Charlie Gillingham
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Background information | |
Birth name | Charles Thomas Gillingham |
Born | (1960-01-26) January 26, 1960 (age 64) |
Origin | Torrance, California, United States[1] |
Genres | Rock |
Occupation | Instrumentalist |
Instrument | keyboards |
Years active | 1990–present |
Charles Thomas Gillingham (born January 26, 1960)[2] is an American keyboardist and multi-instrumentalist, best known for his performance on the Hammond B-3 organ, accordion, piano, and keyboards for the band Counting Crows. He has also played the bass guitar in live shows during certain songs such as "Holiday in Spain".
Gillingham attended Richard Henry Dana Junior High in San Pedro, California, and also attended Miraleste High School in Rancho Palos Verdes his sophomore, junior and senior year. He was a member of Slip Stream, Clark, Kent, and the Reporters, Midnight Radio, Zip Code Revue, and played keyboards on Train's 1998 debut album.
In 2004, Gillingham was nominated for an Oscar as co-composer of the song "Accidentally in Love". He was put forward in the category Academy Award for Best Original Song with his fellow songwriters Adam Duritz, Jim Bogios, David Immerglück, Matt Malley, David Bryson and Dan Vickrey.[3] The track was used in the film Shrek 2.
Gillingham studied philosophy and artificial intelligence at University of California, Berkeley.[4][5] Before entering the music industry, he worked as a software engineer in the field of artificial intelligence.[6]
Recordings
Apart from his work with Counting Crows, Gillingham also contributed to the following recordings:[7]
- Low Stars – Low Stars – 2007
- Comfort in Sound – Feeder – 2003
- Propeller – Peter Stuart – 2002
- Nowhere is Brighter – Garrin Benfield – 2002
- Still Waiting for Spring – Matt Nathanson – 2000
- Train – Train – 1998
- Whatnot – Cola – 1997
- The Golden Age – Cracker – 1996
- Abundance – Zip Code Revue – 1996
- Slipaway – Jerry Shelfer – 1992
- United Kingdom – American Music Club – 1990
See also
References
- ^ "Musicsquare.com birthday information file". Archived from the original on February 10, 2012. Retrieved December 10, 2007.
- ^ "Celebrity birthdays for the week of Jan. 21-27". AP News. January 16, 2024.
- ^ "Charles Gillingham - Awards". IMDb.com.
- ^ "Hey, Mr Jones!". Rolling Stone. June 30, 1994. Retrieved August 2, 2014.
- ^ "Rolling Stone article under the cut at the bottom of the picture". Fyeahcountingcrows.tumblr.com.
- ^ "Frequently Asked Questions". Another Fallen Satellite--A Tribute To Counting Crows. Retrieved August 1, 2014.
- ^ "Charlie Gillingham Songs, Albums, Reviews, Bio & More". AllMusic.
External links
- Charlie Gillingham at IMDb
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- Jim Bogios
- David Bryson
- Adam Duritz
- Charlie Gillingham
- David Immerglück
- Millard Powers
- Dan Vickrey
- Steve Bowman
- Matt Malley
- Ben Mize
- August and Everything After
- Recovering the Satellites
- This Desert Life
- Hard Candy
- Saturday Nights & Sunday Mornings
- Underwater Sunshine (or What We Did on Our Summer Vacation)
- Somewhere Under Wonderland
- Across a Wire: Live in New York City
- New Amsterdam: Live at Heineken Music Hall February 4–6, 2003
- August and Everything After: Live at Town Hall
- Echoes of the Outlaw Roadshow
- Films About Ghosts (The Best Of...)
- Aural 6
- "Mr. Jones"
- "Round Here"
- "Einstein on the Beach (For an Eggman)"
- "Rain King"
- "A Murder of One"
- "Angels of the Silences"
- "A Long December"
- "Daylight Fading"
- "Hanginaround"
- "Mrs. Potter's Lullaby"
- "American Girls"
- "Miami"
- "Big Yellow Taxi"
- "If I Could Give All My Love (Richard Manuel Is Dead)"
- "She Don't Want Nobody Near"
- "Accidentally in Love"
- "Holiday in Spain"
- "1492"
- "You Can't Count On Me"
- "Come Around"
- "When I Dream of Michelangelo"
- "Palisades Park"
- "Colorblind"
- August and Everything After: Live at Town Hall
- Discography
- The Himalayans
- Sordid Humor