

Thanks for the help”.

 

John Laughter
Hi John

Thanks for the quick reply! And thanks for doing the correction. Sounds like you have a job for life with this cool project!
That was interesting to see those links you sent. They seemed pretty accurate, other than one implying that the TV performance came before the record--the record was already a hit by the time the Saturday Night Live performance occurred. I remember when Steve was booked for the show and the tune was already big on the radio, there was some talk about having the Dirt Band and I do the show with Steve as the band but it didn't take them long to figure out they already had a house band (with Lou) that would do a great job! 
Thanks again for making the correction,”

Bryan Savage

5/18/2011
Hi again John,
I stumbled onto another post from you dated last September asking for credit info and one of the tunes was the Dirt Band's "Fire in the Sky" from 1981.  In case you still need the info, I played the solo on that one and so did Al Garth! We are both on the same cut, just in different sections if I remember correctly. Al was a member of the band about up to that time but was leaving and they had me come in to add the solo to the cut. Jeff Hanna of the Dirt Band was producing and it was recorded in L.A.”
Thanks
Bryan Savage


#20 LONG, LONG WAY FROM HOME-FOREIGNER IAN MCDONALD ALTO

Hi John, Ian has replied. He did play that.”


All the best,
Andy Lodge
Camino Records / stevehackett.com


3/6/08
#1 (£3) MISS YOU-ROLLING STONES MEL COLLINS TENOR
#17 (£35) MOVIN’ OUT-BILLY JOEL RICHIE CANNATA TENOR
#21 NATIVE NEW YORKER-ODYSSEY MICHAEL BRECKER TENOR
£5 NEVER LET HER SLIP AWAY-

ANDREW GOLD ERNIE WATTS TENOR
#24 ONLY THE GOOD DIE YOUNG-BILLY JOEL RICHIE CANNATA ALTO
£1 RAT TRAP-

BOOMTOWN RATS ? TENOR

From a UK contributor; the first BOOMTOWN RATS album featured ALBIE DONNELLY on sax. The next five albums featured

BOB GELDOF on sax and RAT TRAP is on the 2nd album. Another UK contributor indicates that it was Alan Holmes.
From Albie Donnelly web site; Dear John, I’ve just asked Albie about RAT TRAP - the answer, it’s two saxophone

players on that song. Albie played the end of the solo on the song, Albie can’t remember the name of the other guy. It’s definitely not Bob Geldof! Bye, Bernie Zylka 3/27/2002
http://www.activeboard.com/forum.spark?aBID=48603&p=3&topicID=2124749&page=1;
It was me. Alan Holmes on the final version.
Other sax players did play on the track but my unique growling style was what they really were looking for.
Alby Donnelly was getting the broadcast royalties until a couple of years ago.
I also did 'Good Morning Good Morning'on Sgt Pepper plus four years of playing on all the Kinks rock opera stuff.
Bob asked me about working with the Beatles.
The Musicians Union demanded that I was paid every time Bob mimed to my playing on TV because he did not want me to appear in person.
I started out by playing with Gene Vincent and Little Richard. 'Dont knock the Rock' shown on Granada TV”.

Also noted on his web site; http://vzone.virgin.net/musitoot.band/index_files/Page414.htm


#9 SHAME-EVELYN “CHAMPAGNE” KING SAM PEAKE ALTO
#21 STUFF LIKE THAT-QUINCY JONES GEORGE YOUNG ALTO
#7 TIME PASSAGES-AL STEWART PHIL KENZIE ALTO
#6 YOU BELONG TO ME-CARLY SIMON DAVID SANBORN ALTO

1979


#2 (£4) AFTER THE LOVE HAS GONE-

EARTH, WIND & FIRE DON MYRICK ALTO
£4 ANGEL EYES-ROXY MUSIC ANDY MACKAY TENOR
#14 BIG SHOT-BILLY JOEL RICHIE CANNATA SAX SECTION
#34 BUSTIN’ LOOSE PART 1-

CHUCK BROWN & THE SOUL SEARCHERS LEROY FLEMING TENOR
#1 (£1) DA YA THINK I’M SEXY?-ROD STEWART TOM SCOTT TENOR
£6 DUKE OF EARL-THE DARTS NIGEL TRUBRIDGE ALTO
£10 GET IT-THE DARTS NIGEL TRUBRIDGE TENOR
#20 HEART OF THE NIGHT-POCO PHIL KENZIE ALTO
#8 LOTTA LOVE-NICOLETTE LARSON LON PRICE TENOR
#10 LOVE IS THE ANSWER-

