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Melvin “Wah Wah” Watson (08 Dec 1950 - 24 Oct 2018)

Male Person - United States

 Also known as (1)

Releases (1)

Official

Album

  1. Elementary 1976 (as Melvin "Wah Wah" Watson)

Relationships (2)

Member Of

  1. The Funk Brothers
  2. Spirit Traveler

Recordings by (17)

  1. Goo Goo Wah Wah 5:36 (1976)
  2. Love My Blues Away 5:30 (1976)
  3. Cry Baby 4:02 (1976)
  4. My Love for You Comes and Goes 4:37 (1976)
  5. Together (Whatever) 4:53 (1976)
  6. Sunset Boulevard 4:09 (1976)
  7. Love Ain't Something 4:19 (1976)
  8. I'll Get by Without You 6:01 (1976)
  9. Bubbles 3:18 (1976)
  10. Good Friends 6:12 (1976)
  11. [untitled] 0:55 (1989)
  12. Love My Blues Away 5:30 (1994)
  13. Goo Goo Wah Wah (single version) ?:?? (30 Jul 2012)
  14. Love Ain’t Somethin’ (That You Get for Free) (single version) ?:?? (30 Jul 2012)
  15. Goo Goo Wah Wah 5:25 ()
  16. Love My Blues Away 5:30 ()
  17. Goo Goo, Wah Wah 5:40 ()

On Recordings (50)

Instruments

  1. Please Stay (Once You Go Away) 3:29 Marvin Gaye (28 Aug 1973) guitar family
  2. If I Should Die Tonight 4:00 Marvin Gaye (28 Aug 1973) guitar family
  3. Keep Gettin’ It On 3:13 Marvin Gaye (28 Aug 1973) guitar family
  4. This Year's Dream 6:19 Johnny “Hammond” Smith (1974) guitar
  5. Star Borne 7:51 Johnny “Hammond” Smith (1974) guitar
  6. Call on Me 4:30 Johnny “Hammond” Smith (1974) guitar
  7. Yesterday Was Cool 6:50 Johnny “Hammond” Smith (1974) guitar
  8. Back to the Projects 5:36 Johnny “Hammond” Smith (1974) guitar
  9. Virgo Lady 6:41 Johnny “Hammond” Smith (1974) guitar
  10. Gambler's Life 5:45 Johnny “Hammond” Smith (1974) guitar
  11. Rhodesian Thoroughfare 6:06 Johnny “Hammond” Smith (1974) guitar
  12. Over To Where You Are 4:32 Stanley Turrentine (1975) guitar
  13. You're My Baby 4:52 Stanley Turrentine (1975) guitar
  14. Naked As The Day I Was Born 4:14 Stanley Turrentine (1975) guitar
  15. In The Pocket 3:34 Stanley Turrentine (1975) guitar
  16. Fair Thee Well 2:53 Harvey Mason (1975) guitar, talkbox
  17. You Are The Melody Of My Life 3:42 Stanley Turrentine (1975) guitar
  18. Black Lassie 5:24 Stanley Turrentine (1975) guitar
  19. Have It Tour Way, Sandy 5:00 Stanley Turrentine (1975) guitar
  20. Spaced 5:30 Stanley Turrentine (1975) guitar
  21. Loving You Is Sweeter Than Ever 4:16 Stanley Turrentine (1975) guitar
  22. Doin’ It 8:02 Herbie Hancock (1976) bass, talkbox
  23. You Saved Me 4:28 Dee Dee Bridgewater (1976) guitar
  24. Blues for Willie 6:19 Sonny Criss (1976) guitar
  25. Memories 6:02 Sonny Criss (1976) guitar
  26. He’s Gone 5:55 Dee Dee Bridgewater (1976) guitar
  27. Sweet Summer Breeze 6:24 Sonny Criss (1976) guitar
  28. My Lonely Room 4:50 Dee Dee Bridgewater (1976) guitar
  29. That's the Way of the World 4:21 Sonny Criss (1976) guitar
  30. Free Ride 5:18 Dizzy Gillespie (1977) guitar
  31. Love Poem for Donna 4:32 Dizzy Gillespie (1977) guitar
  32. Fire Dance 4:23 Dizzy Gillespie (1977) guitar
  33. Incantation 6:40 Dizzy Gillespie (1977) guitar
  34. Unicorn 6:49 Dizzy Gillespie (1977) guitar
  35. Wrong Number 4:35 Dizzy Gillespie (1977) guitar
  36. Ozone Madness 6:29 Dizzy Gillespie (1977) guitar
  37. The Last Stroke of Midnight 4:32 Dizzy Gillespie (1977) guitar
  38. We Give Our Love 4:35 George Duke (03 May 1978) guitar
  39. Shout! 4:24 Otis Day & The Knights (1978) electric guitar
  40. Shama Lama Ding Dong 2:54 Otis Day & The Knights (1978) additional, electric guitar
  41. Driftin’ 3:11 Alessi Brothers (1978) guitar
  42. Just Can’t Stop It 2:48 Alessi Brothers (1978) guitar
  43. Not Tonight 2:58 Alessi Brothers (1978) guitar
  44. Believer 3:24 Alessi Brothers (1978) guitar
  45. Take Me Home 6:46 Cher (25 Jan 1979) guitar
  46. Happy Was the Day We Met 3:57 Cher (25 Jan 1979) guitar
  47. Wasn’t It Good 4:23 Cher (25 Jan 1979) guitar
  48. Say the Word 4:56 Cher (25 Jan 1979) guitar

Vocals

  1. Cry Baby 4:30 Quincy Jones (1975) guest, lead vocals
  2. Doin’ It 8:02 Herbie Hancock (1976) lead vocals

Credited as (6)

  1. Melvin "Wah Wah" Watson
  2. Wah Wah Watson
  3. Digable Planets with Lester Bowie and Wah Wah Watson
  4. Digable Planets feat. Lester Bowie & Wah Wah Watson
  5. Herbie Hancock / Wah Wah Watson
  6. Melvin “Wah Wah” Watson

Works (17)

Wrote

  1. Don't Hold It In
  2. Hold On
  3. Cry Baby
  4. 100 Miles and Runnin’
  5. Make Me Wanna Holler
  6. Love Ain’t Something That You Get for Free
  7. All Nite (Don't Stop)
  8. I Thought It Was You
  9. Stolen Moments
  10. Just Around the Corner
  11. After Dark

Composed

  1. Fun House
  2. Gentle Thoughts
  3. Spider
  4. Bo Ba Be Da
  5. Rubber Soul
  6. Come and See Me

Links (13)

Official Homepages

  1. http://www.wahwah.com/

Other Databases

  1. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n95051640
  2. https://rateyourmusic.com/artist/wah_wah_watson
  3. https://www.worldcat.org/identities/lccn-n95051640
  4. https://catalogue.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb14238121v
  5. https://d-nb.info/gnd/134595378

Discogs

  1. https://www.discogs.com/artist/119161
  2. https://www.discogs.com/artist/272819

Allmusic

  1. https://www.allmusic.com/artist/mn0000225971

Imdb

  1. https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1047144/

VIAF ID

  1. http://viaf.org/viaf/23845963

Wikidata

  1. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q360266

Secondhandsongs

  1. https://secondhandsongs.com/artist/125138