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Paul Griffin Born in Harlem, New York (1937-2000) was an American
United States

The United States of America is a Federal government constitutional republic comprising U.S. state and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its Contiguous United States and Washington, D.C., the Capital districts and territories, lie between the Pacific Ocean and Atlantic Oceans, Borders of the U...
 session musician
Session musician

Session musicians are instrumental performers or vocalists who are available for hire for live performances or recording sessions, as opposed to musicians who are either permanent members of a musical ensemble or who have acquired fame in their own right as bandleaders....
 and pianist
Pianist

A pianist is a musician who plays the piano. A professional pianist can perform solo pieces, play with an musical ensemble or orchestra, or accompany one or more singers, solo instrumentalists, or other performers....
, who has recorded with hundreds of artists from the late 1950s to the 1990s. He began as the touring pianist in the backing band for King Curtis
King Curtis

Curtis Ousley , who performed under the name King Curtis, was an United States tenor, alto, and soprano saxophonist and session musician who played rhythm and blues, Rock and roll, Soul music, Funk and soul jazz....
 and eventually worked with artists such as Bob Dylan, Steely Dan
Steely Dan

Steely Dan is an United States jazz-Rock music band centered on core members Walter Becker and Donald Fagen. The band reached a peak of popularity in the late 1970s, with the release of seven albums blending elements of jazz, rock and roll, funk, rhythm and blues, and Pop music....
, Don McLean
Don McLean

Don McLean is an United States singer-songwriter. He is most famous for his 1971 album American Pie , containing the renowned songs "American Pie" and "Vincent "....
, The Isley Brothers
The Isley Brothers

The Isley Brothers are a Grammy Award United States rhythm and blues/soul music group. They are one of the few groups to have long-running success on the Billboard charts placing a charted single in every decade since 1959 and as of 2006 was still charting successful albums performing under a repertoire of doo-wop, Rhythm and blues, rock...
, Van Morrison
Van Morrison

George Ivan Morrison Order of the British Empire is a Grammy Award-winning singer, songwriter, author, poet and multi-instrumentalist, who has been a professional musician since the late 1950s....
, The Shirelles
The Shirelles

The Shirelles were an United States girl group in the early 1960s, and the first to have a number one single on the Billboard Hot 100. The members of the quartet were Shirley Owens , Doris Coley , Beverly Lee, and Addie 'Micki' Harris....
, and Dionne Warwick
Dionne Warwick

Dionne Warwick , is an American singer, actress, activist, United Nations Global Ambassador for the Food and Agriculture Organization, former United States Ambassador of Health, and humanitarian....
. He may be best known for playing on the critically acclaimed albums Highway 61 Revisited
Highway 61 Revisited

Highway 61 Revisited is Bob Dylan's sixth studio album, released in 1965 by Columbia Records. It is Dylan's first album to be recorded entirely with a full rock music band, after he experimented with the approach on half of Bringing It All Back Home....
, Blonde on Blonde
Blonde on Blonde

Blonde on Blonde is singer-songwriter Bob Dylan's seventh studio album, released in 1966 by Columbia Records.It is believed to be the first significant double album in rock music, its length forcing it to two Gramophone records, although some digital reissues fit the album on one compact disc....
, and Aja
Aja (album)

Aja is an album by the rock band Steely Dan. The album was named after the Korean wife of group co-founder Donald Fagen's friend's brother. Originally released in 1977 in music, it became the group's best-selling album....
. Griffin died at age 62 at his home in New York.








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Paul Griffin Born in Harlem, New York (1937-2000) was an American
United States

The United States of America is a Federal government constitutional republic comprising U.S. state and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its Contiguous United States and Washington, D.C., the Capital districts and territories, lie between the Pacific Ocean and Atlantic Oceans, Borders of the U...
 session musician
Session musician

Session musicians are instrumental performers or vocalists who are available for hire for live performances or recording sessions, as opposed to musicians who are either permanent members of a musical ensemble or who have acquired fame in their own right as bandleaders....
 and pianist
Pianist

A pianist is a musician who plays the piano. A professional pianist can perform solo pieces, play with an musical ensemble or orchestra, or accompany one or more singers, solo instrumentalists, or other performers....
, who has recorded with hundreds of artists from the late 1950s to the 1990s. He began as the touring pianist in the backing band for King Curtis
King Curtis

Curtis Ousley , who performed under the name King Curtis, was an United States tenor, alto, and soprano saxophonist and session musician who played rhythm and blues, Rock and roll, Soul music, Funk and soul jazz....
 and eventually worked with artists such as Bob Dylan, Steely Dan
Steely Dan

Steely Dan is an United States jazz-Rock music band centered on core members Walter Becker and Donald Fagen. The band reached a peak of popularity in the late 1970s, with the release of seven albums blending elements of jazz, rock and roll, funk, rhythm and blues, and Pop music....
, Don McLean
Don McLean

Don McLean is an United States singer-songwriter. He is most famous for his 1971 album American Pie , containing the renowned songs "American Pie" and "Vincent "....
, The Isley Brothers
The Isley Brothers

The Isley Brothers are a Grammy Award United States rhythm and blues/soul music group. They are one of the few groups to have long-running success on the Billboard charts placing a charted single in every decade since 1959 and as of 2006 was still charting successful albums performing under a repertoire of doo-wop, Rhythm and blues, rock...
, Van Morrison
Van Morrison

