James Gadson ( James Edward Gadson; born June 17, 1939) is an American

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and

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. Beginning his career in the late 1960s, Gadson has since become one of the most-recorded drummers in the history of R&B. He is also a singer and songwriter.

Career

Born in

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, Gadson played with the first line-up of Charles Wright's Watts 103rd Street Rhythm Band, and recorded three albums with them between 1968 and 1970. Along with other members of Wright's band, he went on to appear on many hit records, including with

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. Gadson started to become well known as a drummer following the release of the album ''

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'' by

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, released by Sussex Records in 1972. He played on

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album ''

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'', released on the

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label in 1973. In 1975, he played with

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on ''Larger Than Life'' and went on to record with

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, B.B. King,

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, Rose Royce,

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and many more artists. In 1975, he anchored the Motown classic double platinum album ''City Of Angels'', recorded by Billy Griffin & The Miracles. Gadson was also the drummer on Marvin Gaye's "I Want You" in 1976 and

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's hit 1976 single

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and appeared on two tracks, "At The Mercy" and "Riding To Vanity Fair", on the 2005

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album ''

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''. He has a brief appearance in the

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2009 movie '' Funny People'' as a member of the jam band that Sandler's character hires to play with him. In April 2009, Gadson joined Alex Dixon, grandson of

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, on his 2009 release titled ''Rising From The Bushes,'' in which he appeared on two tracks, "Fantasy" and Willie Dixon's famous song "

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". In June 2009, Gadson joined

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, Feist and Jamie Lidell covering

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's '' Oar'' as part of Beck's Record Club series, with videos appearing on Beck's website beginning November 2009. He has drummed on Beck's albums '' Sea Change'', '' The Information'' and ''

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'', as well as Jamie Lidell's 2010 album ''

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''. Gadson played drums, as well as hambone (slapping his legs), on the

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song "Sugah Daddy", on the '' Black Messiah'' album (2014).' He appeared in the 2016 video for “Mama Can’t Help You No More,” by

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. In 2019, James Gadson, who resides in Los Angeles, was featured on ''

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'' as his paternal niece's and nephew-in-law's restaurant, Bayou on the Vine, was renamed "Gadson's Restaurant & Jazz Club", named after him and his late brother, guitarist Thomas Maurice 'Tutty' Gadson (died 2014).

Discography

Singles

* "Express Yourself" (Charles Wright & the Watts 103rd Street Band) - (1970) * "Lean On Me" (Bill Withers) - (1972) * "Use Me" (Bill Withers) - (1972) * "Got To Find My Baby" / "Let The Feeling Belong" - Cream Records 1014 - (1972) * "Good Vibrations" / "Just To Love You Girl" - Cream Records 1019 - (1972) * "Dancing Machine" (Jackson 5) - (1974) * "I Want You" (Marvin Gaye) - (1976) * "Love Hangover" (Diana Ross) - (1976) * "Go By What's In Your Heart" / "Go By What's In Your Heart" - United Artists UA-XW815-Y - (1976) * "Got To Be Real" (Cheryl Lynn) - (1978) James Gadson & Lou Washington * Gadson & Washington - "Ain't No Way To Live" / "Indian Village" - B And W Records – BW-011, B And W Records – BW-012 (12" 33rpm single)Discog
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As sideman

With Arthur Adams * ''Back on Track'' (Blind Pig Records, 1999) * ''Soul of the Blues'' (PM Records, 2004) * ''Stomp the Floor'' (Delta Groove, 2009) * ''Here to Make You Feel Good'' (Cleopatra Records, 2019) With

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* ''In Hi-Fi Stereo'' (Heads Up, 2010) * '' Wild Heart'' (Heads Up, 2014) With

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* ''Get What You Deserve'' (Blue Note, 2017) With

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* '' Soul Deeper... Songs From the Deep South'' (Mushroom Records, 2000) * '' The Rhythm and the Blues'' (Liberation Records, 2009) With

* '' Rich Man'' (Concord Records, 2016) With

* '' Sea Change'' (Geffen, 2002) * '' The Information'' (Idenscope Records, 2006) * ''

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* '' Live and Learn'' (A&M Records, 1979) With

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* ''Power Of Love'' (Mercury Records, 1973) With

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* '' Fire on Ice'' (Elektra, 1978) * ''Turn You to Love'' (Elektra, 1979) With David Castle * ''Castle in the Sky'' (Parachute, 1977) * ''Love You Forever'' (Parachute, 1979) With