ENGLAND DAN & JOHN FORD COLEY ERNIE WATTS SOPRANO
#24 MORNING DANCE-SPYRO GYRA JAY BECKENSTEIN ALTO
£3 MY GIRL-MADNESS LEE “KIX” THOMPSON TENOR
#3 MY LIFE-BILLY JOEL RICHIE CANNATA SOPRANO
#28 OLD TIME ROCK & ROLL-BOB SEGER ALTO REED TENOR
#7 OOH BABY BABY-LINDA RONSTADT DAVID SANBORN ALTO
£7 ONE STEP BEYOND-MADNESS LEE “KIX” THOMPSON TENOR
£3 REASONS TO BE CHEERFUL-

IAN DURY & THE BLOCKHEADS DAVEY PAYNE TENOR
#25 SHADOWS IN THE MOONLIGHT-

ANNE MURRAY VERN DORGE? TENOR
#29 SONG ON THE RADIO-AL STEWART PHIL KENZIE ALTO
#36 (£5) STREET LIFE-CRUSADERS WILTON FELDER TENOR
#6 (£7) THE LOGICAL SONG-SUPERTRAMP JOHN HELLIWELL ALTO
£17 THIS IS IT-DAN HARTMAN EDGAR WINTER ALTO


1980

£3 BAGGY TROUSERS-MADNESS LEE “KIX” THOMPSON BARITONE
#3 BIGGEST PART OF ME-AMBROSIA ERNIE WATTS TENOR
#10 COOL CHANGE-LITTLE RIVER BAND BILL HARROWER TENOR
#10 (£/CAN) ECHO BEACH-MARTHA AND THE MUFFINS

ANDY HAAS ALTO

#1 (£2) FUNKYTOWN-LIPPS, INC. DALE MENDENHALL TENOR
£1 GENO-DEXY’S MIDNIGHT RUNNERS J. B. BLYTE TENOR

STEVE “BABYFACE” SPOONER ALTO
#18 GIVE IT ALL YOU GOT-CHUCK MANGIONE CHRIS VADALA TENOR
#1 I THINK I’LL JUST STAY HERE AND DRINK-

MERLE HAGGARD DON MARKHAM TENOR
#5 I’M COMING OUT-DIANA ROSS ? TENOR

with horn section

LARRY WILLIAMS or EDDIE DANIELS- per Gio Washington-Wright

£39 INHERIT THE WIND-JAZZ CRUSADERS

BOBBY WOMACK (vocal) WILTON FELDER TENOR
#1 (£14) IT’S STILL ROCK AND ROLL TO ME-

BILLY JOEL RICHIE CANNATA TENOR
#17 JOJO-BOZ SCAGGS ADRIAN TAPIA ALTO
#6 (£58) LATE IN THE EVENING-

PAUL SIMON DAVE TOFANI & GERRY NIEWOOD SAX SECTION w/ BRASS
#10 LET ME LOVE YOU TONIGHT-

PURE PRAIRIE LEAGUE DAVID SANBORN ALTO
£11 LET’S HANG ON-THE DARTS NIGEL TRUBRIDGE TENOR
#3 (£33) LITTLE JEANNIE-ELTON JOHN JIM HORN TENOR
#24 MIDNIGHT ROCKS-AL STEWART BRYAN SAVAGE ALTO
(£4) MIRROR IN THE BATHROOM-BEAT SAXA TENOR
#10 MORE LOVE-KIM CARNES RAPHAEL RAVENSCROFT ALTO &

TENOR
#5 ON THE RADIO-DONNA SUMMER GARY HERBIG ALTO
#5 REAL LOVE-DOOBIE BROTHERS CORNELIUS BUMPUS TENOR
#28 THE SEDUCTION-JAMES LAST BAND DAVID SANBORN ALTO
#18 TOGETHER-TIERRA BOBBY NAVARRETE TENOR
#5 TOO HOT-KOOL & THE GANG

RONALD “KHALIS” BELL aka KHALIS BAYYAN TENOR

Originally formed as a sextet, the Jazziacs included Robert “Kool” Bell-bass, Robert “Spike” Mickens-trumpet, Ronald “The Captain” Bell, later known by his Muslim name Khalis Bayyan- tenor saxophone, Ricky Westfield keyboards and Dennis “Dee Tee” Thomas- alto saxophone and “Funky” George Brown-drums. Based in Jersey City, this aspiring jazz group opened for acts such as Pharaoh Sanders and Leone Thomas. They were later joined by Claydes “Charles” Smith-guitar and as the Soul Town Band, moderated their early direction by blending soul and funk, a transition completed by 1969 when they settled on the name Kool & The Gang. The original seven members remained with the group into the 80s.



