Narada Michael Walden

producer, drums, arranger, vocal, percussion, piano, synthesizer, keyboard, programming, performer, timpani, bass, organ, drumset, congas, tambourine, bells, handclaps, marimba, glockenspiel, timbales, electric piano, electronic drum set, gong, shakers

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Top collaborators

Artist name Roles Recordings
Diana Ross
Bob Clearmountain engineer, mix, producer, recording Carry On, Crazy for Ya, Give Your Love a Chance, I Don't Want Nobody Else (To dance With You), I Shoulda Loved Ya, Love Me Only, Lovin' You Madly, The Dance of Life, They Want the Feeling, Tonight I'm Alright, Why Did You Turn Me On, Will You Ever Know, You're So Good
Aretha Franklin
Mahavishnu Orchestra
Whitney Houston

Collaborators on this artist's recordings

Artist name Roles Recordings
Bob Clearmountain engineer, mix, producer, recording Carry On, Crazy for Ya, Give Your Love a Chance, I Don't Want Nobody Else (To dance With You), I Shoulda Loved Ya, Love Me Only, Lovin' You Madly, The Dance of Life, They Want the Feeling, Tonight I'm Alright, Why Did You Turn Me On, Will You Ever Know, You're So Good
Tom Dowd producer Delightful, First Love, Garden of Love Light, Meditation, Saint and the Rascal, The Sun Is Dancing, White Night, You Are Love, You Got the Soul
David Frazer engineer, mix, producer, recording (Don’t Worry) If There’s a Hell Below, We’re All Going to Go, Dancin' on Main St., Gimme, Gimme, Gimme (feat. Patti Austin), High Above the Clouds, Live It Up, Suspicion, That's the Way It Is, The Nature of Things, Wear Your Love
Dennis MacKay (70s-present UK producer/engineer) engineer Delightful, First Love, Garden of Love Light, Meditation, Saint and the Rascal, The Sun Is Dancing, White Night, You Are Love, You Got the Soul
Frank Martin (keyboards) keyboard Dancin' on Main St., Gimme, Gimme, Gimme (feat. Patti Austin), High Above the Clouds, Live It Up, Suspicion, That's the Way It Is, The Nature of Things, Wear Your Love
Corrado Rustici flute, guitar Dancin' on Main St., Gimme, Gimme, Gimme (feat. Patti Austin), High Above the Clouds, Live It Up, Suspicion, That's the Way It Is, The Nature of Things, Wear Your Love
Randy Jackson (former bassist with Journey and American Idol judge) vocal, bass, synthesizer Dancin' on Main St., Gimme, Gimme, Gimme (feat. Patti Austin), High Above the Clouds, Live It Up, Suspicion, That's the Way It Is, The Nature of Things, Wear Your Love
Walter Afanasieff keyboard, synthesizer Dancin' on Main St., Gimme, Gimme, Gimme (feat. Patti Austin), High Above the Clouds, Live It Up, Suspicion, That's the Way It Is, The Nature of Things, Wear Your Love
Jim Gilstrap vocal Dancin' on Main St., Full & Satisfied, Gimme, Gimme, Gimme (feat. Patti Austin), High Above the Clouds, Listen to Me, Suspicion, That's the Way It Is, Wear Your Love
Will Lee (US jazz/rock bassist) bass Delightful, First Love, Garden of Love Light, Saint and the Rascal, The Sun Is Dancing, White Night, You Got the Soul
David Sancious Minimoog, Rhodes piano, electric piano, keyboard, organ, piano, sitar Delightful, First Love, Garden of Love Light, Saint and the Rascal, The Sun Is Dancing, White Night, You Got the Soul
Jeff Beck guitar Saint and the Rascal
Vicki Randle vocal Dancin' on Main St., Gimme, Gimme, Gimme (feat. Patti Austin), Live It Up, Suspicion, That's the Way It Is, Wear Your Love
Jeanie Tracy vocal Dancin' on Main St., Gimme, Gimme, Gimme (feat. Patti Austin), High Above the Clouds, Suspicion, That's the Way It Is, Wear Your Love
Angela Bofill vocal Never Wanna Be Without Your Love
Patti Austin performer, vocal Gimme Gimme Gimme (feat. Patti Austin), High Above the Clouds
Allen Sides mix, recording Awakening Suite, Part 1 (Childhood: The Opening of the Heart), Full & Satisfied, Listen to Me, The Awakening, Will You Ever Know
Preston Glass producer, vocal, synthesizer (Don’t Worry) If There’s a Hell Below, We’re All Going to Go, Dancin' on Main St., Gimme, Gimme, Gimme (feat. Patti Austin), Live It Up, That's the Way It Is
Patrick Adams (US disco, soul, boogie songwriter and producer) producer Give Your Love a Chance, I Don't Want Nobody Else (To dance With You), Love Me Only, They Want the Feeling
Kenny Mazur guitar Give Your Love a Chance, I Don't Want Nobody Else (To dance With You), Love Me Only, They Want the Feeling
Hiram Bullock guitar Give Your Love a Chance, I Don't Want Nobody Else (To dance With You), Love Me Only, They Want the Feeling
Michael Gibbs arranger, conductor First Love, Meditation, White Night, You Are Love
Perfection Light Symphony performing orchestra First Love, Meditation, White Night, You Are Love
Raymond Gomez guitar Delightful, Garden of Love Light, The Sun Is Dancing, White Night
Cliff Carter Clavinet, Minimoog, Rhodes piano, bass synthesizer Give Your Love a Chance, I Don't Want Nobody Else (To dance With You), Love Me Only, They Want the Feeling
