John Thirkell

John Thirkell is a British trumpet and flugelhorn player, who has appeared on hundreds of pop, rock, and jazz recordings. Through the 1980s and early 1990s, he was on at least one album in the UK Charts continuously, without a break, for over 13 years. In 2009, he had two consecutive UK No.1 singles with Pixie Lott and was the first person to be inducted into the Musician's Union "Hall of Fame." One of his recent number-one albums that he performed on includes Olly Murs' seventh studio album Marry Me (2022). According to Thirkell's own research, he has performed on 36 number-one albums, with his 36th occurring on Shania Twain's sixth studio album Queen of Me (2023).