Per Tia Sinclair, Business Manager, Gang Touring, Inc. f/s/o Kool & The Gang
£6 TOM HARK-PIRANHAS ZOOT ALORS TENOR
#7 YOU MAY BE RIGHT-BILLY JOEL RICHARD CANNATA TENOR
#13 YOU’RE THE ONLY WOMAN-AMBROSIA ERNIE WATTS ALTO
#26 WHY ME-STYX STEVE EISEN ALTO


1981

#17 AIN’T EVEN DONE WITH THE NIGHT

JOHN COUGAR DAVID WOODFORD TENOR
#1 ALL MY ROWDY FRIENDS ARE COMING OVER TONIGHT

HANK WILLIAMS JR. JERRY MCKINNEY TENOR
#1 (£7) ARTHUR’S THEME-CHRISTOPHER CROSS ERNIE WATTS ALTO
#2 (£1) BEING WITH YOU-SMOKEY ROBINSON JOEL C.PESKIN ALTO
#18 COME GO WITH ME-BEACH BOYS JOEL C.PESKIN ALTO
#8 GIVING IT UP FOR YOUR LOVE-

DELBERT MCCLINTON ROBERT HARWELL TENOR
#7 HARD TO SAY-DAN FOGELBERG TOM SCOTT TENOR
#33 HE CAN’T LOVE YOU-

MICHAEL STANLEY BAND CLARENCE CLEMONS TENOR
#39 I CAN TAKE CARE OF MYSELF-

BILLY VERA LON PRICE TENOR with SAX/BRASS SECTION
#3 I DON’T NEED YOU-KENNY ROGERS “REV” DAVE BORUFF ALTO
#19 I MISSED AGAIN-PHIL COLLINS DON MYRICK TENOR
£4 IT MUST BE LOVE-MADNESS LEE “KIX” THOMPSON TENOR
£1 JEALOUS GUY-ROXY MUSIC ANDY MACKAY ALTO
#2 (£34) JUST THE TWO OF US-

GROVER WASHINGTON, JR. with BILL WITHERS

GROVER WASHINGTON, JR. TENOR
#24 ONE STEP CLOSER-DOOBIE BROTHERS CORNELIUS BUMPUS TENOR
#9 SAME OLD LANG SYNE-DAN FOGELBERG MICHAEL BRECKER SOPRANO
#17 SAY GOODBYE TO HOLLYWOOD-

BILLY JOEL RICHIE CANNATA TENOR
#16 SUPER FREAK-RICK JAMES DANIEL LE’MELLE TENOR
#5 THERE’S NO GETTING OVER ME-

RONNIE MILSAP RONALD EADES ALTO
#11 THIS LITTLE GIRL-GARY “U.S.” BONDS CLARENCE CLEMONS TENOR

#16 TOUCH ME WHEN WE’RE DANCING-

CARPENTERS BOB MESSENGER TENOR
#4 (£45) URGENT-FOREIGNER JR. WALKER TENOR
£50 WAITING ON A FRIEND-ROLLING STONES SONNY ROLLINS TENOR
#15 (£55) WE’RE IN THIS LOVE TOGETHER-

AL JARREAU LON PRICE ALTO
£8 WILL YOU-HAZEL O’CONNER WESLEY MAGOOGAN ALTO


1982

#12 BOBBIE SUE-OAK RIDGE BOYS ? TENOR



John, On the CD package, horn credits are listed under "The Muscle Shoals Horns," including Ronnie Eades (Baritone Sax) and Harvey Thompson (Tenor and Alto Sax). Thank you for your interest in The Oak Ridge Boys! 

The Oak Ridge Boys International Fan Club
#21 BIG FUN-KOOL & THE GANG DENNIS “DEE TEE” THOMAS ALTO

RONALD “KHALIS” BELL aka KHALIS BAYYAN TENOR

ROBERT “SPIKE” MICKENS TRUMPET

MIKE RAY TRUMPET

CLIFFORD ADAMS TROMBONE
Per Tia Sinclair, Business Manager, Gang Touring, Inc. f/s/o Kool & The Gang
#23 DADDY’S HOME-CLIFF RICHARD ? TENOR

Hi John,

Yes I managed to open your email and have been reading it with great interest. Looks like a mammoth project!

I did not play on the original recording of Daddy's Home by Cliff Richard, although I did play on a later live version in 1990. I think the original solo sax may have been Howie Casey or Mel Collins.

