Big Jim Sullivan

Big Jim Sullivan
Información personal
Nacimiento	14 de febrero de 1941 ; Uxbridge (Reino Unido)
Fallecimiento	2 de octubre de 2012 (71 años); Billingshurst (Reino Unido)
Nacionalidad	Británica
Información profesional
Ocupación	Guitarrista, sitarist y banjista
Años activo	desde 1958
Género	Pop y rock
Instrumentos	Guitarra, sitar y banyo
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Big Jim Sullivan (14 de febrero de 1941 - 2 de octubre de 2012)^[1] fue un músico inglés, cuya carrera comenzó en 1959. Fue más conocido como guitarrista de sesión. En los años 1960 y 1970 fue uno de los músicos de estudio más solicitados en el Reino Unido, y realizó más de un millar de sencillos a lo largo de su carrera.^[1] Él también fue acreditado como pionero en el uso de la fuzzbox y el talkbox.

Grabaciones notables

El trabajo de Sullivan en la guitarra aparece en las siguientes canciones: -

1959 Marty Wilde - "Bad Boy"
1961 Michael Cox - "Sweet Little Sixteen"
1961 Krewkats - "The Bat"
1962 John Barry - James Bond Theme
1962 Tony Hatch - "Out of This World"
1963 The Tremeloes - "Twist and Shout"
1963 Bern Elliott and the Fenmen - "Money (That's What I Want)"
1964 P.J. Proby - "Hold Me" y "Together"
1964 Dave Berry - "The Crying Game"
1964 Freddie and the Dreamers - "I Love You Baby"
1964 Simon Scott - "Move It Baby"
1964 Brian Poole and the Tremeloes - Candy Man
1965 Gerry & The Pacemakers - Ferry Cross the Mersey
1965 Donovan - Catch the Wind y Colours
1965 Eddy Mitchell - (I Can't Get No) Satisfaction
1965 Vashti Bunyan - Some things just stick in your mind
1966 Joe Loss - A Shot in the Dark (Henry Mancini)
1967 The Small Faces - Itchycoo Park
1967 Clinton Ford - El Paso
1967 The Truth - Walk Away Renee
1968 Johnny Hallyday - A Tout Casser
1968 Anita Harris - Dream A Little Dream Of Me
1968 The Koan (para el álbum Sitar Beat con John McLaughlin)
1970 Green Bullfrog - Ritchie Blackmore, Ian Paice y Albert Lee
1971 Serge Gainsbourg - Histoire de Melody Nelson
1971 Cliff Richard - Silvery Rain
1972 Julie Felix - Clotho's Web
1972 Gilbert O'Sullivan - Alone Again (Naturally)
1972 Tom Jones - The Young New Mexican Puppeter
1970s If I Could Only Play Like That
1974 Alvin Stardust - Jealous Mind and Guitar Star
1974 Cascade (en el álbum Big Jim's Back)
1976 Geoff Love - (Manuel and his Music of the Mountains) y Rodrigo's Guitar Concerto
1977 The Walker Brothers - Shutout (incluido en el álbumNite Flights)
1977 Peace And Quiet - (en el álbum Test of Time)
1977 Strange (en el álbum Test of Time)
1984 Matt Bianco - Get Out Of Your Lazy Bed
2006 Caravan (from the DVD Guitar Maestros)
2006 Classical Gas - (Guitar Maestros)

