Jack Nitzsche

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Bernard Alfred "Jack" Nitzsche ( NEECH-ee; April 22, 1937 – August 25, 2000) was an American musician, arranger, songwriter, composer, and record producer. He came to prominence in the early 1960s as the right-hand-man of producer Phil Spector, and went on to work with the Rolling Stones, Neil Young, and others. He worked extensively in film scores for the films Performance, The Exorcist and One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest. In 1983, he won the Academy Award for Best Original... [more on Wikipedia]

As a songwriter, Jack Nitzsche first charted in 1960 with Bongo, Bongo, Bongo.The artist placed 8 songs on the Billboard Hot 100, one of which reached the Top‑10, including 1 number‑one.The artist scored 5 UK Top‑75 entries, including 4 Top‑10 placements, including 1 number‑one.On US AC the artist achieved 1 Top‑10.

Top songs: #1: Up Where We Belong - #2: Needles and Pins - #3: Call Up the Groups - #4: Needles and Pins - #5: Needles and Pins
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  Preston Epps
1.
08/1960

Bongo, Bongo, Bongo
Preston Epps

from Bongo Bongo Bongo   
9 pts
78
US






[Original Sound 9]
written by Arthur Egnoian & Jack Nitzsche greentick
  Jackie DeShannon
Needles and Pins
2.
05/1963

Needles and Pins
Jackie DeShannon

from Breakin' It Up on The Beatles Tour!   Breakin' It Up on The Beatles Tour!
9 pts
84
US






[Liberty 55563]
written by Jack Nitzsche greentick & Sonny Bono
  Jack Nitzsche
The Lonely Surfer
3.
08/1963

The Lonely Surfer
Jack Nitzsche greentick

25 pts
39
US






[Reprise 20202]
written by Martin Cooper [songwriter] & Jack Nitzsche greentick
  The Searchers
Needles and Pins
4.
01/1964

#2  Needles and Pins
The Searchers

from Meet the Searchers/Needles and Pins   
271 pts
13
US




1
UK
[Kapp 577]
written by Jack Nitzsche greentick & Sonny Bono
  The Barron Knights
Call Up the Groups
5.
07/1964

#3  Call Up the Groups
The Barron Knights

from Call Up the Groups   
145 pts






3
UK
with Duke D'Mond
written by Sonny Bono, Jack Nitzsche greentick, Mitch Murray, John Lennon & Paul McCartney
  Don & The Goodtimes
6.
04/1967

I Could Be So Good to You
Don & The Goodtimes

from So Good   
15 pts
56
US






[Epic 5-10145]
written by Jack Nitzsche greentick & Greg Dempsey
  Jackie DeShannon
7.
03/1968

Me About You
Jackie DeShannon

from Me About You   
3 pts
119
US






[Imperial 66281]
written by Jackie DeShannon & Jack Nitzsche greentick
  Jack Nitzsche Orchestra
8.
05/1976

Theme from One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
Jack Nitzsche Orchestra

3 pts
109
US






instrumental
[Fantasy 760]
written by Jack Nitzsche greentick
  Smokie
Needles and Pins
9.
09/1977

#4  Needles and Pins
Smokie

from Bright Lights & Back Alleys   
98 pts
68
US




10
UK
[RSO 881]
written by Jack Nitzsche greentick & Sonny Bono
  Nazareth
10.
02/1978

Gone Dead Train
Nazareth

from Expect No Mercy   Expect No Mercy
15 pts






49
UK
[A&M 2029]
written by Jack Nitzsche greentick & Russ Titelman
  Joe Cocker & Jennifer Warnes
Up Where We Belong
11.
08/1982

#1  Up Where We Belong
Joe Cocker & Jennifer Warnes

from An Officer and a Gentleman: Original Soundtrack from the Paramount Motion Picture   An Officer and a Gentleman: Original Soundtrack from the Paramount Motion Picture
339 pts
1
US
3
AC


7
UK
Academy Award for Best Original Song 1982 Golden Globe Award for Best Original Song 1982
[Island 99996]
written by Jack Nitzsche greentick, Buffy Sainte-Marie & Will Jennings
  Tom Petty
Needles and Pins
12.
12/1985

#5  Needles and Pins
Tom Petty

from Pack Up the Plantation: Live!   Pack Up the Plantation: Live!
30 pts
37
US


17
rock


as Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers with Stevie Nicks
live
[MCA 52772]
written by Jack Nitzsche greentick & Sonny Bono
  Joe Cocker & Jennifer Warnes
Up Where We Belong
13.
12/1989

Up Where We Belong
Joe Cocker & Jennifer Warnes

5 pts






92
UK
R
written by Jack Nitzsche greentick, Buffy Sainte-Marie & Will Jennings
  George Thorogood & the Destroyers
14.
12/1993

Gone Dead Train
George Thorogood & the Destroyers

from Haircut   Haircut
6 pts




24
rock


written by Jack Nitzsche greentick & Russ Titelman
  St Germain
Sure Thing
15.
06/2001

Sure Thing
St Germain

from Tourist   
8 pts






77
UK
written by Ludovic Navarre & Jack Nitzsche greentick

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