Regards

Ray Beavis

5/18/2007
£18 DO IT TO THE MUSIC−RAW SILK BERT REID ? TENOR

#7 (£9) DO YOU BELIEVE IN LOVE- HUEY LEWIS & THE NEWS JOHNNY COLLA TENOR
#16 FIND ANOTHER FOOL-QUARTERFLASH RINDY ROSS ALTO
£17 FOOL IF YOU THINK IT’S OVER- ? TENOR

ELKIE BROOKS-CD credits list MARTIN DOBSON and GARY BARNACLE. Hi John......pretty sure it must have been Gary. Don’t think I did any sessions for Elkie untill ‘86-‘87 when I did a couple of tracks on an album called “No more the Fool” one track (which I did a tenor solo on) was called “Break the Chain” and the other which was Alto I can’t remember.

  Best Wishes, Martin 4/6/07.



#23 FORGET ME KNOTS-PATRICE RUSHEN GERALD ALBRIGHT TENOR

Ms. Rushen, do you remember who played the tenor sax solo on your hit song? I am doing a research paper and have noted that Gerald Albright recorded the solo but someone recently indicated that they thought it was Michael Brecker.

 

Thanks for your time and help!

 

John Laughter
Hello John,
We love the departed Mike Brecker but he is not the soloist on that track. Gerald is. Thank you for the support of Patrice's work. 

What is the paper for? Good luck with it in any case.”
Thianar

6/25/2009
Hi John,

I can tell you that the saxophonist on "Forget Me Nots" is Gerald Albright. I wanted to respond to you quickly, since you are working on a research paper. I have also forwarded your email to Patrice's attention. However, she is preparing to leave for Europe in the next two days for a summer tour with Lee Ritenour and might not be able to respond right away.

Thanks for your support of Patrice's music!

Best wishes,”

Lisa Redd 
Publicist to Dr. Patrice Rushen


6/26/2009
#3 (£49) HARDEN MY HEART-QUARTERFLASH RINDY ROSS ALTO
#1 (COUNTRY) HE GOT YOU-RONNIE MILSAP ? ALTO

#1 (£8) I CAN’T GO FOR THAT (NO CAN DO)-

DARYL HALL & JOHN OATES CHARLIE DECHANT ALTO
£10 I’LL BE SATISFIED-

SHAKIN STEVENS BARITONE with SAX/BRASS SECTION

RAY BEAVIS (ts), JOHN “IRISH” EARL (bs), DICK HANSON (trp), CHRIS GOWER (tb)

#11 (£26) IT’S RAINING AGAIN-SUPERTRAMP JOHN HELLIWELL TENOR
#40 LET IT BE ME-WILLIE NELSON JON MARETT TENOR
#10 LOVE IS IN CONTROL-DONNA SUMMER ERNIE WATTS TENOR
#37 LOVE PLUS ONE-HAIRCUT ONE HUNDRED PHIL SMITH SOPRANO

#1 (£6) MANEATER-DARYL HALL & JOHN OATES CHARLIE DECHANT TENOR
#9 ONLY THE LONELY-MOTELS MARTY JOURARD ALTO
£5 OUR HOUSE-MADNESS LEE “KIX” THOMPSON TENOR
#21 OUT OF WORK- GARY “U.S.” BONDS

CLARENCE CLEMONS TENOR

£3 PAPA’S GOT A BRAND NEW PIGBAG-PIGBAG ? ALTO

Members; JAMES JOHNSTONE - ALTO SAX & GUITAR & OLLIE MOORE - TENOR SAX

It was alto. I can’t remember who played it.. either me or a guy called Brian Clarke who was in a band called After Tonight. Maybe both…! Hope that helps. Cheers”



Jem

9/7/07

#19 PERSONALLY-KARLA BONOFF PHIL KENZIE ALTO
£18 POISON ARROW-ABC STEPHEN SINGLETON ALTO
£9 RIO-DURAN DURAN ANDY HAMILTON TENOR
#13 (£50)SHOULD I DO IT-

POINTER SISTERS COOL T (TREVOR LAWRENCE) TENOR
#14 TAKE ME TO HEART-QUARTERFLASH RINDY ROSS ALTO
#15 THE ONE YOU LOVE-GLEN FRY ERNIE WATTS TENOR

JIM HORN (last solo) TENOR
#1 (COUNTRY) ‘TIL YOU’RE GONE-

BARBARA MANDRELL ? ALTO
#5 YOU SHOULD HEAR HOW SHE TALKS ABOUT YOU-

MELISSA MANCHESTER (saxes per CD credits) TREVOR LAWRENCE, JAY SCOTT, LARRY WILLIAMS, TOM SAVIANO. (soloist unk) ALTO
#13 WAITING ON A FRIEND-ROLLING STONES SONNY ROLLINS TENOR
AUS#1 WHAT ABOUT ME-MOVING PICTURES ANDREW THOMPSON ALTO
#1 (£45) WHO CAN IT BE NOW?-MEN AT WORK GREG HAM TENOR

