- Born
- Birth nameCarol Louise Smith
- Nickname
- Carol Kay
- Carol Kaye was born on March 24, 1935 in Everett, Washington, USA. She is an actress, known for The Perfect Host (2010), The Incredibly Strange Creatures Who Stopped Living and Became Mixed-Up Zombies!!? (1964) and The Hot Rock (1972).
- SpousesKenneth 'Spider Webb' Rice(January 25, 1976 - ?) (divorced)David Aaron Fireman(June 25, 1961 - 1964) (divorced, 1 child)Al Kaye(April 26, 1953 - ?) (divorced, 2 children)
- ChildrenPeggy June Keglovich (Kaye)Peter Leonard Keglovich (Kaye)Gwyn Frances Fireman
- ParentsClyde George SmithEmma Dot James
- RelativesMarie Elsie Smith(Sibling)Peggy June Smith(Sibling)
- Worked sessions for such TV shows as M*A*S*H (1972), Hawaii Five-O (1968), The Brady Bunch (1969), Mission: Impossible (1966), Ironside (1967), Kojak (1973), McCloud (1970), The Addams Family (1964), Green Acres (1965), Room 222 (1969), The Streets of San Francisco (1972), The Brady Bunch (1969), Survivors (1975), Men at Law (1970), Run for Your Life (1965), Kolchak: The Night Stalker (1974), Hogan's Heroes (1965), Alice (1976), Alias Smith and Jones (1971), The Dating Game (1965), Have Gun - Will Travel (1957), Cannon (1971), Mannix (1967), The Paper Chase (1978), Lost in Space (1965), The Love Boat (1977), Peyton Place (1964), The F.B.I. (1965), It Takes a Thief (1968), Get Smart (1965), Love, American Style (1969), Marcus Welby, M.D. (1969), The Lucy Show (1962), Bonanza (1959), The Wild Wild West (1965), Adam-12 (1968), Barnaby Jones (1973), Soap (1977), Wonder Woman (1975).
- Eclectic jazz musician and one of the most sought after bass players in Los Angeles during the 1960s and 1970s, she played sessions with the very best...from Frank Zappa to Frank Sinatra. Others included are Ray Charles, Barbra Streisand, Joe Cocker, Ritchie Valens, The Beach Boys, The Righteous Brothers, Phil Spector and Motown. When times were slow, her clients would include such novelty items as Tiny Tim and Alvin and the Chipmunks.
- Started out on guitar in 1949 and worked with Sam Cooke, The Platters and The Everly Brothers. Switched to bass in 1963.
- Known for her bass instruction books, they were standard music industry material and, once cited by Sting as important in his early musical education. Over 30 bass and guitar educational books, DVD Courses self-help tutors, used world-wide.
- She was one of a few female artists among the accomplished session musicians of The Wrecking Crew Collective. Her distinctive bass-playing talents were originally rooted in the jazz arena. She recorded in the Crew for Phil Spector and for Brian Wilson on "Pet Sounds" with The Beach Boys.
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