The Wrecking Crew

Arguably the most popular "group" of studio musicians in music history, the "Wrecking Crew" was a collection of world class musicians who worked a numbing work schedule (15 hour days were not unusual). Their talents were used in everything from TV theme songs to well known pop music. Producers and composers often associated with the Wrecking Crew are Phil Spector (who used the Crew for his trademark "Wall of Sound" and Beach Boy Brian Wilson (who utilized the Crew's talent on the watershed album "Pet Sounds"). Perhaps the most well known members were bassist Carol Kaye (one of the few women guitarists/bassists in the industry at the time) and drummer Hal Blaine.