1983

#1 (£3) AFRICA-TOTO JIM HORN TENOR
#14 (£1) BABY JANE-ROD STEWART JIMMY ZAVALA ALTO
£3 CRY JUST A LITTLE BIT-

SKAKIN STEVENS RAY BEAVIS TENOR
#1 (COUNTRY) FOOL FOR YOUR LOVE-

MICKEY GILLEY ? TENOR
#17 (UK) GARDEN PARTY-MEZZOFORTE (Mezzoforte's sax

player during the time Garden Party was released

is KRISTINN SVAVARSSON but there are guest sax

players on the album: BILL ELDRIDGE and MARTIN

DOBSON) KRISTINN SVAVARSSON TENOR

9/5/2008

Hi!



During the time my brother Kristinn played with the group Mezzoforte, he played all the sax solos (i.e. soprano alto and tenor). The additional sax players only played in the background.

Kind regards,

Eddie Svavarsson”

Nacka Big Band

http://www.nackabigband.com/
#29 GOLD-SPANDAU BALLET STEVE NORMAN TENOR
#15 HEART TO HEART-KENNY LOGGINS DAVID SANBORN ALTO
#33 IT MUST BE LOVE-MADNESS LEE “KIX” THOMPSON TENOR
#29 MAKE LOVE STAY-DAN FOGELBERG AL GARTH SOPRANO
#14 (£2) MODERN LOVE-DAVID BOWIE STEVE ELSON BARITONE
#31 MY KIND OF LADY-SUPERTRAMP JOHN HELLIWELL TENOR

#7 (£63) ONE ON ONE-DARYL HALL & JOHN OATES

CHARLIE DECHANT ALTO
#7 OUR HOUSE-MADNESS LEE “KIX” THOMPSON TENOR
#3 OVERKILL-MEN AT WORK GREG HAM SOPRANO
#10 (COUNTRY) PERSONALLY-

RONNIE MCDOWELL ? ALTO
#25 POISON ARROW-ABC STEPHEN SINGLETON ALTO
#14 RIO-DURAN DURAN ANDY HAMILTON TENOR
#3 (£25) SHE WORKS HARD FOR THE MONEY-

DONNA SUMMER GARY HERBIG TENOR
#33 THE BORDER-AMERICA RAPHAEL RAVENSCROFT ALTO
#2 TIME (CLOCK OF THE HEART)-

CULTURE CLUB STEVE GRAINGER TENOR
#4 (£1) TRUE-SPANDAU BALLET STEVE NORMAN TENOR

#3 (£4) UNION OF THE SNAKE-DURAN DURAN ANDY HAMILTON SOPRANO
#29 WHAT ABOUT ME-MOVING PICTURES ANDREW THOMPSON ALTO


1984


£33 A NIGHT IN NEW YORK-

ELBOW BONES AND THE RACKETEERS ? ALTO

Several people have stated that it sounds like PAQUITO D'RIVERA
#29 ALIBIS-SERGIO MENDES ERNIE WATTS TENOR
#2 (CAN) BLACK STATIONS, WHITE STATIONS-

MARTHA & THE MUFFINS MICHAEL BRECKER TENOR

RANDY BRECKER TRUMPET
#8 (£8) BLUE JEAN-DAVID BOWIE ? TENOR

CD Credits; The Borneo Horns: Lenny Pickett (clarinet, tenor saxophone); Stanley Harrison (alto & tenor saxophones); Steve Elson (baritone saxophone).

However, one well known sax player says it is a British sax player named Mike Stevens who played the solo.
#1 (£6) CARIBBEAN QUEEN-BILLY OCEAN JEFFREY SMITH ALTO
#16 (£21) DANCE HALL DAYS-WANG CHUNG MEL COLLINS ALTO SOLO with SAX SECTION
#2 (£4) DANCING IN THE DARK-

BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN CLARENCE CLEMONS TENOR
#15 (£56) DON’T ANSWER ME-ALAN PARSONS PROJECT

MEL COLLINS TENOR
#26 DON’T WALK AWAY-RICK SPRINGFIELD JOEL PESKIN ALTO

I have the original 1984 LP. The sleeve insert says: Saxophone and Electric Woodwind Instrument: Joel Peskin except on "Stand Up"
£15 GET OUT OF YOUR LAZY BED-MATT BIANCO RONNIE ROSS BARITONE
£23 HALF A MINUTE-MATT BIANCO RONNIE ROSS BARITONE
£9 NELSON MANDELA-

