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Tim May

real name Timothy James May

Tim May is credited on 714 releases across 256 albums tracked on Gatefold, active 1974–2024 — the collector-built map of who actually made the music.

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714

Credits

256

Albums

6

Decades active

620

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Biography

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For the New Wave musician, see Tim May.
Not to be confused with the Nashville based country guitarist of the same name, active since the early 90s, see Tim May.
American session and jazz guitarist based in Los Angeles, California, since 1974. He has played on the albums of many artists, such as Alan Silvestri, Lionel Richie, Barbra Streisand, The Pointer Sisters, Whitney Houston, Celine Dion, Herb Alpert, Frank Sinatra, Ray Charles, Kenny Rogers, Liza Minnelli, Peggy Lee, Diana Ross, Linda Ronstadt, Donna Summer, Leon Redbone, as well as on many soundtracks for movies, TV shows, records and jingles including Friends, The Simpsons, Eight Crazy Nights and Bringing Down the House.

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Credited work

714 releases · 256 albums · active 1974–2024

  • Performance · 1,066
  • Other credits · 95

Studios: Motown/Hitsville U.S.A. Recording Studios · A&M Studios · Kendun Recorders · MCA Whitney Recording Studios

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