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* '' Hymn for My Soul'' (EMI, 2007) With Adam Cohen * ''Adam Cohen'' (Columbia Records, 1998) With

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* '' The Future'' (Columbia Records, 1992) With

* '' Thankful'' (Capitol Records, 1977) * '' Don't Look Back'' (Capitol Records, 1980) With

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'' (Stax Records, 2008) With

* '' Everything Must Change'' (Warner Bros. Records, 1976) * ''Raw Silk'' (Warner Bros. Records, 1979) * ''

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* '' Black Messiah'' (RCA Records, 2014) With

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* '' You're the Only Dancer'' (Amherst Records, 1977) With

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* '' Lady of the Stars'' (RCA Records, 1984) With

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* '' Love Me'' (RSO Records, 1977) * ''Night Flight'' (RSO Records, 1978) With

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Amos Lee Amos Lee (born Ryan Anthony Massaro, June 20, 1977) is an American singer-songwriter whose musical style encompasses folk, rock, and soul. He was born in Philadelphia and graduated from the University of South Carolina with a degree in Engli ...

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Cheryl Lynn Cheryl Lynn (born Lynda Cheryl Smith; March 11, 1957) is an American singer. She is best known for her songs during the late 1970s through the mid-1980s, including the 1978 R&B/disco song " Got to Be Real". Lynn's singing career began with her ...

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Melissa Manchester Melissa Manchester (born February 15, 1951) is an American singer, songwriter and actress. Since the 1970s, her songs have been carried by adult contemporary radio stations. She has also appeared on television, in films, and on stage. Early l ...

* '' Don't Cry Out Loud'' (Arista Records, 1978) With

Teena Marie Mary Christine Brockert (March 5, 1956 – December 26, 2010), known professionally as Teena Marie, was an American singer-songwriter, musician, composer, arranger, and producer. She was known by her childhood nickname Tina before taking the sta ...

* '' Starchild'' (Epic Records, 1984) With

Ziggy Marley David Nesta "Ziggy" Marley (born 17 October 1968) is a Jamaican singer, songwriter, musician, actor and philanthropist. He is the son of reggae icon Bob Marley and Rita Marley. He led the family band Ziggy Marley and the Melody Makers until 20 ...

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Fly Rasta ''Fly Rasta'' is the fifth solo studio album by Jamaican reggae artist Ziggy Marley, released on April 15, 2014, on Ziggy's own label, Tuff Gong Worldwide. The album marked Ziggy's return after the Grammy-winning album ''Ziggy Marley in Concert'' ...

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Gwen McCrae Gwen McCrae ( Mosley, December 21, 1943) is an American singer, best known for her 1975 hit " Rockin' Chair". Life and career 1960s–1970s Gwen was the youngest of five children, She began performing in local clubs as a teenager, and singing ...

* ''On My Way'' (Atlantic, 1982) With

Lonette McKee Lonette Rita McKee (born July 22, 1954) is an American actress. She is best known for her role as Sister Williams in the original 1976 musical-drama film '' Sparkle''. McKee also had notable roles in such movies as '' The Cotton Club'', '' Jun ...

* ''Lonette'' (Sussex, 1974) * ''Words and Music'' (Warner Bros., 1978) With

Shannon McNally Shannon Maureen McNally (born March 17, 1973) is an American singer and songwriter. Biography McNally was born in Hempstead, New York, on Long Island. While studying anthropology at Franklin and Marshall College, she began singing and playing ...

* '' Jukebox Sparrows'' (Capitol Records, 2002) With

Bette Midler Bette Midler (;'' Inside the Actors Studio'', 2004 born December 1, 1945) is an American singer, actress, comedian and author. Throughout her career, which spans over five decades, Midler has received numerous accolades, including four Golden ...

* '' Bette'' (Warner Bros. Records, 2000) With

Blue Mitchell Richard Allen "Blue" Mitchell (March 13, 1930 – May 21, 1979) was an American trumpeter and composer who worked in jazz, rhythm and blues, soul, rock and funk. He recorded albums as leader and sideman for Riverside, Mainstream Records, and ...

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Barbara Morrison Barbara Morrison (September 10, 1949 – March 16, 2022) was an American jazz singer. Biography Born in Ypsilanti, Michigan on September 10, 1949, and raised in Romulus, Michigan, Barbara Morrison recorded her first appearance for radio in Detr ...

* ''Love'n You'' (P.C.H., 1990) With

Aaron Neville Aaron Joseph Neville (born January 24, 1941) is a retired American R&B and soul singer. He has had four platinum albums and four Top 10 hits in the United States, including three that reached number one on Billboard's Adult Contemporary chart. ...