THE SPECIALS ANDY ADERINTO TENOR
#7 GLAMOROUS LIFE-SHEILA E LARRY WILLIAMS ALTO
#6 HEART OF ROCK & ROLL-

HUEY LEWIS & THE NEWS JOHNNY COLLA TENOR
#6 I WANT A NEW DRUG-

HUEY LEWIS & THE NEWS JOHNNY COLLA TENOR
#13 IT’S A MIRACLE-CULTURE CLUB STEVE GRAINGER TENOR
£25 MR. SOLITAIRE-ANIMAL NIGHTLIFE BILLY CHAPMAN TENOR
#7 ON THE DARK SIDE-JOHN CAFFERTY MIKE ANTUNES TENOR
#34 ONLY WHEN YOU LEAVE-SPANDAU BALLET STEVE NORMAN TENOR
#10 (£15) SOME GUYS HAVE ALL THE LUCK-

ROD STEWART GARY HERBIG (per GH) ALTO

2/18/07 – “I played the alto sax solo on Rod Stewart’s “Some Guys Have All The Luck.” Gary Herbig

JIMMY “Z” ZAVALA is also on the CD credits.

#1 (COUNTRY) THAT’S THE THING ABOUT LOVE-

DON WILLIAMS ? ALTO
#15 THE CURLY SHUFFLE-

JUMP ‘N THE SADDLE TOM TRINKA TENOR
#15 YOU CAN’T GET WHAT YOU WANT(TILL YOU KNOW WHAT YOU WANT)

JOE JACKSON-horn section w/ tenor solo. Saxes-TONY AIELLO and JOE JACKSON; Trumpet-MICHAEL MORREALE
#9 (COUNTRY) YOU’VE GOT A GOOD LOVE COMIN’-

LEE GREENWOOD LEE GREENWOOD TENOR
John,

  Sax is Lee's first instrument.  He played on that track as he does all of his records.



-Paul


1/11/2010

1985


#12 A LOVE BIZARRE-SHEILA E EDDIE M ALTO

#1 (£1) CARELESS WHISPER-

WHAM!/GEORGE MICHAEL STEVE GREGORY TENOR

Posting on SOTW; “It was recorded by Steve Gregory. Steve is pro in London and he is a really nice guy. He apparently (so he tells me) was the 11th guy who played it. It’s actually in D but Steve played it in Db on tenor and then it was sped up, so it sounds a bit different than you would think.” Dan.
Email to Dan; Dan, seems to be an ongoing debate about this solo. Was it alto or tenor?
Response; It was on Tenor and probably on his Mark VI.

#10 (COUNTRY) DON’T CALL IT LOVE-

DOLLY PARTON ? ALTO
#8 FORTRESS AROUND YOUR HEART-

STING BRANFORD MARSALIS SOPRANO
#3 (£51) FREEWAY OF LOVE-ARETHA FRANKLIN

CLARENCE CLEMONS TENOR
#1 (COUNTRY) HONOR BAND-

EARL THOMAS CONLEY ? ALTO
#1 HURT-JUICE NEWTON JON JOYCE TENOR
CAN#12 HURTS TO BE IN LOVE-

GINO VANNELLI TOM SAVIANO ALTO
#3 (£26) IF YOU LOVE SOMEBODY SET THEM FREE-

STING BRANFORD MARSALIS TENOR
#9 I’M GOIN DOWN-BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN CLARENCE CLEMONS TENOR
£1 I’M YOUR MAN-WHAM

(saxes per CD creits) DAVID BAPTISTE, STEVE HAMILTON,

ANDY HAMILTON (soloist unk) ALTO
#12 JUST A GIGOLO/I AIN’T GOT NOBODY-

DAVID LEE ROTH EDGAR WINTER SAX SECTION
#18 KEEPING THE FAITH-BILLY JOEL SAX/HORN SECTION

MARK RIVIERA (alto sax), Michael Brecker (tenor sax), Ronnie Cuber (bari sax), (John Gatchell and Joe Shepley (trumpet)

£11 LIPSTICK, POWDER AND PAINT—

SHAKIN STEVENS RAY BEAVIS TENOR

#1 LOST IN THE FIFTIES TONIGHT-

RONNIE MILSAP JIM HORN TENOR
#15 LOVE THEME FROM ST. ELMO’S FIRE-

DAVID FOSTER “REV” DAVE BORUFF ALTO
£1 MERRY CHRISTMAS EVERYONE-

SHAKIN STEVENS RAY BEAVIS TENOR
#3 NEVER SURRENDER-COREY HART ANDY HAMILTON TENOR
#15 ONE OF THE LIVING-TINA TURNER TIMMY CAPPELLO TENOR
#1 (£4) ONE MORE NIGHT-PHIL COLLINS DONALD MYRICK ALTO
#20 ROCK AND ROLL GIRLS-JOHN FOGERTY JOHN FOGERTY TENOR

