His sister maureen provided backing vocals, while greg phillinganes. Key icon greg phillinganes has been influencing players for four decades, from his work with stevie wonder while still in his teens to recording and touring with quincy jones, michael jackson. He contributed to every one of michael jacksons solo albums, and cites the title track from 1982s thriller as a classic. Watch the video for signals from greg phillinganess pulse expanded. Ricky lawson who would in later years join claptons touring band gave him a tape of greg playing instrumental versions of his songs.
Released on july 17, 1984, the album included what is perhaps phillinganes bestknown solo hit, a cover of japanese synthpop band yellow magic orchestras song, behind the mask, with additional lyrics by michael jackson. In todays age not only was i looking to replace this music, but i wanted it on cd and hunted for it everywhere for years. Greg phillinganes piano, fender rhodes piano, minimoog synthesizer chuck rainey jerry hey reggie young trombone gary grant trumpet, flugelhorn david t. Get all the lyrics to songs by greg phillinganes and join the genius community of music scholars to learn the meaning behind the lyrics. A prolific session musician, greg phillinganes has contributed keyboard tracks to numerous albums representing a broad array of artists and genres. This track was taken from his debut album if thats what it takes in. Recently, craven released a recording of his record release party for the album. I owned it when it first came out in the mid 80s on casette tape and it was stolen from my car. Greg phillinganes new songs, albums, biography, chart history, photos, videos, news, and more on billboard, the goto source for whats hot in music. Pulse is the title of the second solo album from session keyboardist greg phillinganes. Music profile for greg phillinganes, born 12 may 1956.
Greg phillinganes music, videos, stats, and photos. Detroitborn keyboardist greg phillinganes has been one of the most soughtafter session musicians of the last half century. He had moderate success as a solo artist with the album pulse, in 1984, and the single. Stevie wonder and even played piano on bruno mars latest album for the. Apr 24, 2018 one look at greg phillinganes resume and youll quickly understand why he has risen to the top of modern music. Greg has toured andor recorded with michael jackson, stevie wonder, eric clapton, herbie hancock, paul mccartney, and donald fagen, to name a few. The official website of the band toto with tourdates, news, album releases, interviews and many more.
Greg phillinganes on making it in the music industry for a song of this calibre and a voice singing a standard like this, what would help is if you were able to set it up, greg phillinganes says, stepping towards young pianist tiffany strachan and her keyboard. Philliganes is known to have introduced ymos behind the mask to michael jackson. A prolific session musician, phillinganes has contributed the role of keyboards to numerous albums representing a broad array of artists and genres. He worked on an album by masayoshi takanaka brasilian skies in 78 with sakamoto, and backed up minako yoshida the same year who sang on the debut by ymo so he was on the inside relating to their work it seems. He has toured with notable artists, such as stevie wonder, eric clapton, david gilmour and. Greg phillinganes biography wikipedia gregory arthur phillinganes born may 12, 1956 is an american keyboardist, singersongwriter, and musical. Greg phillinganes lyrics, songs, and albums genius. Explore releases from greg phillinganes at discogs. Greg phillinganes vocals, keyboards, backing vocals, richard perry producer, anthony marinelli programming, sound effects, brian banks programming, sound effects, bill schnee remixer, john arrias remixer, lew hahn remixer, stephen.
Greg phillinganes keyboards, vocals 20052008 david hungate bass guitar 19771982 fergie frederiksen vocals 19841985 steve porcaro keyboards, synthesizers 19771988 joseph williams vocals 19861988 jeff porcaro drums, percussion 19771992. He had moderate success as a solo artist with the album pulse, in 1984, and the single behind the mask, later recorded by eric clapton. Rem genre rock rem date 1978 rem discid 84099c0a rem comment exactaudiocopy v0. Walker phil upchurch freddie washington james gadson guitar, drums michael white drums ronnie foster piano, fender rhodes piano, clavinet michael sembello wah wah watson guitar. On the cover of the album fagen portrays the imaginary nightfly. Join songkick to track greg phillinganes and get concert alerts when they play near you. Greg phillinganes listen to greg phillinganes on deezer. Greg phillinganes he is a graduate of cass technical high school, detroit michigan.
Some might even remember him as the musical director of the vibe tv show in the 1990s. Greg phillinganes took us on a hilarious tour of some of his favorite classic electric piano hits, featuring some of the killer collector keyboards in keyscape. First discovered by stevie wonder as a teenager, phillinganes served in stevies wonderlove years in the late seventies, performing on four songs from the iconic songs in the key of life and continuing for five years. Stevie wonder heard some instrumental versions of his songs done by phillinganes and recruited him for the wonderlove band, where he remained from 1976 to 1981. Stevie wonder heard some instrumental versions of his songs done read full biography. Greg phillinganes is a keyboardistvocalist who appeared on several michael jackson records and also toured with him. Greg phillinganes soultracks soul music biographies, news. Greg phillinganes and burt bacharach are part of the latest edition of. Greg phillinganes was born on may 12, 1956 in detroit, michigan, usa as gregory arthur phillinganes. Albums include streets of fire, pulse, and behind the mask only you. Greg phillinganes pulse lyrics and tracklist genius.
He is known for his work on weird science 1985, the color purple 1985 and running scared 1986. Get greg phillinganes setlists view them, share them, discuss them with other greg phillinganes fans for free on. With music streaming on deezer you can discover more than 56 million tracks, create your own playlists, and share your favourite tracks with your friends. Greg phillinganes significant gains full album hq youtube. A prolific session musician, phillingane s has contributed the role of keyboards to numerous albums representing a broad array of artists and genres. Join facebook to connect with greg phillinganes and others you may know. Shop for vinyl, cds and more from greg phillinganes at the discogs marketplace. He met quincy jones and the duo worked together on a song for billy eckstine, the best thing, in 1976. Jun 03, 2011 the name greg phillinganes should be familiar to many people who spend their time reading the liner notes of various albums.