One of the most influential musicians of the 20th century. He helped invent the electric bass.
Here’s a sample of his work. Also, check out the two Lakland links at the bottom if you want to get a sense of the person.
Significant Recordings by year, artist, title (ordered by Chart Position)
1961, Rick Nelson, Travelin’ Man, 1
1965, Gary Lewis and the Playboys, This Diamond Ring, 1
1965, Barry McGuire, Eve of Destruction, 1
1966, The Mamas & the Papas, Monday Monday, 1
1966, Johnny Rivers, Poor Side of Town, 1
1967, The Association, Windy, 1
1969, The 5th Dimension, Wedding Bell Blues, 1
1969, Tommy Roe, Dizzy, 1
1970, The Carpenters, Close To You, 1
1970, Neil Diamond, Cracklin’ Rose, 1
1970, The Partridge Family, I Think I Love You, 1
1970, Simon & Garfunkel, Bridge over Troubled Water, 1
1972, Helen Reddy, I Am Woman, 1
1973, The Carpenters, Top of the World, 1
1973, Helen Reddy, Delta Dawn, 1
1974, The Carpenters, Please, Mr. Postman, 1
1964, Johnny Rivers, Memphis, 2
1965, Gary Lewis/Playboys, Count Me In, 2
1965, Gary Lewis/Playboys, Save Your Heart For Me, 2
1967, The Mamas & the Papas, Dedicated to the One I Love, 2
1968, The Association, Never My Love, 2
1968, Richard Harris, MacArthur Park, 2
1970, The Carpenters, Superstar, 2
1970, The Carpenters, We’ve Only Just Begun, 2
1970, The 5th Dimension, One Less Bell to Answer, 2
1971, The Carpenters, Rainy Days and Mondays, 2
1972, The Carpenters, Hurting Each Other, 2
1973, The Carpenters, Yesterday Once More, 2
1976, England Dan & John Ford Coley, I’d Really Love to See You, 2
1966, Johnny Rivers, Secret Agent Man, 3
1967, Johnny Rivers, Baby, I Need Your Lovin’, 3
1968, The 5th Dimension, Stone Soul Picnic, 3
1968, The Monkees, Valleri, 3
1969, Bobby Sherman, Little Women, 3
1971, The Carpenters, For All We Know, 3
1973, The Carpenters, Sing, 3
1973, Helen Reddy, Leave Me Alone, 3
1965, Gary Lewis and the Playboys, Everybody Loves a Clown, 4
1966, The Mamas & the Papas, California Dreamin’, 4
1967, Scott Mackenzie, San Francisco, 4
1974, America, Tin Man, 4
1975, The Carpenters, Only Yesterday, 4
1962, Rick Nelson, Teenage Idol, 5
1962, Rick Nelson, Young World, 5
1966, The Mamas & the Papas, Words of Love, 5
1967, The Mamas & the Papas, Creeque Alley, 5
1968, The Grass Roots, Midnight Confession, 5
1968, Kenny Rogers & The First Edition, Just Dropped In, 5
1970, Bobby Sherman, Julie, Do You Love Me?, 5
1974, Neil Diamond, Longfellow Serenade, 5
1975, America, Lonely People, 5
1977, Kenny Rogers, Lucille, 5
1962, Rick Nelson, It's Up to You, 6
1964, Rick Nelson, For You, 6
1966, The Mamas & the Papas, I Saw Her Again, 6
1966, Tommy Roe, Hurray for Hazel, 6
1969, Kenny Rogers & The First Edition, Ruby, 6
1969, Neil Diamond, Holly Holy, 6
1970, Barbra Streisand, Stoney End, 6
1972, Johnny Rivers, Rockin’ Pneumonia, 6
1971, The Partridge Family, Doesn’t Somebody Want to Be Wanted?, 6
1965, Johnny Rivers, Seventh Son, 7
1967, The 5th Dimension, Up, Up, and Away, 7
1969, Simon & Garfunkel, The Boxer, 7
1971, Tommy Roe, Stagger Lee, 7
