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- Jet Harris, “Diamonds” (1963) The very first recording session that Jimmy Page was ever enlisted to perform on was for this instrumental song by former Shadows bassist Jet Harris.
- Shirley Bassey, “Goldfinger” (1964) Written in 1964, this title track to the third entry in the James Bond series was based on the song "Moon River," itself the theme to Breakfast at Tiffany's.
- Nashville Teens, “Tobacco Road” (1964) Despite what their name might suggest, the Nashville Teens actually sprung out of Page's own hometown of Surrey, England, in 1962.
- Otis Spann, “Stirs Me Up” (1964) Otis Spann was one of the greatest blues piano players to ever come out of postwar Chicago. But like many of his contemporaries such as Sonny Boy Williamson II and Howlin’ Wolf, when the enthusiasm for the blues dried up in America in the early 1960s, he was all but forced to migrate over to Europe, where a fresh, young audience was ready to receive him with open arms.
- “I Can’T Explain,” The Who
- “As Tears Go By,” Marianne Faithful
- “Baby, Please Don’T Go,” Van Morrison and Them
- “I Pity The Fool,” The Manish Boys
- “Goldfinger,” Shirley Bassey
- “With A Little Help from My Friends,” Joe Cocker
Early in his career, Page linked up with music producer Shel Talmy, who worked with both the Kinks and The Who. As a result, Page worked with both bands, too. Page played rhythm guitar on the track as a session artist (someone hired to play in the studio for the recording, not a musician associated with the band otherwise). Page also played on the ...
Co-written by Mick Jagger and Keith Richards of the Rolling Stones, “As Tears Go By” was recorded by U.K. singer Marianne Faithful. It hit No. 9 on the U.K. charts. For his part, Jimmy Page played the elegant and lush 12-string acoustic guitar on the track. A year later, the ‘Stones released a version of the song on their album, December’s Children...
A traditional blues song made popular by Big Joe Williams in 1935, “Baby, Please Don’t Go” was recorded and made even more famous by the band Them, which was fronted then by a teenage Van Morrison. Page played on the track, likely rhythm guitar (as best as anyone can remember).
First recorded by Bobby Bland in 1961, the British-born band The Manish Boys recorded their version a few years later. Fronting the Manish Boys? None other than David Bowie (then known as Davie Jones). The song was produced by Shel Talmy. According to legend, during the recording Page also gave Bowie a guitar riff that would feature on Bowie’s song...
The title song for the hit James Bond film, starring Sean Connery, saw Page as a session player for this one, too, contributing background acoustic guitar on the song’s instrumental version. A major coup for any young player at the time. By now, Page had this and his work with the Kinks and The Who.
The title track on Joe Cocker’s debut album, “With a Little Help From My Friends” is a cover of the Beatles song made famous on their album Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band, sung by Ringo Starr. Many know it as the theme song to the hit ’90s show The Wonder Years. In fact, Page played on five songs from the album, including the title track, co...
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Jan 13, 2023 · Guitarist Jimmy Page was an in-demand session musician in the years before Led Zeppelin. Here are five songs among countless session dates that are more significant than you might think. Bill Kopp. Jan 13, 2023.
- Joe Cocker – “With a Little Help From My Friends” (1968) Every fan of Kevster, Paul and Winnie from the hit TV series The Wonder Years recognizes Page’s wailing opening notes to this solid-gold Beatles cover.
- Them – “Here Comes the Night” (1964) Page was there again for another of the British Invasion’s triumphant early moments. At this point in their career, Them, then fronted by a 19-year-old Van Morrison, had only recorded covers — Page played on a few of those, too, including “Baby, Please Don’t Go.”
- Donovan – “Season of the Witch” / “Sunshine Superman” (1966) Page was a session musician for Scottish singer-songwriter Donovan’s third album, Sunshine Superman, playing five tracks including “Hurdy Gurdy Man,” “Teen Angel” and “The Trip.”
- Jeff Beck – “Beck’s Bolero” (1967) It’s a guitar epic from an all-star band. Beck was fresh out of the Yardbirds and wanted to put together a crack band for his first solo single, a moody rock instrumental based on the rhythm of French composer Maurice Ravel’s orchestral piece Boléro.
Early On (1964–1966) is a compilation album by David Bowie, released in 1991. It is notable as the first and only attempt to compile a comprehensive collection of all of Bowie's pre- Deram material and encompasses multiple labels including Vocalion, Parlophone, and Pye.
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Jan 9, 2024 · Before he was a rock god, Jimmy Page, born in Middlesex on January 9, 1944, was a teenage prodigy with a fearsome sessionography.
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Jan 9, 2014 · Before Jimmy Page (born Jan. 9, 1944) formed Led Zeppelin from the ashes of the Yardbirds, he was an in-demand session guitarist who played on songs by some of England's biggest stars,...
