Carol Kaye discography

Carol Kaye (née Smith; born March 24, 1935) is an American musician. She is one of the most prolific recorded bass guitarists in rock and pop music, playing on an estimated 10,000 recordings in a career spanning over 65 years.

Albums & songs
This is a partial list of albums and songs that bassist Carol Kaye played on.


 * A Man and a Woman – Laurindo Almeida (1967)
 * A Natural Man – Lou Rawls (1971)
 * A Time for Us – Mel Tormé (1969)
 * A Message from the People – Ray Charles (1972)
 * Accent on Africa – Cannonball Adderley (1968)
 * Across 110th Street – Bobby Womack (1972)
 * Anyone Who Knows What Love Is (Will Understand) – Irma Thomas (1964)
 * Bang Bang (My Baby Shot Me Down) – Cher (1966)
 * Batman Theme – The Marketts (1966)
 * Beach Boys Today – The Beach Boys (1965)
 * Big Man – Cannonball Adderley (1975)
 * Brasswind – Gene Ammons (1974)
 * California Girls – The Beach Boys (1965)
 * Cameo – Dusty Springfield (1973)
 * Can't Take My Eyes Off You – Andy Williams (1968)
 * Cass Elliot – Cass Elliot (1972)
 * Charles Kynard – Charles Kynard (1971)
 * Chér – Cher (1966)
 * Cream of the Crop  – The Supremes (1969)(side 2: track 4)
 * Danke Schoen – Wayne Newton (1963)
 * David Axelrod – David Axelrod (2001)
 * Diana Ross & the Supremes Join the Temptations  – The Supremes and The Temptations (1968)(side 1: tracks 1,5,6 ; side 2: tracks 1,5)
 * Do I Love You (Indeed I Do) – Frank Wilson (1965)
 * Donna – Ritchie Valens (1958)
 * Expecting to Fly – Buffalo Springfield (1967)
 * Fast Man Raider Man – Frank Black (2006)
 * Feelin' Alright?  – Joe Cocker (1969)
 * Forever Changes – Love (1967)
 * Four in Blue  – The Miracles (1969)(side 1: track 4)
 * Freak Out! – The Mothers of Invention (1967)
 * Gypsys, Tramps & Thieves – Cher (1971)
 * Hard Times – Roy Brown (1973)
 * Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me – Mel Carter (1965)
 * Almost In Your Arms – Sam Cooke (1958)
 * Hully Gully – The Olympics (1959)
 * I Am a Rock – Simon & Garfunkel (1966)
 * I Don't Need No Doctor – Ray Charles (1966)
 * I Hear a Symphony  – The Supremes (1966)(side 1: tracks 1,4,5)
 * I Heard That!! – Quincy Jones (1976)
 * I Knew Jesus (Before He Was a Star) – Glen Campbell (1973)
 * I'm Ready for Love – Martha and the Vandellas (1966)
 * In and Out of Love  – The Supremes (1967)
 * In Case You're in Love – Sonny & Cher (1967)
 * In the Heat of the Night – Ray Charles (1967)
 * Indian Reservation (The Lament of the Cherokee Reservation Indian) – Paul Revere & the Raiders (1971)
 * It Must Be Him – Vikki Carr (1967)
 * Johnny Angel – Shelley Fabares (1962)
 * La Bamba – Ritchie Valens (1958)
 * Lipstick Traces (on a Cigarette) – The O'Jays (1965)
 * Little Green Apples – O. C. Smith (1968)
 * Livin' It Up! – Jimmy Smith (1968)
 * Love Country Style – Ray Charles (1970)
 * Love is Here and Now You're Gone  – The Supremes (1967)
 * Love Theme from Romeo and Juliet – Henry Mancini (1968)
 * Speak Softly Love – Andy Williams (1972)
 * Mannix – Lalo Schifrin (1969)
 * Mercy, Mercy, Mercy – The Buckinghams (1967)
 * Merry Christmas  – The Supremes (1965)(side 1: tracks 2,3,4,6; side 2: tracks 1–6)
 * Midnight Confessions – The Grass Roots (1968)
 * Spanish Eyes – Al Martino (1965)
 * More Mission: Impossible – Lalo Schifrin (1968)
 * More of the Monkees  – The Monkees (1967)
 * Music from Mission: Impossible – Lalo Schifrin (1967)
 * Neil Young – Neil Young (1968)
 * No Matter What Shape (Your Stomach's In) – The T-Bones (1965)