Centerfield is an album by musician John Fogerty, released in 1985. It was his most popular post-Creedence album, containing the hit singles "The Old Man Down the Road", "Rock and Roll Girls" and the title track "Centerfield". Fogerty played all the instruments on this album himself, thanks to overdubbing. He played a Martin Committee tenor.

#25 ROCKIN’ AT MIDNIGHT-HONEYDRIPPERS KEITH EVANS TENOR
#1 (£1) SAVING ALL MY LOVE FOR YOU-

WHITNEY HOUSTON KIRK WHALUM TENOR
#5 (£19) SMOOTH OPERATOR-SADE STUART MATTHEWMAN TENOR
#31 TENDER YEARS-JOHN CAFFERTY MIKE ANTUNES TENOR
£2 THAT OLE DEVIL CALLED LOVE-ALISON MOYET ? TENOR
#1 (£12) THE HEAT IS ON-GLEN FREY DAVID WOODFORD TENOR
#22 TOUGH ALL OVER-JOHN CAFFERTY MIKE ATUNES TENOR
£13 YEH YEH-MATT BIANCO RONNIE ROSS BARITONE
#2 YOU BELONG TO THE CITY-GLEN FRY BILL BERGMAN ALTO
#2 (£3) WE DON’T NEED ANOTHER HERO

(THUNDERDOME)-TINA TURNER TIM CAPPELLO TENOR
#7 (£11) WHO’S ZOOMIN’ WHO-ARETHA FRANKLIN

CLARENCE CLEMONS TENOR
#5 WOULD I LIE TO YOU-EURYTHMICS MARTIN DOBSON TENOR

1986


£2 ABSOLUTE BEGINNERS-DAVID BOWIE DON WELLER BARITONE

? TENOR

CD credits per http://www.discogs.com/release/571300

Saxophone (Baritone)-Andy Mackintosh, Don Weller, Gordon Murphy
Saxophone (Solo)-
Don Weller
Saxophone (Tenor)-
Gary Barnacle, Paul Weimer, Willie Garnett

£14 BECAUSE I LOVE YOU-SHAKIN STEVENS ? ALTO

Note from the UK-Tony Hall (tenor) and Sid Phillips (bari) are listed on the vast majority of LPs I have seen recently. (Steve Marshall)
#1 BOP-DAN SEALS JIM HORN ALTO
£14 BREAKING UP MY HEART-

SHAKIN STEVENS RAY BEAVIS TENOR
#16 (£8) CAPTAIN OF HER HEART-

DOUBLE CHRISTIAN OSTERMEIER SOPRANO
#2 (£45) DANGER ZONE-KENNY LOGGINS DAVID WOODFORD TENOR
#14 (£12) DIGGING YOUR SCENE-BLOW MONKEYS NEVILLE HENRY TENOR
#7 (COUNTRY) FIRE IN THE SKY-

NITTY GRITTY DIRT BAND ? ALTO
#8 FRENCH KISSIN’- DEBORAH HARRY CRISPIN CIOE ALTO
#1 (COUNTRY) HAPPY, HAPPY BIRTHDAY BABY-

RONNIE MILSAP ? TENOR
£49 HEART OF ROCK & ROLL-HUEY LEWIS & THE NEWS

JOHNNY COLLA TENOR
#1 (COUNTRY) HEARTBEAT IN THE DARKNESS-

DON WILLIAMS ? ALTO
#1 (COUNTRY) HELL AND HIGH WATER-

T. GRAHAM BROWN ? TENOR
£22 HELLO DARLING-TIPPA IRIE RAY CARLESS TENOR
#3 (£3) HIP TO BE SQUARE-

HUEY LEWIS & THE NEWS STEPHEN “DOC” KUPKA BARITONE

JOHNNY COLLA TENOR
#9 (COUNTRY) HOMECOMING‘63-

KEITH WHITLEY ? TENOR

CD credits for saxophone list JIM HORN and DENNIS SOLEE.
#1 (£5) HOW WILL I KNOW-