* ''Bring It On Home... The Soul Classics'' (Sony Music, 2006) With

Paolo Nutini Paolo Giovanni Nutini (born 9 January 1987) is a Scottish singer, songwriter and musician from Paisley. Nutini's debut album, '' These Streets'' (2006), peaked at number three on the UK Albums Chart. Its follow-up, '' Sunny Side Up'' (2009), de ...

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Caustic Love ''Caustic Love'' is the third studio album by Scottish singer-songwriter Paolo Nutini, released on 14 April 2014 by Atlantic Records. After releasing his critically and commercially successful album '' Sunny Side Up'' (2009), Nutini toured for t ...

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Teddy Pendergrass Theodore DeReese Pendergrass (March 26, 1950 – January 13, 2010) was an American soul and R&B singer-songwriter. He was born in Kingstree, South Carolina. Pendergrass spent most of his life in the Philadelphia area, and initially rose to musi ...

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Workin' It Back ''Workin' It Back'' is a studio album by the American R&B singer Teddy Pendergrass, released in 1985. It was his second record for Asylum Records. The album didn't do nearly as well on the ''Billboard'' 200 as his last record, peaking at #96. I ...

'' (Asylum Records, 1985) With Noel Pointer * ''All My Reasons'' (Liberty, 1981) With

Billy Preston William Everett Preston (September 2, 1946 – June 6, 2006) was an American keyboardist, singer and songwriter whose work encompassed R&B, rock, soul, funk, and gospel. Preston was a top session keyboardist in the 1960s, during which he ba ...

* '' Late at Night'' (Motown, 1979) * '' The Way I Am'' (Motown, 1981) * '' Pressin' On'' (Motown, 1982) With

Margo Price Margo Rae Price (born April 15, 1983) is an American country singer-songwriter and producer based in Nashville, Tennessee. ''The Fader'' has called her "country's next star." Her debut solo album '' Midwest Farmer's Daughter'' was released on T ...

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That's How Rumors Get Started ''That's How Rumors Get Started'' is the third studio album by American country musician Margo Price. The album was planned for release on May 8, 2020, by Loma Vista Recordings, but was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The album was produ ...

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Simply Red Simply Red are a British soul and pop band formed in Manchester in 1985. The lead vocalist of the band is singer and songwriter Mick Hucknall, who, by the time the band initially disbanded in 2010, was the only original member left. Since t ...

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Helen Reddy Helen Maxine Reddy (25 October 194129 September 2020) was an Australian-American singer, actress, television host, and activist. Born in Melbourne to a showbusiness family, Reddy started her career as an entertainer at age four. She sang on rad ...

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* ''Martha Reeves'' (MCA Records, 1974) * ''We Meet Again'' (Fantasy Records, 1978) With Terry Reid * '' Seed of Memory'' (ABC, 1976) With

LeAnn Rimes Margaret LeAnn Rimes Cibrian (born August 28, 1982) is an American singer, songwriter and actress. She originally rose to success as a country music artist at age 13 with 1996's "Blue". She has since crossed over into pop, contemporary Chri ...

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Today Is Christmas ''Today Is Christmas'' is the twelfth studio album and second Christmas album by American singer LeAnn Rimes. Released in 2015, it features holiday classics and two original songs co-written by Rimes. The album has sold 35,700 copies in the United ...

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Minnie Riperton Minnie Julia Riperton Rudolph (November 8, 1947 – July 12, 1979) was an American singer-songwriter best known for her 1975 single " Lovin' You" and her four octave D3 to F7 coloratura soprano range. She is also widely known for her use ...

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Stay in Love ''Stay in Love'' (full title: ''Stay in Love: A Romantic Fantasy Set to Music'') is the fourth studio album by American singer Minnie Riperton, released under Epic Records. The album features the hits "Young Willing and Able" and the Stevie Won ...

'' (Epic Records, 1977) With Rockie Robbins * ''Rockie Robbins'' (A&M Records, 1979) * ''You and Me'' (A&M Records, 1980) With

Smokey Robinson William "Smokey" Robinson Jr. (born February 19, 1940) is an American singer, songwriter, record producer, and former record executive director. He was the founder and front man of the Motown vocal group the Miracles, for which he was also chief ...

