![]() ![]() ![]() John Chappleīut she’s speaking out now to The Post to “set the record straight” about “The Marvelous Mrs. ![]() Long-retired from session work, the 84-year-old “First Lady of Bass” - who started playing guitar at 13 and toured in big bands before gigging at bebop jazz clubs in Los Angeles - shuns the spotlight these days and, for the most part, interview requests. Oh, that “nah-nah-nah-nah” on the big “Batman” radio hit? She laid down that legendary lick with her signature pick. That’s Kaye “punching the hell” out of the Beach Boys’ “Good Vibrations.” Her low-end fretwork was the aural honey that sweetened Motown’s Diana Ross into Top 40’s supreme diva. Not because the blue-eyed blonde played nice - but because she was the best. From the late 1950s through the early ’70s, Kaye riffed iconic bass lines for artists ranging from Frank Sinatra, Tina Turner and Sonny & Cher to Elvis Presley, The Monkees and Simon & Garfunkel. The outspoken bass player blazed a trail as the only woman in a group of elite male West Coast studio musicians - now known as The Wrecking Crew - playing on what would become the most influential records in pop, rock and soul history. They made me ‘a joke’: ‘Maisel’ musical muse claps back at show’s portrayalĬarol Kaye didn’t make history by being easy. Maisel’ resort for sale for first time since 1869 opening ‘King of filth’ John Waters joins cast of ‘Mrs. We found last-minute tickets to see Costner, Pascal, Cranston, Shalhoub ![]()
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