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Don Was (13 Sep 1952 - )

Male Person - United States

 Also known as (1)

Releases (1)

Official

Album - Soundtrack

  1. Music From the Original Motion Picture Soundtrack Backbeat 19 Apr 1994

Relationships (9)

Performs As

  1. A Thousand Points of Night

Member Of

  1. Was (Not Was) original
  2. The Was Bros
  3. The All Star Band bass guitar
  4. Orquestra Was
  5. Bob Weir and Wolf Bros.
  6. The Detroit Wasmopolitan Mixing Squad
  7. Detroit Panthers

Children

  1. Tony Fagenson (18 Jul 1978)

Recordings by (9)

  1. Home Sweet Home 2:13 (Oct 1992)
  2. You Asked, I Came 10:11 (19 Apr 1994)
  3. Darkroom 7:56 (19 Apr 1994)
  4. What Do They Call This Drink? 8:24 (19 Apr 1994)
  5. He's Wearing My Bathrobe 10:11 (19 Apr 1994)
  6. Just Read the Poems 10:16 (19 Apr 1994)
  7. You Asked, I Came (easy version) 9:21 (19 Apr 1994)
  8. He's Wearing My Bathrobe (end titles) 3:20 (19 Apr 1994)
  9. Intro to Mr. Alice (Jul 4, 1993, KCRW-FM: Oh Merci, Santa Monica, CA) ?:?? ()

On Recordings (50)

Instruments

  1. Betrayal 3:06 Was (Not Was) (19 Sep 1983) electric bass guitar, electronic drum set, synthesizer
  2. Professor Night 4:10 Was (Not Was) (19 Sep 1983) synthesizer
  3. Zaz Turned Blue 4:18 Was (Not Was) (19 Sep 1983) synthesizer
  4. Shake Your Head 3:59 Was (Not Was) feat. Kim Basinger & Ozzy Osbourne (19 Sep 1983) electronic drum set, synthesizer
  5. Smile 3:15 Was (Not Was) (19 Sep 1983) bass drum, guitar, synthesizer
  6. (Return to the Valley of) Out Come the Freaks 4:22 Was (Not Was) (19 Sep 1983) electronic drum set, timpani
  7. Man vs. the Empire Brain Building 4:02 Was (Not Was) (19 Sep 1983) cello, electronic drum set, timpani, synthesizer
  8. The Party Broke Up 2:14 Was (Not Was) (19 Sep 1983) cello, electronic drum set, bell, bass synthesizer, synthesizer
  9. Knocked Down, Made Small (Treated Like a Rubber Ball) 3:07 Was (Not Was) (19 Sep 1983) clavinet, synthesizer
  10. Ba‐Lue‐Bolivar‐Ba‐Lues‐Are 2:00 Was (Not Was) (1984) guitar, synthesizer

Vocals

  1. Man vs. the Empire Brain Building 4:02 Was (Not Was) (19 Sep 1983)

Engineered

  1. Operator, Operator 3:53 Floy Joy (1984)
  2. Holiday 4:32 Floy Joy (1984)
  3. Mission 3:04 Floy Joy (1984)
  4. Baby You Know I… 3:28 Floy Joy (1984)
  5. East Side, West Side 3:00 Floy Joy (1984)
  6. Sebastopol 4:26 Floy Joy (1984)