* '' Love Breeze'' (Tamla, 1978) * '' Where There's Smoke...'' (Tamla, 1979) * '' Warm Thoughts'' (Motown, 1980) * '' Being with You'' (Motown, 1981) * '' Touch the Sky'' (Motown, 1983) * '' Love, Smokey'' (Motown, 1990) With

Patrice Rushen Patrice Louise Rushen (born September 30, 1954) is an American jazz pianist and R&B singer. She is also a composer, record producer, multi-instrumentalist, songwriter, and music director. Her 1982 single "Forget Me Nots" received a Grammy Awar ...

* '' Shout It Out'' (Prestige, 1977) * ''

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Pizzazz ''Pizzazz'' is the fifth album by American singer Patrice Rushen. Reception While she was attacked for leaving the jazz genre, Rushen was able to get a good fan base with an R&B/Pop audience. Rushen's profile in the R&B world continued to incr ...

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Evie Sands Evie Sands (born July 18, 1946) is an American singer, songwriter and musician. Sands' music career spans more than 50 years. She began her career as a teenager in the mid-1960s. After a rocky start, she eventually found chart success in 1969, be ...

* ''Suspended Animation'' (RCA Victor, 1979) With

Boz Scaggs William Royce "Boz" Scaggs (born June 8, 1944) is an American singer, songwriter, and guitarist. An early bandmate of Steve Miller in The Ardells and the Steve Miller Band, he began his solo career in 1969, though he lacked a major hit until ...

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Slow Dancer ''Slow Dancer'' is the sixth album by Boz Scaggs, originally released by Columbia in 1974. It was produced by former Motowner Johnny Bristol of "Hang On In There Baby" fame. The album was initially released with a cover photo of Scaggs walking ...

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Lalo Schifrin Boris Claudio "Lalo" Schifrin (born June 21, 1932) is an Argentine-American pianist, composer, arranger and conductor. He is best known for his large body of film and TV scores since the 1950s, incorporating jazz and Latin American musical eleme ...

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Rollercoaster A roller coaster, or rollercoaster, is a type of amusement ride that employs a form of elevated railroad track designed with tight turns, steep slopes, and sometimes inversions. Passengers ride along the track in open cars, and the rides are ...

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Nancy Shanks Nancy Shanks (–2019) was an American singer. Shanks was the vocalist for the earliest but short-lived lineup of the all-woman band Vixen after changing its name from Genesis (formerly Lemon Pepper), initially playing pop rock. Vixen is known ...

* ''Nancy Shanx'' (United Artists Records, 1977) With

Marlena Shaw Marlena Shaw (born Marlina Burgess, September 22, 1942) is an American jazz, blues and soul singer. Shaw began her singing career in the 1960s and is still singing today. Her music has often been sampled in hip hop music, and used in television ...

* ''Sweet Beginnings'' (Columbia Records, 1977) With

Michelle Shocked Michelle Shocked (born Karen Michelle Johnston; February 24, 1962) is an American singer-songwriter. Her music has entered the ''Billboard'' Hot 100, been nominated for the Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Folk Album, and received an award f ...

* ''Mexican Standoff'' (Mighty Sound, 2005) With Lynwood Slim * ''Last Call'' (Delta Groove, 2006) With

Phoebe Snow Phoebe Snow (born Phoebe Ann Laub; July 17, 1950 – April 26, 2011) was an American roots music singer-songwriter and guitarist, known for her hit 1974 and 1975 songs " San Francisco Bay Blues", " Poetry Man", "Harpo's Blues", and her credited ...

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It Looks Like Snow ''It Looks Like Snow'' is the third album by singer–songwriter Phoebe Snow, released in 1976. Reception In a retrospective review for Allmusic, critic Joe Viglione called the album "an overpowering collection of pop-jazz-funk-folk that puts th ...

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Barbra Streisand Barbara Joan "Barbra" Streisand (; born April 24, 1942) is an American singer, actress and director. With a career spanning over six decades, she has achieved success in multiple fields of entertainment, and is among the few performers awar ...

* '' Wet'' (Columbia Records, 1979) With

Harry Styles Harry Edward Styles (born 1 February 1994) is an English singer, songwriter, and actor. His musical career began in 2010 as a solo contestant on the British music competition series '' The X Factor''. Following his elimination, he was brough ...

* '' Fine Line'' (Columbia Records, 2019) With

Tavares Tavares may refer to: Places Brazil *Tavares, Paraíba *Tavares, Rio Grande do Sul *Rodovia Raposo Tavares, the longest highway in São Paulo *Tavares Bastos (favela), a favela in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil *Tavares River Jamaica *Tavares Garden ...

