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unusual facts about String arrangement



Antologia Acústica

Luiz Antônio - String arrangement on track 3, Piano on tracks 4, 7, 19, Keyboard on tracks 8, 9, 10, 13, 19, 20, arrangement on track 10, Ney on track 11, Steel drum on track 18

Surfer Girl

"Catch a Wave" featured Mike Love's sister, Maureen, on harp, while "The Surfer Moon" was the first Beach Boys song to have a string arrangement.


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Everything and Nothing

"The Scent of Magnolia": Bill Frisell (guitar), Ingrid Chavez (vocals), John Giblin (bass), Ryuichi Sakamoto (string arrangement, sampler, piano), Andreas Allen (drum programming), Sebastian Morton (drum programming).

Look What You Done for Me

Along with the usual horn section, the production features a string arrangement by James Mitchell and Charles Chalmers.

Miss You Nights

Andrew Powell's string arrangement helped to make it a great love song through its imagery and potent feelings of longing and loneliness.

Nightswimming

"Nightswimming" is a ballad featuring singer Michael Stipe accompanied only by bassist Mike Mills on piano, a string arrangement by former Led Zeppelin bassist John Paul Jones, and a prominent oboe by Deborah Workman in the latter part of the piece.

Number 9 Dream

Lennon liked the string arrangement he wrote for Harry Nilsson's rendition of "Many Rivers to Cross" from the album Pussy Cats so much that he decided to incorporate it into the song.

Rebekah Del Rio

She is also featured in Richard Kelly's film Southland Tales, providing solo vocals in a string arrangement of "The Star-Spangled Banner."

The Invisible Band

Joby Talbot – string arrangement (tracks 1, 11 and 12)