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BT-01. Opening Night Gala: The Wrecking Crew

USA, Feature Documentary, 2015, 101 min

For six years in a row, the Grammy for Record of the Year went to Wrecking Crew recordings. The most famous studio band in the history of music backed up everyone from Nat King Cole and Frank Sinatra to The Monkees, The Byrds and The Beach Boys, making their ?west coast sound? a dominant cultural force in the world of music. This film, made by Denny Tedesco for his father, the legendary Tommy Tedesco, has more than 100 of their songs, along with the back stories, all presented by the people who made them for you: Be My Baby, California Girls, Strangers in the Night, Mrs. Robinson, You?ve Lost that Lovin? Feelin?, Monday Monday, Up, Up and Away, Viva Las Vegas, Mr. Tambourine Man and many others. This long-awaited film, 18 years in development, is an upbeat tribute to the secret star-making machine known only as The Wrecking Crew.

FOOTNOTE: One of the largest Kickstarter campaigns in history helped to finally advance the commercial release of this film, which had been delayed for years because of music rights.