Sid Bass

Sid Bass Was An American Composer Producer And Arranger Active Mainly In The 1950s-1960s. Born 22 January 1913 In New York City He Was Educated At New York University Bass Worked For Muzak Before Joining RCA As A Staff Composer. While With RCA He Recorded A Number Pre-Stereo Hi-Fi Showcase Music Albums For RCA's Budget Label Vik. The 1956 Album "From Another World" Is The Best Known Of These. Bass Worked As An A&R Man For A Small Label Jubilee Records In The Late 1950s And Spent Much Of The 1960s As A Producer For Muzak Pumping Out Covers Of Thousands Of Tunes. He Also Produced And Arranged Without Credit A Number Of Albums For RCA's Budget Label Camden. Percussionist Phil Kraus Recalls A Lightning-Fast Session With Bass During Which They Recorded An Entire Album--10 Cuts--Of Covers Of Current Rock-N-Roll Hits In Under 90 Minutes. Bass Popped Credited Again Late In The Sixties With Moog Espana Adapting A Full Palette Of Electronic Sounds To Latin Standards Much As Marty Gold Adapted It To Beatles Tunes. He Died On June 19th 1993 In Puney Vermont. read less