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A film by Denny Tedesco
What is the Wrecking Crew?
The Wrecking Crew were a group of Studio Musicians in Los Angeles in the 60s who played on hits for the Beach Boys, Frank Sinatra, Nancy Sinatra, Sonny and Cher, Jan & Dean, The Monkees, Gary Lewis and the Playboys, Mamas and Papas, Tijuana Brass, Ricky Nelson, Johnny Rivers and were Phil Spector’s Wall of Sound. The amount of work that they were involved in was tremendous. …
here’s the trailer
Song List (the links go straight to iTunes):
5th Dimension
Let the Sunshine in/Aquarius
Stone Soul Picnic
Up Up and Away
One Less Bell to Answer
Association
Windy
Never My Love
Beach Boys
California Girls
Don’t Worry Baby
Fun Fun Fun
God Only Knows
Good Vibrations
I Get Around
Sloop John B
Byrds
Mr. Tamborine Man
Turn Turn Turn
Glen Campbell
By The Time I Get to Phoenix
Gentle on My Mind
Wichita Lineman
Captain and Tennille
Love Will Keep Us Together
Carpenters
Close to You
We’ve Only Just Begun
Cher
Gypsies, Tramps and Thieves
Half Breed
Chipmunks
Chipmunks Theme
Nat King Cole
Ramblin Rose
Sam Cooke
Twisting the Night Away
You Send Me
Crystals
And He Kissed Me
Da Doo Ron Ron
He’s A Rebel
Bobby Day
Rockin’ Robin
Defenders
Taco Wagon
Shelley Fabares
Johnny Angel
Richard Harris
MacArthur Park
Jan & Dean
Dead Man’s Curve
Surf City
Little Old Lady From Pasadena
Balboa Blue
Gary Lewis and the Playboys
Everybody Loves a Clown
Sure Gonna Miss Her
This Diamond Ring
Barry McGuire
Eve of Destruction
Mamas & Papas
California Dreaming
Creque Alley
Dedicated to the One I Love
Monday Monday
Henry Mancini
Pink Panther
Marketts
Out of Limits
Surfer Stomp
Dean Martin
Every Body Loves Somebody
Scott McKenzie
Are You Gonig to San Francisco
Monkees
Mary Mary
Valerie
Chris Montez
Let’s Dance
Ricky Nelson
Fools Rush In
Wayne Newton
Danke Schoen
Jack Nitzsche
Lonely Surfer
Harry Nilsson
Everybody’s Talking At Me (Echoes)
Partridge Family
Come on Get Happy
Elvis Presley
A Little Less Conversation
Viva Las Vegas
Paul Revere & the Raiders
Indian Reservation
Righteous Brothers
Unchained Melody
You’ve Lost That Loving Feeling
Rip Chords
Hey Little Cobra
Johnny Rivers
Poor Side of Town
Tommy Roe
Dizzy
Ronettes
Be My Baby
I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus
Routers
Let’s Go
Sandpipers
Guantanamera
Lalo Schifren
Mission Impossible
Simon and Garfunkel
Mrs. Robinson
Frank Sinatra
Strangers in the Night
That’s Life
Nancy Sinatra
These Boots Were Made for Walking
Drummer Man
Sonny and Cher
The Beat Goes On
I Got You Babe
T-Bones
No Matter What Shape Your Stomach Is In
Nino Tempo & April Stevens
Deep Purple
Tijuana Brass
Lonely Bull
Spanish Flea
Taste of Honey
Whipped Cream
Zorba the Greek
Ike and Tina Turner
River Deep Mountain High
Ritchie Valens
Donna
Bobby Vee
The Night Has a Thousand Eyes
Ventures
Hawaii 5-O
Mason Williams
Classical Gas
Roger Williams
Born Free