Name Ray Pohlman Albums Out of Limits | Role Musician | |
Music groups The Wrecking Crew, The Marketts Similar People Bill Pitman, Steve Douglas, Tommy Tedesco, Hal Blaine, Al Casey | ||
''Good Vibrations'' - The Beach Boys - Bass Cover
Ray Pohlman (July 22, 1930 - November 1990) American session musician and arranger, born in Baker Township, Iowa, who not only played both upright bass and bass guitar, but also did sessions as a guitarist. He is credited with being the first electric bass player in Los Angeles studios in the 1950.
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He was a member of the The Wrecking Crew with whom he recorded with Phil Spector and The Beach Boys.
Pohlman was the band leader and arranger of the house band, "The Shindogs" in the 1960s T.V. show Shindig.
Fellow session bassist Carol Kaye wrote of him, “Ray Pohlman in the early 80s became the rhythm guitarist for Frankie Capp’s great jazz band, Juggernaut.”
Selected discography
Songs
Out of Limits
Batman Theme
Bump and Boogie
Bella Dalena
Rip Me Apart
The Joker
My Mind's Diseased
Static Dream
What Do You Mean?
Stompin' Room Only
Nothing For Me
Sting Ray
Ali Boon Bye Aye
Secret Agent Man
Too Late
Under The Stars
The Riddler
Cha-Cha Buggy
On the Beach
The Cat Woman
Writing On The Wall
Napolean's Solo
Cobra
Don't Come Crawlin'
Vanishing Point
The Bristol Stomp
Endlessly
The Good the Bad and the Ugly Theme
Surfer's Stomp
Waiting In Line
Ignorance Obeyed
Childhood Friends