AUGUST 2006 ISSUE
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MUSIC TRIVIA:
Musicians who sing, play, compose, and arrange.
By Alan Watts |
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The following is a list of musicians who sing, play, compose, and arrange (arrange means "writes down the
musical notes", i.e. "notation", not just chords, for other musicians to play). This list is by no means definitive, and of course, it's hard to prove. And, some in my list may be debatable.
Sy Oliver
Mel Torme
Jeri Southern
Bobby Darin
Randy Newman
David Gates
Richard Thompson
Brian Wilson
John Cale
Prince
Joe Jackson
Rupert Holmes
Barry Manilow
Frank Zappa
Stevie Wonder
Nilsson
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Russ Morgan
Burt Bacharach
Leon Russell
Quincy Jones
George Melachrino
Les Baxter
Don Redman
Don Elliott
Anita Kerr
Allen Toussaint
Donnie Hathway
Otis Redding
Artie Malvin
the OTHER Ray Charles
Bobby Scott
Bob Dorough
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Dave Frishberg
Jon Hendricks
Jimmy Webb
Richard Carpenter
Sergio Mendes
Bobby Troup
Matt Dennis
Patrice Rushen
Todd Rundgren
Van Dyke Parks
Elvis Costello?
Terry Jacks
Med Flory (Supersax and LA Voices)
Danny Elfman
Willie Hutch (5th Dimension, Jacksons, Motown)
Jerry Ragavoy
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