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Carol Kaye

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Carol Kaye (born March 24, 1935) is an American musician, best known as one of the most prolific and widely heard bass guitarists in history, playing on an estimated 10,000 recording sessions in a 55-year career. As a session musician, Kaye was the bassist on many Phil Spector and Brian Wilson productions in the 1960s and 1970s. She played guitar on Ritchie Valens' La Bamba and is credited with the bass tracks on several Simon & Garfunkel hits and many film scores by Quincy Jones and Lalo Schifrin.

Top songs

  1. Slick Cat
  2. Boogaloo
  3. Bass Catch
  4. Better Days
  5. Burning Spear
  6. Greenapple Quickstep
  7. Free Sample
  8. More & Poke Stomp
  9. Rock's Most Prolific Session Musician
  10. Bass Blues
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  1. Moke and Poke Stomp
  2. B2 - Boogaloo
  3. On Any Sunday
  4. A1 - Bass Catch
  5. Sllick cat
  6. Moke & Poke Stomp
  7. A2 - Burning Spear
  8. Groundhog Shuffle
  9. A3 - Greenapple Quickstep
  10. A4 - Better Days
  11. The Very Thought of You
  12. B1 - More & Poke Stomp
  13. If I Were a Bell
  14. Session Legend Interview (full)
  15. B3 - Slick Cat
  16. Twisted
  17. B4 - Free Sample
  18. New York State of Mind
  19. More and Poke Stomp
  20. Good Vibrations
  21. Greens and Hamhocks
  22. Sunny
  23. Most Heard But Least Known
  24. The Radio Interview
  25. Take 197 - 243
  26. Anitra's Twist
  27. Take 197 'Thru 243
  28. 01. bass catch
  29. Blues
  30. Green Apple Quick Step
  31. Sunny (live)
  32. Carol Kaye - Boogaloo
  33. On Any Sunday [Outtake]
  34. Tuning
  35. 06. boogaloo
  36. Hip Blues
  37. Gotcha With Joe Pass '72
  38. Greens and Hamhocks (live)
  39. 02. burning spear
  40. Green Dolphin Street
  41. Better Day's
  42. Lines 17-18-19
  43. Blues #2
  44. Greeapple Quickstep
  45. Ice Cream Rock
  46. Bass Line 43
  47. Phil Spector
  48. Surf Rock & Beach Boys
  49. The Searchers
  50. Valdez in the Country
  51. Moke & Poke
  52. 07. slick cat
  53. 03. greenapple quickstep
  54. TV Film Outtakes (70s)
  55. Head Start
  56. "Bass Catch" by The Greasy Bass Blues Band
  57. Carol Kaye - Bass Catch
  58. Sunny [live]
  59. Take 197 Thru 243
  60. Thumbs Up
  61. Carol Kaye - Slick Cat
  62. Live With Hampton Hawes 1, Jimmy Hopps '73
  63. Live With Hampton Hawes 2, Jimmy Hopps '73
  64. So What
  65. Intro
  66. Early Years
  67. New Instrument
  68. Signature Style
  69. Writing
  70. Different Roles
  71. TV
  72. The Searchers - 1965
  73. Line 7
  74. Line 16
  75. Lines 11-12
  76. Lines 1-2
  77. Lines 3-4-5-6
  78. Line 20
  79. Lines 21-22
  80. Lines8-9-10
  81. Lines 13-14-15
  82. Line 42
  83. Moke & Pomp Stomp
  84. Lines 30-31-32
  85. Autumn Leaves Guitar
  86. Chords
  87. Chord Structure
  88. Blues Solo
  89. Diminished Patterns
  90. Lines 46-47

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