Charles Thomas Gillingham (born January 26, 1960) is a keyboardist and multi-instrumentalist best known for his performance on the Hammond B-3 organ,

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, piano, and keyboards for the band

Counting Crows Counting Crows is an American rock band from San Francisco, California. Formed in 1991, the band consists of guitarist David Bryson, drummer Jim Bogios, vocalist Adam Duritz, keyboardist Charlie Gillingham, David Immerglück, bass guitarist Mil ...

. He has also played the bass guitar in

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during certain songs such as " Holiday in Spain". Gillingham attended Richard Henry Dana Junior High in

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, and also attended Miraleste High School in Rancho Palos Verdes his sophomore, junior and senior year. He was a member of Slip Stream, Clark, Kent, and the Reporters, Midnight Radio,

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, and played keyboards on

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's 1998 debut album. In 2004, Gillingham was nominated for an Oscar as co-composer of the song " Accidentally in Love". He was put forward in the category

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with his fellow songwriters Adam Duritz,

Jim Bogios Counting Crows is an American rock band from San Francisco, California. Formed in 1991, the band consists of guitarist David Bryson, drummer Jim Bogios, vocalist Adam Duritz, keyboardist Charlie Gillingham, David Immerglück, bass guitarist Mil ...

, David Immerglück,

Matt Malley Counting Crows is an American rock band from San Francisco, California. Formed in 1991, the band consists of guitarist David Bryson, drummer Jim Bogios, vocalist Adam Duritz, keyboardist Charlie Gillingham, David Immerglück, bass guitarist Mil ...

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and

Dan Vickrey Daniel Vickrey (born August 26, 1966) is an American musician. He has performed since 1994 as a lead guitarist in the alternative rock band, Counting Crows. Vickrey also provides backing vocals, and is a harmonist within the band. As co-writ ...

. The track was used in the film '' Shrek 2''. Gillingham studied philosophy and

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. Before entering the music industry, he worked as a software engineer in the field of artificial intelligence.

Recordings

Apart from his work with Counting Crows, Gillingham also contributed to the following

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'' –

– 2007 *''

Comfort in Sound ''Comfort in Sound'' is the fourth studio album by Welsh rock band Feeder, released on 21 October 2002 and also the first to be released by the band after the suicide of drummer Jon Lee earlier in the year. The album was recorded at RAK Studio ...

'' – Feeder – 2003 *''

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Peter Stuart Peter Stuart is an American singer-songwriter. Stuart is the founder and lead singer of the band Dog's Eye View, which is best known for its single, "Everything Falls Apart". In 2002, he released a solo album entitled ''Propeller''. Biography ...

– 2002 *''Nowhere is Brighter'' – Garrin Benfield – 2002 *''

Still Waiting for Spring ''Still Waiting for Spring'' is the fourth album by Matt Nathanson, released in March 1999 on Acrobat Records. It is the last independent release by Nathanson; he would later sign to Universal Records Universal Music Group N.V. (often abbre ...

'' –

Matt Nathanson Matthew Adam Nathanson (born March 28, 1973) is an American singer-songwriter whose work is a blend of Folk music, folk and rock and roll music. In addition to singing, he plays acoustic (sometimes a 12-string) and electric guitar, and has play ...

– 2000 *''

'' –

– 1998 *'' Whatnot'' – Cola – 1997 *'' The Golden Age'' –

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– 1996 *''Abundance'' – Zip Code Revue – 1996 *''Slipaway'' – Jerry Shelfer – 1992 *''

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'' – American Music Club – 1990

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Recordings

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