List of people who performed on Beatles recordings

List of musicians and other people to appear on recordings by The Beatles

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Aside from John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo Starr, numerous musicians and other people featured on official recordings by the Beatles. These include friends and family of the group, the band's entourage, and numerous session musicians. Original members Pete Best (drums) and Stuart Sutcliffe (bass guitar) appeared on early recordings; the former on the group's recording of "My Bonnie" with Tony Sheridan, and both on various tracks released on Anthology 1.

The instruments contributed to Beatles recordings range from traditional orchestral instruments—such as violin, viola and cello[1]—to an alarm clock and a pile of gravel.[2][3]

The first half of the Beatles' career—from the early 1960s until 1966—rarely saw the band use any extra musicians, though George Martin (their producer) occasionally added keyboard instruments to augment their sound.[4][5] As their career progressed and their influences widened, the group began to experiment in the studio. Martin started to orchestrate for the band; his first major orchestration for the group was the string quartet on "Yesterday".[6] In 1966, the band stopped touring and concentrated on studio experimentation,[7] creating soundscapes and orchestrations that required numerous musicians (the orchestra on 1967's "A Day in the Life" was accommodated in Abbey Road's large Studio One, rather than the group's usual room in Studio Two[8]). It was also around this time that the Beatles visited India, and—particularly Harrison—became influenced by Indian culture and music,[9] leading to the group's use of traditional Indian instruments in their arrangements. Shortly before the group's demise at the end of the decade, keyboardist Billy Preston was brought in to add to their sound while they tried to return to their rock 'n' roll roots.[10] The group wanted what was to become their final album, Let It Be, to be raw with minimal overdubs.[11][12] After producer Glyn Johns left the project, Phil Spector hired in numerous session musicians to provide orchestral overdubs, in contrast to the group's original back-to-basics ideas.[13]

Omissions

Session musicians' names and roles for some performances were not recorded or have been lost—this is the case for the recordings of "Good Night"[14] and "Yellow Submarine";[15] Phil Spector's orchestral overdubs for "The Long and Winding Road",[16] "Across the Universe"[17] and "I Me Mine";[18] the string sections on "Something",[19] "Here Comes the Sun",[20] "Carry That Weight",[21] "Golden Slumbers"[21] and "The End";[22] the orchestra on "Hey Jude";[23] the saxophonists on "Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da";[24] the trumpeters and trombonists on "Mother Nature's Son";[25] the brass and string players on "Let It Be";[26] the cellist on "Blue Jay Way"[27] and the Asian Music Circle musicians on "Love You To" (performing on sitar and tambura)[28] and "Within You Without You" (performing on dilruba, swarmandal, tabla and tambura).[29]

In February 1978, session drummer Bernard Purdie claimed that he had overdubbed drums for 21 Beatles recordings in the summer of 1963. He stated that Brian Epstein paid him a five-figure sum to overdub a drum track at Capitol Records' West 46th Street studios in New York City, and that the payment also bought his silence.[11] Purdie has also implied that some guitar parts for early Beatles recordings were also overdubbed, and there are also suggestions that Purdie and Cornell Dupree overdubbed drums and guitar parts for the Tony Sheridan recordings.[11][30] His claim was repeated in Max Weinberg's 1984 book The Big Beat: Conversations with Rock's Greatest Drummers, where he refused to name which songs he had played on and stated that "Ringo never played on anything [...] not the early Beatles stuff."[31] Barry Miles wrote that Purdie was hired in 1962 to replace Pete Best's drumming from some of the band's recording sessions that had taken place in Hamburg.[32]

Also omitted from this list are the instances where people's voices are captured on the recordings, but do not constitute part of the musical performance, such as Geoff Emerick's announcement of "take two" at the beginning of "Revolution 1",[33] and the various announcers, interviewers and presenters on Live at the BBC.

Jimmie Nicol stood in for Starr for eight performances during the band's 1964 tour. He did not feature on record, but his performances were captured by audience bootlegs and broadcasts by AVRO in the Netherlands and 5DN in Australia.[34][35]

Indirect performances

By the mid-1960s, the Beatles became interested in tape loops and found sounds.[36][37] Early examples of the group sampling existing recordings include loops on "Revolution 9"[37] (the repetitive "number nine" is from a Royal Academy of Music examination tape, some chatter is from a conversation between George Martin and Apple office manager Alistair Taylor, and a chord from a recording of Sibelius's Symphony No. 7 is also included[38]) and "I Am the Walrus", which contained a radio broadcast of the BBC Third Programme's production of King Lear.[27] The part of the broadcast included on the record features John Hollis as Oswald, John Rye as Edgar, and Brewster Mason as the Earl of Gloucester.[39][40]

For the introduction to "The Continuing Story of Bungalow Bill", a stock Mellotron sample of a Spanish guitar was used. The recording, performed by an unknown guitarist, was supervised by Eric Robinson.[41]