 * Northern Windows – Hampton Hawes (1974)
 * Parsley, Sage, Rosemary and Thyme – Simon and Garfunkel (1966)(side 1: tracks 1,4)
 * Pet Sounds  – The Beach Boys (1966)
 * Pink Shoe Laces – Dodie Stevens (1959)
 * Presenting the Fabulous Ronettes – The Ronettes (1964)
 * Pride – David Axelrod (1970)
 * Quincy's Got a Brand New Bag – Quincy Jones (1965)
 * Raindrops Keep Fallin' on My Head – B. J. Thomas (1969)
 * Ray Charles Invites You to Listen – Ray Charles (1967)
 * Ray's Moods – Ray Charles (1966)
 * Reelin' with the Feelin' – Charles Kynard (1969)
 * Release of an Oath – The Electric Prunes (1968)
 * Rhythm of the Rain – The Cascades (1962)
 * River Deep, Mountain High – Ike & Tina Turner (1967)
 * Rock Messiah – David Axelrod (1971)
 * Shades – J. J. Cale (1981)
 * Sloop John B – The Beach Boys (1966)
 * Smackwater Jack – Quincy Jones (1971)
 * Smile – The Beach Boys
 *  The Smile Sessions – The Beach Boys (2011)
 * Smooth Operator – Sarah Vaughan (1959)
 * Some People Can Do What They Like – Robert Palmer (1976)
 * Somethin' Stupid  – Frank Sinatra and Nancy Sinatra (1967)
 * Song of Innocence – David Axelrod (1968)
 * Songs of Experience – David Axelrod (1969)
 * Soul Spin – Four Tops (1969) (side 1: track 4; side 2: tracks 1,4)
 * Sugar Town  – Nancy Sinatra (1966)
 * Summer Days (and Summer Nights!!) – The Beach Boys (1965)
 * Summertime – Sam Cooke (1957)
 * Surf's Up – The Beach Boys (1971)
 * Tainted Love – Gloria Jones (1965)
 * The Beat Goes On – Sonny & Cher (1967)
 * The Complete Duets – Marvin Gaye and Tammi Terrell (2001) (disc one : track 27)
 * The Honeysuckle Breeze – Tom Scott (1967)
 * The Man From Shaft – Richard Roundtree (1972)
 * The Original Jam Sessions 1969 – Quincy Jones (1969)
 * The Sound of Nancy Wilson  – Nancy Wilson (1968)
 * The Supremes A' Go-Go  – The Supremes (1966)(side 1: tracks 2,4 ; side 2: tracks 2,4)
 * The Supremes Sing Rodgers & Hart  – The Supremes (1967)(side 1: tracks 1,2,4,5,6; side 2: tracks 1,3)
 * The Temptations in a Mellow Mood – The Temptations (1966)
 * The Temptations Wish It Would Rain  – The Temptations (1968)(side 2: track 1)
 * The Way We Were – Barbra Streisand (1973)
 * The World We Knew  – Frank Sinatra (1967)
 * The Zodiac: Cosmic Sounds (1967)
 * Then He Kissed Me – The Crystals (1964)
 * There's a Whole Lalo Schifrin Goin' On – Lalo Schifrin (1968)
 * These Boots Are Made for Walkin'  – Nancy Sinatra (1965)
 * Time Is On My Side – Irma Thomas (1964)
 * Time Out for Smokey Robinson & The Miracles  – The Miracles (1969)(side 1: track 3)
 * Try a Little Kindness – Glen Campbell (1970)
 * Unchained Melody – The Righteous Brothers (1965)
 * United – Marvin Gaye and Tammi Terrell (1967) (track 12)
 * Volcanic Action of My Soul – Ray Charles (1971)
 * When I Die – Motherlode (1969)
 * (Where Do I Begin?) Love Story – Andy Williams (1971)
 * Whipped Cream & Other Delights – Herb Alpert (1965)
 * Wichita Lineman – Glen Campbell (1968)
 * The Wilsons – The Wilsons (1996)
 * Wind, Sky and Diamonds  – Gábor Szabó (1968)
 * Wish Someone Would Care – Irma Thomas (1964)
 * You're Nobody till Somebody Loves You – Dean Martin (1964)
 * You've Got It Bad Girl – Quincy Jones (1973)
 * You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin' – The Righteous Brothers (1967)
 * You've Made Me So Very Happy – Brenda Holloway (1967)
 * Zip-a-Dee-Doo-Dah – Bob B. Soxx & the Blue Jeans (1962)

Soundtracks
This is a partial list of soundtracks that bassist Carol Kaye played on.

