![]() ![]() Baby Come Out Tonight (Manhattan, 1979).Evolution (The Most Recent) (Warner Bros., 1978). ![]() Get What You Give (Universal Music, 2006).Cissy Houston (Private Stock Records, 1977).Two Sides to Every Woman (Warner Bros., 1979).Fast Man Raider Man (Cooking Vinyl, 2006).īabbitt died on July 16, 2012, aged 74, from brain cancer. He was added to the Music City Walk of Fame in June 2012. In 2003, Babbitt played on Marion James' album Essence, and amongst others playing on the record were Beegie Adair, Reese Wynans, Jack Pearson ( The Allman Brothers), and drummer Chucki Burke. He appeared on stage in an episode of American Idol, backing up Jacob Lusk's performance of " You're All I Need to Get By" for AI's Motown Week in March 2011. He accepted an offer from Phil Collins to perform on his album of Motown and 1960s soul classics, Going Back, and also appeared in Collins' Going Back – Live at Roseland Ballroom, NYC concert DVD. He also played bass on Cindy Bullens' 1979 album Desire Wire. He played on the Jimi Hendrix album Crash Landing. He participated in hundreds of other hits, including " Little Town Flirt" by Del Shannon and " Scorpio" by Dennis Coffey & the Detroit Guitar Band. The Pittsburgh-born Babbitt's most notable bass performances include " Signed, Sealed, Delivered I'm Yours" by Stevie Wonder " War" by Edwin Starr " The Tears of a Clown" by Smokey Robinson & the Miracles " Mercy Mercy Me (The Ecology)" and " Inner City Blues" by Marvin Gaye " Band of Gold" by Freda Payne " Ball of Confusion (That's What the World Is Today)" and " Just My Imagination (Running Away with Me)" by The Temptations " Touch Me in the Morning" by Diana Ross and " Just Don't Want to Be Lonely" by The Main Ingredient. During this time, his most notable successes were " Midnight Train to Georgia" by Gladys Knight & the Pips and " The Rubberband Man" by The Spinners. In this new city, he worked on recordings for Frank Sinatra, Barry Manilow, Gloria Gaynor, Robert Palmer, and Alice Cooper. When Motown moved to Los Angeles, Babbit went in the opposite direction and ended up in New York as well as making occasional trips to Philadelphia. īabbitt traded off sessions with original Motown bassist James Jamerson. He is ranked number 59 on Bass Player magazine's list of "The 100 Greatest Bass Players of All Time". Also in 1968, with Mike Campbell, Ray Monette and Andrew Smith, he formed the band Scorpion, which lasted until 1970. Robert Andrew Kreinar (Novem– July 16, 2012), known as Bob Babbitt, was an American bassist, most famous for his work as a member of Motown Records' studio band, the Funk Brothers, from 1966 to 1972, as well as his tenure as part of MFSB for Philadelphia International Records afterwards. ![]()
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