WHITNEY HOUSTON PREMIK RUSSELL TUBBS TENOR
#4 IF YOU LEAVE-ORCHESTRAL MANOEUVRES IN THE DARK

MARTIN COOPER TENOR
#3 I’M YOUR MAN-WHAM ANDY HAMILTON ALTO
£12 IT’S ALRIGHT (BABY’S COMING BACK)-

EURTHYMICS MARTIN DOBSON SAXES

DAVE PLEWS TRUMPET
£3 LESSONS IN LOVE-LEVEL 42 GARY BARNACLE TENOR
#4 (£5) LIVING IN AMERICA-JAMES BROWN CRISPIN CIOE ALTO
£18 PRETTY IN PINK-PSYCHEDELIC FURS TENOR

The 1981 recording made #43. The movie film version reached #18. The 1981 sax player was Duncan Kilburn. The film version would have been Mars Wiliams.
#1 ROCK ME AMADEUS-FALCO GARY BARNACLE TENOR
£8 SHOUT-LULU & THE LUVERS JIMMY SMITH (solo) TENOR

RONNIE ROSS ? BARITONE
#4 TAKE ME HOME TONIGHT-EDDIE MONEY PAUL HANSON ALTO

#4 (£68) TALK TO ME-STEVIE NICKS BARNEY WILENS ALTO
£5 THORN IN MY SIDE-EURYTHMICS JIMMY ZAVALA TENOR
#2 TYPICAL MALE-TINA TURNER TIMMY CAPPELLO TENOR
#5 (£51) WHAT YOU NEED-INXS KIRK PENGILLY TENOR

#2 (£1) WHEN THE GOING GETS TOUGH,

THE TOUGH GET GOING-BILLY OCEAN ? ALTO

I SAW THIS ON TV ONCE IN THE MID-80’S AND MARC RUSSO WAS THE SOLOIST. SOUNDS LIKE HIM ON THE RECORD TO ME TOO.” Gio Washington-Wright



£8 WONDERFUL LIFE-BLACK MARTIN GREEN ALTO
£26 YOUR LATEST TRICK-DIRE STRAITS MICHAEL BRECKER TENOR Intro by RANDY BRECKER TRUMPET

(Concert tour tenor solo by Chris White)
#18 YOU’RE A FRIEND OF MINE-

CLARENCE CLEMONS & JACKSON BROWNE CLARENCE CLEMONS TENOR

1987

#1 AT THIS MOMENT-

BILLY VERA & THE BEATERS JERRY PETERSON ALTO
£16 BORN TO RUN(LIVE)-

BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN CLARENCE CLEMONS ? TENOR
#21 CANDY-CAMEO MICHAEL BRECKER TENOR
£1 CHINA IN YOUR HANDS-T’PAU GARY BARNACLE ALTO

Per Carol Decker, GARY BARNACLE played on the hit single. The album sax player’s name is unknown but he was a session player in the states.
#4 (COUNTRY) DOMESTIC LIFE-JOHN CONLEE JIM HORN ALTO
#15 DON’T MAKE ME WAIT FOR LOVE-

LENNY WILLIAMS (vocal) KENNY G TENOR

£2 GOT MY MIND SET ON YOU-GEORGE HARRISON JIM HORN TENOR
#1 (£6) I’VE HAD THE TIME OF MY LIFE-

BILL MEDLEY & JENNIFER WARNES GARY HERBIG TENOR

#14 I WANNA GO BACK-EDDIE MONEY (CD credits show DANNY HULL or HALL, PAUL HANSON and EDDIE MONEY) ALTO

#1 LOST IN EMOTION-LISA LISA & CULT JAM ? TENOR
#10 ONE HEARTBEAT-SMOKEY ROBINSON KENNY G SOPRANO
#4 (£11) ONLY IN MY DREAMS-

DEBBIE GIBSON JEFF SMITH TENOR
£13 ROADBLOCK-STOCK AITKEN WATERMAN GARY BARNACLE ALTO
£3 ROCKIN’ AROUND THE CHRISTMAS TREE-

MEL SMITH & KIM WILDE PETE THOMAS TENOR & SOPRANO

£8 RUNNING IN THE FAMILY-LEVEL 42 KRYS MACH TENOR
#4 (£22) SONGBIRD KENNY G SOPRANO
#1 (COUNTRY) STRAIGHT TO THE HEART-

CRYSTAL GAYLE JIM HORN TENOR
£8 SWEETEST SMILE-BLACK MARTIN GREEN SOPRANO
£10 WALK THE DINOSAUR-WAS (NOT WAS) DAVE MCMURRAY TENOR
#1 WALKIN’ A BROKEN HEART-DON WILLIAMS JIM HORN TENOR
#5 (£11) WHEN SMOKIE SINGS-ABC STEPHEN SINGLETON TENOR

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