With Alfred Newman With Billy Goldenberg
 * Airport (1970)
 * Change of Habit (1969)
 * Duel (1971)

With Burt Bacharach
 * Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969)

With Cy Coleman


 * Sweet Charity (1969)

With Dave Grusin


 * Waterhole No. 3 (1967)
 * Candy (1968)
 * Winning (1969)
 * Adam at 6 A.M. (1971)

With Dee Barton
 * High Plains Drifter (1973)

With Dominic Frontiere
 * On Any Sunday (1971)

With Elmer Bernstein
 * Baby the Rain Must Fall (1965)
 * Big Jake (1971)

With Frank De Vol
 * Guess Who's Coming to Dinner (1967)

With Henry Mancini
 * Me, Natalie (1969)
 * Sometimes a Great Notion (1971)
 * The Thief Who Came to Dinner (1973)

With Jerry Goldsmith
 * Bandolero! (1968)
 * Escape from the Planet of the Apes (1971)

With J. J. Johnson With John Williams
 * Across 110th Street (1972)
 * Daddy's Gone A-Hunting (1969)
 * The Poseidon Adventure (1972)
 * The Long Goodbye (1973)
 * The Paper Chase (1973)
 * The Sugarland Express (1974)
 * The Eiger Sanction (1975)

With Johnny Mandel
 * Harper (1966)
 * M*A*S*H (1970)

With Lalo Schifrin
 * Murderer's Row (1966)
 * The Fox (1967)
 * Where Angels Go, Trouble Follows (1968)
 * Coogan's Bluff (1968)
 * Bullitt (1968)
 * Dirty Harry (1971)
 * Magnum Force (1973)

With Leonard Rosenman
 * Beneath the Planet of the Apes (1970)

With Michel Legrand
 * The Thomas Crown Affair (1968)
 * The Happy Ending (1969)
 * Le Mans (1971)
 * One Is a Lonely Number (1972)

With Nelson Riddle
 * Red Line 7000 (1965)
 * El Dorado (1966)

With Peter Schickele
 * Silent Running (1972)

With Quincy Jones
 * The Pawnbroker (1964)
 * The Slender Thread (1965)
 * Walk, Don't Run (1966)
 * Banning (1967)
 * In the Heat of the Night (1967)
 * In Cold Blood (1967)
 * A Dandy In Aspic (1968)
 * The Split (1968)
 * Mackenna's Gold (1969)
 * The Lost Man (1969)
 * Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice (1969)
 * The Italian Job (1969)
 * Cactus Flower (1969)
 * They Call Me Mister Tibbs! (1970)
 * Killer By Night (1972)
 * The Hot Rock (1972)
 * The New Centurions (1972)

With Vic Mizzy
 * Don't Make Waves (1967)
 * The Shakiest Gun in the West (1968)

TV shows
This is a partial list of TV shows that bassist Carol Kaye played on.

With Billy Goldenberg
 * Kojak (1973)

With Charles Fox With David Shire
 * Wonder Woman (1976)
 * The Love Boat (1977)
 * McCloud (1970)
 * Alice (1976)

With Frank De Vol
 * The Brady Bunch (1969)

With Irving Szathmary
 * Get Smart (1965)

With Jerry Fielding
 * Hogan's Heroes (1965)

With Jerry Goldsmith
 * Room 222 (1969)

With John Williams
 * Lost in Space (1965)

With Lalo Schifrin
 * Mission: Impossible (1966)
 * Mannix (1967)

With Morton Stevens
 * Hawaii Five-O Theme (1968)

With Patrick Williams With Quincy Jones
 * The Streets of San Francisco (1972)
 * Ironside (1967)
 * The Bill Cosby Show (1969)

With Richard Markowitz
 * The Wild Wild West (1965)

With Vic Mizzy
 * The Addams Family (1964)
 * Green Acres (1965)

As composer

 * Sanford and Son (1972)

Live albums

 * Joe Williams Live – Joe Williams (1973)
 * Live in San Francisco – Hampton Hawes (1976)

Archival recordings

 * Guitars ’65 (California Creamin’) - Carol Kaye (1965)
 * Better Days - Carol Kaye (1971)
 * I Don't Know What's On Your Mind – Carol Kaye and Spider Webb (1976)
 * Picking Up On The E-String - Carol Kaye (1995)