Joe Osborn

From the early '60s to the mid-'70s, Joe Osborn's buoyant, picked basslines could be heard on more than half the hit records made in Los Angeles, having appeared on over 200 Top 40 hits including 20 number one singles, as well as innumerable film and TV scores and jingles. The electric bassist also had the distinction of being the first to record a teenage Karen and Richard Carpenter in his four-track home recording studio after they tagged along with a trumpet player for a session. Born in Mound, Louisiana, Osborn grew up in Shreveport and at age 12 started playing the fami...