Produced

  1. Carry Me Back to Old Morocco 6:01 Was (Not Was) (Aug 1981)
  2. Oh Mr. Friction 3:32 Was (Not Was) (Aug 1981)
  3. It’s an Attack 3:10 Was (Not Was) (Aug 1981)
  4. Out Come the Freaks 5:39 Was (Not Was) (Aug 1981)
  5. The Sky’s Ablaze 2:15 Was (Not Was) (Aug 1981)
  6. Go… Now! 5:29 Was (Not Was) (Aug 1981)
  7. Where Did Your Heart Go? 5:01 Was (Not Was) (Aug 1981)
  8. Tell Me That I’m Dreaming 5:08 Was (Not Was) (Aug 1981)
  9. Shake Your Head 3:59 Was (Not Was) feat. Kim Basinger & Ozzy Osbourne (19 Sep 1983)
  10. Operator, Operator 3:53 Floy Joy (1984)
  11. East Side, West Side 3:00 Floy Joy (1984)
  12. Stuttering (7″ version) 3:59 Helen Terry (1984)
  13. Holiday 4:32 Floy Joy (1984)
  14. Stuttering (club mix) 6:24 Helen Terry (1984)
  15. Baby You Know I… 3:28 Floy Joy (1984)
  16. Mission 3:04 Floy Joy (1984)
  17. Sebastopol 4:26 Floy Joy (1984)
  18. Stuttering (dub mix) 4:47 Helen Terry (1984)
  19. Come Back Home 4:22 Carly Simon (21 Jun 1985)
  20. All Night Makes It Right 4:09 Helen Terry (1986)
  21. Forbidden Fruit 4:05 Helen Terry (1986)
  22. Come On and Find Me 4:13 Helen Terry (1986)
  23. Weak in the Presence of Beauty 3:28 Floy Joy (1986)
  24. This Is My Time 1:59 Floy Joy (1986)
  25. Right in Front of You 3:44 Helen Terry (1986)
  26. Crackdown 2:49 Floy Joy (1986)
  27. Ask the Lonely 3:43 Floy Joy (1986)
  28. Penny in My Pocket 4:22 Floy Joy (1986)
  29. Love Money and Sex 3:39 Helen Terry (1986)
  30. Feelin’ Your Heart 4:31 Helen Terry (1986)
  31. Close Watch 3:14 Helen Terry (1986)
  32. Stuttering 3:58 Helen Terry (1986)
  33. Friday Night 6:36 Floy Joy (1986)

Credited as (9)

  1. Don Was
  2. Paul Reiser & Don Was
  3. Richie Sambora & Don Was
  4. Grace Potter with Don Was and Matt Burr
  5. Ray Wylie Hubbard featuring Ringo Starr, Don Was, Joe Walsh, Chris Robinson
  6. Was / Was / Jacobs
  7. John Fogerty feat. Bruce Springsteen, Robbie Robertson, Roy Bittan, Benmont Tench, Don Was, Jim Keltner
  8. John Hiatt & Don Was
  9. B.B. King with Al Kooper & Don Was

Works (36)

Wrote

  1. Walk the Dinosaur
  2. Wheel Me Out
  3. It’s an Attack!
  4. The Sky’s Ablaze
  5. Go… Now!
  6. Spy in the House of Love
  7. 哀愁のメキシコ
  8. Where Did Your Heart Go?
  9. Down in Chinatown
  10. Dad I’m in Jail
  11. How the Heart Behaves
  12. Knocked Down, Made Small (Treated Like a Rubber Ball)
  13. Shake Your Head (Let’s Go to Bed)
  14. Smile
  15. Zaz Turned Blue
  16. Betrayal
  17. Man vs. the Empire Brain Building
  18. (Return to the Valley of) Out Come the Freaks
  19. Professor Night
  20. The Party Broke Up
  21. 哀愁の瞳
  22. Walk the Dinosaur
  23. Out Come the Freaks
  24. Tell Me That I’m Dreaming
  25. Oh, Mr. Friction
  26. Carry Me Back to Old Morocco
  27. Hello Operator… I Mean Dad… I Mean Police… I Can’t Even Remember Who I Am

Composed

  1. Mr. Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore (Apr 1990)
  2. Shirley Temple Don't Live Here Any More (Apr 1990)
  3. He’s Wearing My Bathrobe
  4. Freeman Square
  5. Mad About You
  6. 小姐，貴姓？
  7. Interview

Lyrics

  1. Shirley Temple Don't Live Here Any More (Apr 1990)
  2. Mr. Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore (Apr 1990)

Events (4)

Main Performer At

  1. 2015‐02‐06: Los Angeles Convention Center, Los Angeles, CA, USA
  2. 36th Annual GRAMMY Awards
  3. The 1993 Induction Ceremony bass

Guest Performer At

  1. Motor City Muscle 2018, Day 2: “the underground” time

Links (9)

Other Databases

  1. https://d-nb.info/gnd/134551125
  2. https://catalogue.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb14021039d
  3. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no97026131
  4. https://www.worldcat.org/identities/lccn-no97026131

Songkick

  1. https://www.songkick.com/artists/392134

Discogs

  1. https://www.discogs.com/artist/62920

Imdb

  1. https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0005537/

VIAF ID

  1. http://viaf.org/viaf/51887976

Wikidata

  1. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q499028