A

B

Pete Best in 2006

C

Eric Clapton in 1975
  • Leon Calvert—trumpeter; session musician. Contributed trumpet and flugelhorn to "Martha My Dear"[42] and trumpet to "Penny Lane"[3][60]
  • Barrie Cameron—saxophonist; session musician. Contributed saxophone to "Good Morning Good Morning"[61]
  • Duncan Campbell—trumpeter; session musician. Contributed trumpet to "Penny Lane"[3]
  • Ronald Chamberlain—saxophonist; session musician. Contributed saxophone to "Honey Pie"[42]
  • Hariprasad Chaurasia—flautist; session musician. MacDonald credits the shehnai on "The Inner Light" to Chaurasia or S. R. Kenkare[62]
  • Jim Chester—saxophonist; session musician. Contributed saxophone to "Honey Pie"[42]
  • Alan Civil—horn player; session musician. Contributed French horn to "A Day in the Life"[47] and "For No One"[56]
  • Eric Clapton—guitarist and then-member of Cream. Contributed vocals to "All You Need Is Love"[44] and electric guitar to "While My Guitar Gently Weeps".[63]
  • Frank Clarke—bassist; session musician. Contributed double bass to "Penny Lane"[3]
  • Freddy Clayton—trumpeter; session musician. Contributed trumpet to "Penny Lane"[3] and trumpet to "Revolution 1"[64]
  • Giovanna Clayton–cellist; session musician. Contributed cello to "Now and Then"[46]
  • Peter Coe—saxophonist; session musician. Contributed tenor saxophone to "Got to Get You into My Life"[56]
  • Derek Collins—saxophonist; session musician. Contributed tenor saxophone to "Savoy Truffle"[65]
  • Les Condon—trumpeter; session musician. Contributed trumpet to "Got to Get You into My Life"[56]
  • Roy Copestake—trumpeter; session musician. Contributed trumpet to "Magical Mystery Tour"[66]
  • Bert Courtley—trumpeter; session musician. Contributed trumpet and flugelhorn to "Penny Lane"[3]
  • Keith Cummings—cellist; session musician. Contributed cello to "Glass Onion"[54] and "Piggies"[54]

D

E

F

Marianne Faithfull in 2008

G

H

  • Patrick Hailing—violinist; session musician. Contributed violin to "All You Need Is Love"[44]
  • John Hall—cellist; session musician. Contributed cello to "Strawberry Fields Forever"[53]
  • Ian Hamer—trumpeter; session musician. Contributed trumpet to "Got to Get You into My Life"[56]
  • Neel Hammond–violinist; session musician. Contributed violin to "Now and Then"[46]
  • George Harrison—aside from contributing vocals and guitar (both acoustic and electric), Harrison also contributed bass guitar,[78] organ,[79] Moog synthesizer,[20] harmonium,[20] vibraphone,[80] harmonica,[81] sitar,[82][83] tambura,[84] violin,[85] percussion (including hand claps,[86] finger clicks,[87] maracas,[88] African drum[89] and drums[90]) and comb and paper;[91] Ian MacDonald suggests Harrison may also have contributed tambourine,[78] ukulele[92] and harpsichord[93]
  • Ayvren Harrison–violist; session musician. Contributed viola to "Now and Then"[46]
  • Jurgen Hess—violinist; session musician. Contributed violin to "A Day in the Life"[47] and "Eleanor Rigby"[67]
  • Alan Holmes—saxophonist; session musician. Contributed saxophone to "Good Morning Good Morning"[61]
  • Jack Holmes—violinist; session musician. Contributed violin to "All You Need Is Love"[44]
  • Don Honeywill—saxophonist; session musician. Contributed tenor saxophone to "All You Need Is Love"[44]
  • Nicky Hopkins—keyboardist; session musician. Contributed electric piano to "Revolution"[77]
  • Wendy Horan—vocalist; session musician and member of the Mike Sammes Singers. Contributed vocals to "I Am the Walrus"[43]
  • Elgar Howarth—trumpeter; session musician. Contributed trumpet to "Magical Mystery Tour"[66]
  • Ronnie Hughes—trumpeter; session musician. Contributed trumpet to "Martha My Dear"[42]

