Person · Male
Bill Pitman
- From
- Belleville, United States
- Active
- 1920–2022
- Releases
- 0
- jazz
About
William Keith Pitman (February 12, 1920 – August 11, 2022) was an American guitarist and session musician.
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He worked as a first-call studio musician in Los Angeles, playing on numerous records of the rock and roll era. Pitman was part of The Wrecking Crew group of session musicians and backed artists such as Bobby Darin, Frank Sinatra and Pat Boone. He played ukulele on the Academy Award-winning song "Raindrops Keep Fallin' on My Head", and Danelectro guitar on the theme song for The Wild Wild West.
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Bill Pittman · William Keith Pitman
Tags
- session
- guitarist
Identifiers
- MusicBrainz
- 84d5a30d-6bf6-4551-a8d1-7488d6c8dff8
- ISNI
- 0000000058023353
- IPI
- 00035010830
- IPI
- 00040409320
Data from MusicBrainz, saved 12 Nov 2026. Photo from Wikimedia Commons, covers from the Cover Art Archive and Apple Music.