The Wrecking Crew

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There is more than one artist with this name, including: 1) The Wrecking Crew was the name given to an American backing band collective based in Los Angeles and active through the 1960s and 1970s. 2) The Wrecking Crew was a Steve Douglas dance act active during the 1980s. 3) The Wrecking Crew was the name used by a British backing orchestra active through the 1990s and 2000s. 4) The Wrecking Crew was an American band from San Diego. 1) The Wrecking Crew was a nickname coined by the drummer Hal Blaine for a group of elite session musicians in Los Angeles, California, who earned wide acclaim in the 1960s. The group's ranks began to materialize in the late 1950s, but in the early 1960s they fully coalesced into what became their most recognizable form when they became the de facto house band for Phil Spector, playing on many of the hits that he produced at the time, and contributing to the development of his Wall of Sound production methods. After the initial success of Spector's records, they became the most requested session musicians in Los Angeles, playing behind many popular recording artists such as Jan & Dean, Sonny & Cher, Barry McGuire, the Mamas & the Papas, Frank Sinatra, and Nancy Sinatra. They were sometimes used as "ghost players" on recordings credited to rock groups, such as the Byrds' debut hit rendition of Bob Dylan's "Mr. Tambourine Man" (1965), as well as the first two albums by the Monkees, and the Beach Boys' Pet Sounds (1966). The Wrecking Crew was

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