George Ivan Morrison Order of the British Empire is a Grammy Award-winning singer, songwriter, author, poet and multi-instrumentalist, who has been a professional musician since the late 1950s....
, The Shirelles
The Shirelles

The Shirelles were an United States girl group in the early 1960s, and the first to have a number one single on the Billboard Hot 100. The members of the quartet were Shirley Owens , Doris Coley , Beverly Lee, and Addie 'Micki' Harris....
, and Dionne Warwick
Dionne Warwick

Dionne Warwick , is an American singer, actress, activist, United Nations Global Ambassador for the Food and Agriculture Organization, former United States Ambassador of Health, and humanitarian....
. He may be best known for playing on the critically acclaimed albums Highway 61 Revisited
Highway 61 Revisited

Highway 61 Revisited is Bob Dylan's sixth studio album, released in 1965 by Columbia Records. It is Dylan's first album to be recorded entirely with a full rock music band, after he experimented with the approach on half of Bringing It All Back Home....
, Blonde on Blonde
Blonde on Blonde

Blonde on Blonde is singer-songwriter Bob Dylan's seventh studio album, released in 1966 by Columbia Records.It is believed to be the first significant double album in rock music, its length forcing it to two Gramophone records, although some digital reissues fit the album on one compact disc....
, and Aja
Aja (album)

Aja is an album by the rock band Steely Dan. The album was named after the Korean wife of group co-founder Donald Fagen's friend's brother. Originally released in 1977 in music, it became the group's best-selling album....
. Griffin died at age 62 at his home in New York.

Recordings Griffin Played On

  • B.J. Thomas
    • Raindrops Keep Fallin' On My Head
      Raindrops Keep Fallin' on My Head

      "Raindrops Keep Fallin' on My Head" is a song written by Hal David and Burt Bacharach for the 1969 film Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, winning an Academy Award for Best_Original_Song#List_of_winners_and_nominees....
  • Bob Dylan
    • Like a Rolling Stone
      Like a Rolling Stone

      "Like a Rolling Stone" is a song by American songwriter Bob Dylan. One of his best-known and most influential works, the song had its origin as a short story Dylan had written before developing it as a song and recording it in 1965....
       (Gospel Piano).
    • Just Like Tom Thumb's Blues
      Just Like Tom Thumb's Blues

      "Just Like Tom Thumb's Blues" is a song written and recorded by Bob Dylan. It was originally released on the album Highway 61 Revisited. It was recorded on August 4, 1965, in one of the last recording sessions for the album, right before recording Desolation Row, which followed it on the album as well....
       (Tack Piano).
    • Positively Fourth Street
      Positively 4th Street

      "Positively 4th Street" is a song written and performed by Bob Dylan, first recorded by Dylan in New York City on July 29, 1965. Released as Columbia Records single 43389 during September of the same year, it reached #7 on the Billboard Hot 100 charts and #8 on the United Kingdom charts....
       (Piano)
    • Sitting on a Barbed Wire Fence (Piano)
    • Can You Please Crawl Out Your Window?
      Can You Please Crawl Out Your Window?

      "Can You Please Crawl Out Your Window?" was a 1965 single by American rock artist Bob Dylan. It reached #58 on the US Billboard Hot 100, and #17 on the UK chart in January 1966....
       (Piano)
    • One of Us Must Know (Sooner or Later)
      One of Us Must Know (Sooner or Later)

      "One of Us Must Know " is a song written and recorded by Bob Dylan for his 1966 album Blonde on Blonde. It was recorded in late 1965 in New York with members of The Band included in his backing band....
       (Piano)
  • The Isley Brothers
    The Isley Brothers

    The Isley Brothers are a Grammy Award United States rhythm and blues/soul music group. They are one of the few groups to have long-running success on the Billboard charts placing a charted single in every decade since 1959 and as of 2006 was still charting successful albums performing under a repertoire of doo-wop, Rhythm and blues, rock...
    • Twist And Shout
  • Chuck Jackson
    Chuck Jackson

    Chuck Jackson is an Rhythm and blues singer who was one of the first musician to successfully sound recording and reproduction material by Burt Bacharach and Hal David....
    • Any Day Now
  • Dionne Warwick
    Dionne Warwick

    Dionne Warwick , is an American singer, actress, activist, United Nations Global Ambassador for the Food and Agriculture Organization, former United States Ambassador of Health, and humanitarian....
    • Walk on By
      Walk on By

      "Walk on By" is a song composed by Burt Bacharach, with lyrics by Hal David for Dionne Warwick. It was recorded at the same December 1963 session that yielded "Anyone Who Had a Heart ", which, in 1964, became Warwick's second Top Ten hit....
  • Don McLean
    Don McLean

    Don McLean is an United States singer-songwriter. He is most famous for his 1971 album American Pie , containing the renowned songs "American Pie" and "Vincent "....
    • American Pie
  • Paul Simon
    Paul Simon

    Paul Frederic Simon is an United States singer-songwriter and musician, perhaps best known for his partnership with Art Garfunkel in the duo Simon & Garfunkel....
    • Tenderness


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