Big Jim Sullivan

Big Jim Sullivan (14 de febrero de 1941 - 2 de octubre de 2012) 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. Él también fue acreditado como pionero en el uso de la fuzzbox y el talkbox. 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) 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" 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) «Prolific Session Guitarist Big Jim Sullivan Dies». www.sonicstate.com. Consultado el 3 de octubre de 2012.  Official website Big Jim Sullivan en Internet Movie Database (en inglés). Sullivan's UK hit singles and albums as a session guitarist Sullivan's own singles http://www.allmusic.com/artist/p20841/biography Ritchie Blackmore interview Datos: Q205527