* '' Check It Out'' (Capitol, 1973) * '' Sky High!'' (Capitol, 1976) * '' Love Storm'' (Capitol, 1977) * '' Future Bound'' (Capitol, 1978) With

Justin Timberlake Justin Randall Timberlake (born January 31, 1981) is an American singer, songwriter, and actor. He is one of the world's best-selling music artists, with sales of over 88 million records. Timberlake is the recipient of numerous awards and ac ...

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FutureSex/LoveSounds ''FutureSex/LoveSounds'' is the second studio album by American singer-songwriter Justin Timberlake, released on September 8, 2006 by Jive Records and Zomba Group of Companies, Zomba. Following a three-year writing hiatus, Timberlake conceived ...

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Keith Urban Keith Lionel Urban (born 26 October 1967) is an Australian-American musician, singer, guitarist and songwriter known for his work in country music. Recognized with four Grammy Awards, Urban also received fifteen Academy of Country Music Award ...

* '' Ripcord'' (Capitol, 2016) With

Frankie Valli Francesco Stephen Castelluccio (born May 3, 1934), better known by his stage name Frankie Valli, is an American singer, known as the frontman of the Four Seasons beginning in 1960. He is known for his unusually powerful lead falsetto voice. ...

* ''Heaven Above Me'' (MCA Records, 1980) With Thijs Van Leer * ''O My Love'' (Phillips Records, 1975) With

Kenny Vance Kenny Vance (born Kenneth Rosenberg, December 9, 1943) is an American singer, songwriter, and music producer who was a founding member of Jay and the Americans. His career spans from the 1950s to today, with projects ranging from starting doo-wo ...

* ''Short Vacation'' (Gold Castle, 1988) With

Vulfpeck Vulfpeck is an American funk band founded in 2011 by Jack Stratton, Theo Katzman, Woody Goss and Joe Dart. The band has released four extended plays, five studio albums and a live album, having released all of their music independently. The band ...

* '' Mr Finish Line'' (Vulf, 2017) * ''Running Away'' (Vulf, 2017) With

Was (Not Was) Was (Not Was) is an American pop rock group founded in 1979 in Detroit, Michigan, by David Weiss and Don Fagenson, who adopted the stage names David Was and Don Was. Their song catalog features an eclectic mix of pop and rock styles, often fe ...

* '' Boo!'' (Rykodisc, 2008) With

Leon Ware Leon Ware (February 16, 1940 – February 23, 2017) was an American songwriter, producer, composer, and singer. Besides a solo career as a performer, Ware was best known for producing hits for other artists including Michael Jackson, Quincy ...

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Renn Woods Renn Woods (born Ren Woods; January 1, 1958) is an American film, television and stage actress, vocalist and songwriter. She is best known for her role as Fanta in '' Roots'', and also for her performance of Aquarius in the film version of ''Hai ...

* ''Out of the Woods'' (Columbia, 1979) With Charles Wright & the Watts 103rd Street Rhythm Band * '' Express Yourself'' (Warner Bros., 1970) * '' You're So Beautiful'' (Warner Bros., 1971) With

Syreeta Wright Syreeta Wright (February 28, 1946 – July 6, 2004), who recorded professionally under the single name Syreeta, was an American singer-songwriter, best known for her music during the early 1970s through the early 1980s. Wright's career heights we ...

* '' Rich Love, Poor Love'' (Motown, 1977) * '' One to One'' (Motown, 1977) * '' Set My Love in Motion'' (Motown, 1981) With

Michael Wycoff Michael Wycoff (January 1, 1956 – March 13, 2019) was an American R&B singer. He scored several hits on the US R&B chart during the 1980s. Biography Wycoff attended Wilmington Junior High School and Phineas Banning High School in Wilmington ...

* '' Love Conquers All'' (RCA Records, 1982) * '' On the Line'' (RCA Records, 1983)

References

Bibliography

* Vincent, Rickey (1996). ''Funk: The Music, The People, and The Rhythm of The One''. St. Martin's Press. .

External links

2013 Audio Interview with James Gadson from the Podcast "I'd Hit That"Modern Drummer
Article on James Gadson

Brian LeBarton Brian LeBarton is a musician from Los Angeles, California. Notable contributions include his work on Beck's Grammy-nominated 2007 self-released single " Timebomb", the score to ''Nacho Libre''. Played drums and bass on Beck's cover of Bob Dylan' ...

interviews James Gadson

Review of Rising from the Bushes including James Gadson
The Sessions Panel Dom Famularo interviews James Gadson Part 1The Sessions Panel Dom Famularo interviews James Gadson Part 2James Gadson Interview - NAMM Oral History Library (2015)
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