NOTE: This is a listing of some rock and pop songs that include flute playing.In many cases, the recording artist has a band member who is a fulltime woodwindplayer, so that artist would have multiple recordings including flute. In thosecases, I picked one of my favorites. I may in some cases bemistaking piccolo or recorder or mellotron or something else for flute sound. Much of this I'm doing from memory.
-- Russ
| Song | Recording Artist | Flutist |
|---|---|---|
| ---- | ---------------- | ------- |
| Always Something There To Remind Me | Blue Swede | Hinke Ekestubbe |
| Bad Blood | Neil Sedaka | ? |
| Born To Wander | Rare Earth | Gil Bridges |
| California Dreaming | The Mamas And The Papas | Jim Horn? |
| Colour My World | Chicago | Walter Parazaider |
| Ding Dong! The Witch Is Dead | The Fifth Estate | ? |
| Down Under | Men At Work | Greg Ham |
| Flute Loop (album = Ill Communication) | Beastie Boys | ? |
| Flute Thing | Blues Project | ? |
| Get It Right The First Time | Billy Joel | Richie Cannata |
| Going Up The Country | The Canned Heat | Charles Lloyd? |
| Gonna Take A Lotta Love | Nicolette Larsen | ? |
| Heard It In A Love Song | Marshall Tucker Band | Jerry Eubanks |
| Hidden Treasure | Traffic | Chris Wood |
| Hocus Pocus | Focus | Thijs van Leer |
| Hummingbird | Seals & Crofts | Robert Lichtig |
| The Hustle | Van McCoy | ? |
| It's Going To Take Some Time | The Carpenters | Bob Messenger |
| It Never Rains In Southern California | Albert Hammond | ? |
| Just For Tonight | The Chiffons | ? |
| Living In The Past | Jethro Tull | Ian Anderson |
| Love Alive | Heart | Ann Wilson |
| Love Potion #9 | Coasters | ? |
| Lowdown (album = Silk Degrees) | Boz Scaggs | Jim Horn? |
| Moondance | Van Morrison | Collin Tillton |
| Never Can Say Goodbye | The Jackson Five | ? |
| Nights In White Satin | The Moody Blues | Ray Thomas |
| Power Of Gold | Dan Fogelberg | Tim Weisberg |
| Rock And Roll Heaven Is A Place On Earth | Lonely Hearts | Lara Allen, Russell Scott, Kristen Nance |
| Rockin' Robin | Bobby Day | ? |
| So Far Away | Carole King | Curtis Amy |
| Spill The Wine | Eric Burdon & War | Charles Miller |
| Strange Way | Firefall | David Wind |
| Supertwister | Camel | Andy Latimer |
| Typical Situation | Dave Matthews Band | Leroi Moore |
| Undun (album = Canned Wheat) | Guess Who | ? |
| Walk Away Renee | The Left Banke | ? |
| Walking In Rhythm | The Blackbyrds | ? |
| ? | Aenglagaard | Anna Holmgren |
| ? | Ark | ? |
| ? | Caravan | Jimmy Hastings? Pete King? Barry Robinson? |
| ? | Clannad | Frankie Kennedy, Mel Collins |
| ? | Edge | Olly Page |
| This Is My Song? This Is Your Fate? | Genesis | Peter Gabriel |
| ? | Gong | Didier Malherbe |
| ? | Steve Hackett | John Hackett |
| ? (album = Xitintoday) | Hawkwind | Nik Turner |
| ? | Incredible String Band | Mike Heron |
| ? | It's A Beautiful Day | David LaFlamme |
| ? | IQ | Martin Orford |
| ? | Iona | David Fitzgerald, Mike Haughton |
| ? | Jadis | Martin Orford |
| ? | Juluka | Scorpion Madondo |
| ? (album = Earth Sun Moon) | Love And Rockets | ? |
| ? | Mirage | Desha Dunnahoe |
| ? (album = Long Goodbye) | Moria Falls | Martin Orford |
| ? | Ozric Tentacles | Jon |
| ? | Revelation | Elliott Ware |
| ? | Simon Says | Stefan Renstroem |
| ? (album = Loving Is Why) | Sons Of Champlin | Steve Frediani |
| ? (album = Breakfast In America) | Supertramp? | John Helliwell? |
I have removed the following entries for the following reasons:
| Song | Recording Artist | Reason |
|---|---|---|
| ---- | ---------------- | ------ |
| Africa | Toto | recorder (played by Jim Horn) |
| Let's Get It On | Marvin Gaye | no flutist on credits? |
| Pied Piper | Crispian St Peter | sounds like piccolo |
| Windy | The Association | recorder |