Sencillos Número Uno

09.11.1960 Frankie Vaughan - "Tower of Strength"
26.01.1961 Petula Clark - "Sailor"
01.06.1961 Eden Kane - "Well I Ask You"
02.11.1961 Danny Williams - "Moon River"
10.05.1962 Mike Sarne - "Come Outside"
05.07.1962 Frank Ifield - "I Remember You"
25.10.1962 Frank Ifield - "Lovesick Blues"
10.01.1963 Jet Harris and Tony Meehan - "Diamonds"
24.01.1963 Frank Ifield - "Wayward Wind"
27.06.1963 Frank Ifield - "Confessin'"
12.09.1963 Brian Poole and the Tremeloes - "Do You Love Me"
23.01.1964 The Bachelors - "Diane"
06.02.1964 Cilla Black - "Anyone Who Had a Heart"
12.03.1964 Peter & Gordon - "A World Without Love"
02.04.1964 The Four Pennies - "Juliet"
07.05.1964 Cilla Black - "You're My World"
17.12.1964 Georgie Fame - "Yeh Yeh"
07.01.1965 The Seekers - "I'll Never Find Another You"
11.02.1965 Tom Jones - "It's Not Unusual" (not the main guitar)
22.04.1965 Jackie Trent - "Where Are You Now (My Love)"
13.05.1965 Sandie Shaw - "Long Live Love"
19.08.1965 The Walker Brothers - "Make It Easy On Yourself"
02.09.1965 Ken Dodd - "Tears"
28.10.1965 The Seekers - "The Carnival Is Over"
13.01.1966 The Overlanders - "Michelle"
03.03.1966 The Walker Brothers - "The Sun Ain't Gonna Shine Anymore"
31.03.1966 Dusty Springfield - "You Don't Have to Say You Love Me"
23.06.1966 Chris Farlowe - "Out of Time"
10.11.1966 Tom Jones - "Green, Green Grass of Home"
26.01.1967 Engelbert Humperdinck - "Release Me"
02.02.1967 Petula Clark - "This Is My Song"
16.03.1967 Sandie Shaw - "Puppet on a String"
27.04.1967 The Tremeloes - "Silence Is Golden"
23.08.1967 Engelbert Humperdinck - "The Last Waltz"
08.11.1967 Long John Baldry - "Let The Heartaches Begin"
03.01.1968 Love Affair - "Everlasting Love"
14.02.1968 Esther and Abi Ofarim - "Cinderella Rockafella"
14.02.1968 Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick and Tich - "The Legend of Xanadu"
08.05.1968 Des O'Connor - "I Pretend"
06.11.1968 The Scaffold - "Lily The Pink"
04.12.1968 Marmalade - "Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da"
08.02.1969 Peter Sarstedt - "Where Do You Go To (My Lovely)"
11.07.1969 Thunderclap Newman - "Something in the Air"
30.07.1969 Jane Birkin and Serge Gainsbourg - "Je t'aime... moi non plus"
22.11.1969 Rolf Harris - "Two Little Boys"
04.04.1970 Dana - "All Kinds of Everything"
05.06.1971 Middle of the Road - "Chirpy Chirpy Cheep Cheep"
13.11.1971 Benny Hill - "Ernie (The Fastest Milkman in the West)"
18.12.1971 New Seekers - "I'd Like to Teach the World to Sing"
21.10.1972 Gilbert O'Sullivan - "Clair"
17.03.1973 Gilbert O'Sullivan - "Get Down"
26.05.1973 Peters and Lee - "Welcome Home"
24.11.1973 New Seekers - "You Won't Find Another Fool Like Me"
16.02.1974 Alvin Stardust - "Jealous Mind"
18.01.1975 Pilot - "January"

Álbumes

1964 - Big Jim Sullivan (Charles Blackwell and Jimmy Sullivan) - Classics With A Beat (deleted)
1965 - Big Jim Sullivan (Charles Blackwell and Jimmy Sullivan) - Folklore With A Beat (deleted)
1967 - M Kansara (aka Big Jim Sullivan) De Wolfe Records DWLP3060 - - Sounds of India (deleted)
1968 - Big Jim Sullivan & Barry Morgan - The Perfumed Garden (deleted)
1968 - Big Jim Sullivan - Sitar Beat (available on CD)
1969 - Big Jim Sullivan - Lord Sitar (available on CD)
The 1970 album Jim Sullivan - UFO (label Monnie or Century City) is not Big Jim Sullivan (deleted)
The 1972 album self titled Jim Sullivan (label Playboy) is not Big Jim Sullivan (deleted)
1973 - Big Jim Sullivan - Sullivan Plays O'Sullivan (deleted)
1974 - Big Jim Sullivan - Big Jim's Back (available on CD)
1975 - Tiger - Tiger (deleted)
1976 - Tiger - Goin' Down Laughing (deleted)
1983 - Tiger - Test Of Time (deleted - unreleased when recorded in 1977, but released later by manager John Glover)
1992 - Jim Sullivan - Forbidden Zones - Guitar Tutoring (deleted VHS)
1994 - Tiger - Test Of Time (available on CD)
1998 - Big Jim Sullivan - Big Jim's Back / Tiger (available on CD)
2001 - Big Jim Sullivan - Mr Rock Guitar (aka Ultimate Rock Guitar) (available on CD)
2003 - BJS Duo - Hayley's Eyes (available from Sullivan's BJS Duo website on CD)
2003 - Big Jim Sullivan - Rockin' Rebels (deleted)
2004 - The Big Jim Sullivan Trio - Jazz Cafe (available on three CDs)
2005 - The Big Jim Sullivan Band - Live At Coolham (available from Sullivan's website on two VHS tapes)
2006 - Big Jim Sullivan - Guitar Maestros (available on DVD - Sound Techniques)

Referencias

↑ ^a ^b «Prolific Session Guitarist Big Jim Sullivan Dies». www.sonicstate.com. Consultado el 3 de octubre de 2012.

Enlaces externos

Datos: Q205527

[death-1] «Prolific Session Guitarist Big Jim Sullivan Dies». www.sonicstate.com. Consultado el 3 de octubre de 2012.

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