In his All About Jazz interview, documentary filmmaker Denny Tedesco mentioned he had acquired the rights to over one hundred songs to use in his documentary film The Wrecking Crew. The film deals with the history of the studio and session musicians in '60s Los Angeles. After the interview we asked him to do the near impossible and come up with a Top Ten list for us. Denny obliged...

1. Nancy Sinatra: "These Boots Are Made for Walkin'"

From Single (Reprise, 1966)

The song was written and produced by Lee Hazlewood who told Nancy Sinatra to sing the song as if she were a teenager who turns tricks at a truck stop. Wrecking Crew guitarist Billy Strange did the arrangement and used Carol Kaye on electric bass and Chuck Berghofer on double bass. Six guitarists are credited on this song. It went to #1 in the U.S. and the U.K.

2. Glen Campbell Name: "Wichita Lineman"

From Wichita Lineman (Capitol, 1968)

Written by Jimmy Webb, this extraordinary song went to #3 on the U.S. pop charts and to #1 on the country music and the adult contemporary charts. Glen Campbell was of course a top session guitarist with the Wrecking Crew before he became a solo artist.

3. The 5th Dimension: "Up, Up and Away"

From Up, Up and Away (Soul City, 1967)

Another Jimmy Webb song! It won four Grammy awards in 1967 including song and record of the year.

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