1972, The Carpenters, Goodbye to Love, 7
1966, Gary Lewis and the Playboys, Green Grass, 8
1968, Boyce & Hart, I Wonder What She's Doin’, 8
1969, Tommy Roe, Jam Up, Jelly Tight, 8
1972, America, Ventura Highway, 8
1972, The 5th Dimension, Didn’t Get to Sleep at All, 8
1975, Helen Reddy, No Way to Treat a Lady, 8
1961, Rick Nelson, Hello, Mary Lou, 9
1964, Johnny Rivers, Mountain of Love, 9
1967, Spanky and Our Gang, Sunday Will Never Be the Same, 9
1969, Bobby Sherman, La La La, 9
1970, Bobby Sherman, Easy Come, Easy Go, 9
1971, The Grass Roots, Sooner or Later, 9
1971, The Partridge Family, I’ll Meet Ya Halfway, 9
1973, Art Garfunkel, All I Know, 9
1973, B.W. Stevenson, My Maria, 9
1974, Helen Reddy, You and Me Against the World, 9
1975, Austin Roberts, Rocky, 9
1978, England Dan & John Ford Coley, We’ll Never Have to Say Goodbye Again, 9
1982, Sylvia, Nobody, 9
1967, Johnny Rivers, Tracks of My Tears, 10
1968, Association, Everything That Touches You, 10
1970, Mark Lindsay, Arizona, 10
1972, The 5th Dimension, If I Could Reach You, 10
1976, England Dan & John Ford Coley, Nights Are Forever, 10
1961, Rick Nelson, A Wonder Like You, 11
1970, Kenny Rogers & The First Edition, Somethin's Burnin’, 11
1974, The Carpenters, I Won’t Last a Day, 11
1963, Rick Nelson, Fools Rush In, 12
1964, Johnny Rivers, Maybelle, 12
1968, Cass Elliott, Dream a Little Dream, 12
1971, The 5th Dimension, Never My Love, 12
1972, The Carpenters, It's Going to Take Some Time, 12
1972, Austin Roberts, Something's Wrong With Me, 12
1973, Helen Reddy, Peaceful, 12
1976, The Carpenters, There's a Kind of Hush, 12
1966, Gary Lewis and the Playboys, My Heart Symphony, 13
1968, The 5th Dimension, Sweet Blindness, 13
1971, Helen Reddy, I Don't Know How to Love Him, 13
1972, The Partridge Family, I Woke Up in Love, 13
1967, Johnny Rivers, Summer Rain, 14
1966, Gary Lewis and the Playboys, Paint Me a Picture, 15
1969, Grass Roots, I’d Wait a Million Years, 15
1971, Grass Roots, Temptation Eyes, 15
1974, Helen Reddy, Keep On Singing, 15
1961, Rick Nelson, EverLovin’, 16
1967, The 5th Dimension, Go Where You Wanna Go, l 6
1971, Grass Roots, Two Divided By Love, 16
1971, Bobby Sherman, Cry Like a Baby, 16
1981, The Carpenters, Touch Me When We’re Dancin’, 16
1968, Spanky and Our Gang, Like to Get to Know You, 17
1970, Kenny Rogers & The First Edition, Tell It to Brother, 17
1975, The Carpenters, Solitaire, 17
1976, Art Garfunkel, I Only Have Eyes For You, 18
1966, Johnny Rivers, Muddy Water, 19
1968, Gary Lewis and the Playboys, Sealed With a Kiss, 19
1969, Kenny Rogers & The First Edition, But You Know I Love You, 19
1970, Glen Campbell, Honey Come Back, 19
1971, The 5th Dimension, Love Lines, Angels & Rhymes, 19
1976, Helen Reddy, Somewhere in the Night, 19
1982, Michael Murphy, What's Forever For, 19
1965, Johnny Rivers, Midnight Special, 20
1967, The Mamas & the Papas, Twelve Thirty, 20
1969, The 5th Dimension, Workin’ On a Groovy Thing, 20
1970, Michael Parks, Long Lonesome Highway, 20