J

  • Derek Jacobs—violinist; session musician. Contributed violin to "She's Leaving Home"[58]
  • Bill Jackman—flautist and saxophonist; session musician. Contributed flute, vocals and hand claps to "Hey Jude"[94] and tenor saxophone to "Lady Madonna"[94]
  • Harold Jackson—trumpeter; session musician. Contributed trumpet to "A Day in the Life"[47]
  • Hanuman Jadev—shehnai player; session musician. MacDonald credits the shehnai on "The Inner Light" to Jadev or Sharad Ghosh[62]
  • Mick Jagger—singer and member of The Rolling Stones. Contributed vocals to "All You Need Is Love"[44]
  • John Jezzard—violinist; session musician. Contributed violin to "I Am the Walrus"[43]
  • Brian Jones—member of The Rolling Stones. Contributed vocals to "Yellow Submarine"[15] and alto saxophone to "You Know My Name (Look Up the Number)"[95]
  • Granville Jones—violinist; session musician. Contributed violin to "A Day in the Life"[47]
  • Norman Jones—cellist; session musician. Contributed cello to "Eleanor Rigby"[67] and "Strawberry Fields Forever"[53]

K

L

  • Don Lang—trombonist; session musician. Contributed trombone to "Revolution 1"[64]
  • John Lee—trombonist; session musician. Contributed trombone to "Good Morning Good Morning"[61]
  • Songa Lee–violinist; session musician. Contributed violin to "Now and Then"[46]
  • Gary Leeds—musician and member of The Walker Brothers. Contributed vocals to "All You Need Is Love"[44]
  • John Lennon—aside from vocals and guitar (both electric and acoustic) on numerous recordings, Lennon contributed instruments such as piano,[96] electric piano,[97] organ,[98] harpsichord,[85] harmonium,[99] Mellotron,[100] Moog synthesizer,[101] clavioline,[102] harmonica,[80] banjo,[85] ukulele,[80] bass guitar,[26] lap steel guitar,[26] percussion[91] (including maracas,[80] cowbell,[103] bongos,[104] congas,[105] maracas,[106] hand claps,[24] finger clicks,[87] tambourine,[107] and drums[90]), comb and paper,[108] and tenor saxophone;[109] Ian MacDonald also suggests that Lennon may have also contributed Jew's harp[110] and glockenspiel[79]
  • Norman Lenderman—violinist; session musician. Contributed violin to "Glass Onion"[54] and "Piggies"[54]
  • Gordon Lewins—clarinettist; session musician. Contributed clarinet to "I Am the Walrus"[43]
  • Jackie Lomax—guitarist and singer; Apple Records artist. Contributed hand claps to "Dear Prudence"[70]
  • Roger Lord—oboist; session musician. Contributed oboe to "A Day in the Life"[47]
  • Alan Loveday—violinist; session musician. Contributed violin to "Within You Without You"[48]
  • Fred Lucas—vocalist; session musician and member of the Mike Sammes Singers. Contributed vocals to "Good Night"[14] and "I Am the Walrus"[43]
  • Jeff Lynne—producer ("Free as a Bird", "Real Love", and "Now and Then"[a]). Contributed vocals and guitar to "Real Love".[113]

M

George Martin in 2006

N

O

P

Billy Preston in 1974

R

S

T

U

V

W

  • Dennis Walton—session musician. Contributed saxophone to "Honey Pie"[42] and flute and piccolo to "Penny Lane"[3][60]
  • Alfred Waters—bassoonist; session musician. Contributed bassoon to "A Day in the Life"[47]
  • Derek Watkins—trumpeter; session musician. Contributed trumpet to "Revolution 1"[64] and "Strawberry Fields Forever"[53]
  • Evan Watkins—trombonist; session musician. Contributed trombone to "All You Need Is Love"[44]
  • Donald Weekes—violinist; session musician. Contributed violin to "A Day in the Life"[47]
  • Terry Weil—cellist; session musician. Contributed cello to "I Am the Walrus"[43]
  • Andy White—drummer; session musician. Contributed drums to "Love Me Do"[173] and "P.S. I Love You"[157][173]
  • Pat Whitmore—vocalist; session musician and member of the Mike Sammes Singers. Contributed vocals to "Good Night"[14] and "I Am the Walrus"[43]
  • John Wilbraham—trumpeter; session musician. Contributed trumpet to "Magical Mystery Tour"[66]
  • Trevor Williams—violinist; session musician. Contributed violin to "She's Leaving Home"[58]
  • Mike Winfield—oboist; session musician. Contributed oboe and cor anglais to "Penny Lane"[3][60]
  • Manny Winters—flautist; session musician. Contributed flute and piccolo to "Penny Lane"[3][60]
  • David Wolfsthal—violinist; session musician. Contributed violin to "Within You Without You"[48]
  • Stanley Woods—trumpeter; session musician. Contributed trumpet and flugelhorn to "All You Need Is Love"[44]

See also

Footnotes

  1. ^ Production of Lynne's version of "Now and Then" was aborted and not finished for inclusion with The Beatles Anthology,[111] although Lynne's 1995 sessions were used by McCartney and Giles Martin for the song's 2023 release.[112]

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  • Womack, Kenneth (2009), The Cambridge Companion to The Beatles, Cambridge Companions to Music, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, ISBN 978-0521869652
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