1972, The Partridge Family, It's One of Those Nights, 20
1977, Olivia Newton John, Sam, 20
1967, Gary Lewis and the Playboys, Where Will Words Come From, 21
1970, The 5th Dimension, Blowing Away, 21
1977, England Dan & John Ford Coley, It's Sad to Belong, 21
1975, Helen Reddy, Emotion, 22
1967, Grass Roots, Things I Should Have Said, 23
1967, Tommy Roe, It's Now Winter's Day, 23
1969, Glen Campbell, Try a Little Kindness, 23
1977, England Dan & John Ford Coley, Gone Too Far, 23
1966, The Mamas & the Papas, Look Through My Window, 24
1967, Scott Mackenzie, Like an Old-Time Movie, 24
1969, The Grass Roots, Heaven Knows, 24
1970, The 5th Dimension, Puppet Man, 24
1970, Bobby Sherman, Hey, Mr. Sun!, 24
1963, Rick Nelson, String Along, 25
1969, The 5th Dimension, California Soul, 25
1970, Mark Lindsay, Silver Bird, 25
1976, The Carpenters, I Need to Be In Love, 26
1964, Rick Nelson, The Very Thought of You, 26
1965, Johnny Rivers, Where Have All the Flowers Gone, 26
1967, Glen Campbell, By the Time I Get to Phoenix, 26
1967, The Mamas & the Papas, Glad to Be Unhappy, 26
1969, Glen Campbell, Where's the Playground, Suzie, 26
1970, Kenny Rogers & The First Edition, Reuben James, 26
1968, Boyce & Hart, Alice Long, 27
1970, Glen Campbell, All I Have to Do is Dream, 27
1970, The 5th Dimension, Save the Country, 27
1966, The Grass Roots, Where Were You When I Needed You, 28
1969, The Grass Roots, Bella Linda, 28
1972, The Partridge Family, Breaking Up is Hard to Do, 28
1968, The 5th Dimension, Carpet Man, 29
1969, Tommy Roe, Heather Honey, 29
1971, Bobby Sherman, The Drum, 29
1968, Spanky and Our Gang, Sunday Morning, 30
1969, Cass Elliott, It's Getting Better, 30
1967, Spanky and Our Gang, Make Every Minute Count, 31
1969, The Grass Roots, The River Is Wide, 31
1971, Glen Campbell, Dream Baby, 31
1974, Albert Hammond, I’m a Train, 31
1970, John Philips, Mississippi, 32
1973, The 5th Dimension, Living Together, 32
1977, The Carpenters, Calling Occupants, 32
1966, Johnny Rivers, Under Your Spell Again, 33
1970, Kenny Rogers & The First Edition, Heed the Call, 33
1976, Olivia Newton John, Don’t Stop Believin’, 33
1967, The 5th Dimension, Paper Cup, 34
1972, The Grass Roots, Glory Bound, 34
1973, Neil Diamond, Be, 34
1974, Art Garfunkel, Second Avenue, 34
1969, Glen Campbell, True Grit, 35
1970, The Grass Roots, Baby, Hold On!, 35
1973, America, Don’t Cross River, 35
1975, Helen Reddy, Bluebird, 35
1977, The Carpenters, All You Can Get From Love, 35
1968, Glen Campbell, I Want to Live, 36
1969, Glen Campbell, Let It Be Me, 36
1969, Cass Elliott, Make Your Own Kind of Music, 36
1972, The 5th Dimension, Together Let's Find Love, 37
1974, Art Garfunkel, I Shall Sing, 38
1975, Johnny Rivers, Blue Suede Shoes, 38
1967, Boyce & Hart, Out and About, 39
1968, The Association, Time For Lovin’, 39
1968, Glen Campbell, Gentle On My Mind, 39
1972, The Grass Roots, The Runaway, 39
1973, The Partridge Family, Lookin' Through the Eyes of Love, 39
1966, The Turtles, You, Baby, 40
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