Norma Jean Bell vocal, horn, saxophone Delightful, Garden of Love Light, You Got the Soul
George Del Barrio arranger, conductor, instrument arranger Listen to Me, The Awakening, Will You Ever Know
Greg Phillinganes keyboard, piano Awakening Suite, Part 1 (Childhood: The Opening of the Heart), Listen to Me, The Awakening
Wayne Henderson producer, trombone Full & Satisfied, Listen to Me, Will You Ever Know
Jay Graydon guitar Awakening Suite, Part 1 (Childhood: The Opening of the Heart), Listen to Me, The Awakening
Sylvester (US disco and soul singer-songwriter) vocal Live It Up, Suspicion, Wear Your Love
Martha Wash vocal Live It Up, Suspicion, Wear Your Love
John Lehman vocal Dancin' on Main St., Gimme, Gimme, Gimme (feat. Patti Austin), That's the Way It Is
Reginald "Sonny" Burke (Keyboard player) producer, piano, synthesizer Awakening Suite, Part 1 (Childhood: The Opening of the Heart), Listen to Me, The Awakening
Lois Colin harp First Love, Meditation, You Are Love
Keni Burke bass Awakening Suite, Part 1 (Childhood: The Opening of the Heart), Listen to Me, The Awakening
Laundon Von Kendricks vocal Dancin' on Main St., Live It Up
James Decker French horn Listen to Me, Will You Ever Know
Nate Phillips (None mostly for his work with the funk group Pleasure as Nathaniel Phillips) bass Full & Satisfied, Will You Ever Know
Norbert Sloley bass I Don't Want Nobody Else (To dance With You), They Want the Feeling
Don Menza flute Full & Satisfied, Will You Ever Know
Pat Adams instrument arranger, horn, strings, synthesizer Give Your Love a Chance, Love Me Only
Pat Thrall (guitarist, producer & engineer) guitar Listen to Me, The Awakening
David Allen Duke (US french horn player) French horn Listen to Me, Will You Ever Know
Patty Scalfa vocal Delightful, You Got the Soul
Cheryl Alexander vocal Love Me Only, They Want the Feeling
Peter Christlibe flute Full & Satisfied, Will You Ever Know
Jim Shifflett recording Awakening Suite, Part 1 (Childhood: The Opening of the Heart), Listen to Me
Ray Gomez guitar Awakening Suite, Part 1 (Childhood: The Opening of the Heart), Live It Up
Ray Pyle cymbals Dancin' on Main St., High Above the Clouds
Carla Vaughn vocal Full & Satisfied, Listen to Me
Alex Brown (US soul vocalist, member of Raelets) vocal Full & Satisfied, Listen to Me
Sammy Figueroa congas Delightful, Garden of Love Light
Tawatha Agee vocal Love Me Only, They Want the Feeling
Zakir Hussain tabla High Above the Clouds
Tom Draper vocal High Above the Clouds, Suspicion
Victor Feldman (jazz musician) afuche / cabasa, marimba, percussion, vibraphone Full & Satisfied, Listen to Me
Carlos Gomez congas, percussion Live It Up, Wear Your Love
Charles Johnson (US jazz/funk guitarist aka Icarus) guitar You Got the Soul
Cissy Houston vocal Garden of Love Light
Lauren Carter vocal High Above the Clouds
Louis Biancaniello synthesizer (Don’t Worry) If There’s a Hell Below, We’re All Going to Go
Louis Fasman trumpet (Don’t Worry) If There’s a Hell Below, We’re All Going to Go
Marc Reyburn engineer (Don’t Worry) If There’s a Hell Below, We’re All Going to Go
Marc Russo saxophone Gimme, Gimme, Gimme (feat. Patti Austin)
Marty Wehner (trombonist) trombone (Don’t Worry) If There’s a Hell Below, We’re All Going to Go
Matt Rohr (Recording Engineer) engineer (Don’t Worry) If There’s a Hell Below, We’re All Going to Go
Melecio Magdaluyo saxophone (Don’t Worry) If There’s a Hell Below, We’re All Going to Go
Michael Boddicker synthesizer Awakening Suite, Part 1 (Childhood: The Opening of the Heart)
Michael Brecker tenor saxophone I Don't Want Nobody Else (To dance With You)
Michael Carabello percussion (Don’t Worry) If There’s a Hell Below, We’re All Going to Go
Cynthia Shiloh misc (Don’t Worry) If There’s a Hell Below, We’re All Going to Go
Mike Mani keyboard (Don’t Worry) If There’s a Hell Below, We’re All Going to Go
Myron Dove bass (Don’t Worry) If There’s a Hell Below, We’re All Going to Go
Don Mero synthesizer You Are Love
Patrick Gleeson synthesizer That's the Way It Is
Patty Scailfa, vocal They Want the Feeling
George Young (saxophonist) saxophone I Don't Want Nobody Else (To dance With You)
Angela Winbush vocal Listen to Me
Randy Brecker instrument arranger, horn, trumpet I Don't Want Nobody Else (To dance With You)
Greg Poure acoustic guitar Listen to Me
Bobb Knapp horn Garden of Love Light
Janice Lee misc (Don’t Worry) If There’s a Hell Below, We’re All Going to Go
Robbie Kwock trumpet (Don’t Worry) If There’s a Hell Below, We’re All Going to Go
Ron "Rev" Stallings saxophone (Don’t Worry) If There’s a Hell Below, We’re All Going to Go
Russell Tubbs horn Garden of Love Light
Bobby Lyle keyboard Full & Satisfied
Shankar electric violin High Above the Clouds
Stef Burns guitar (Don’t Worry) If There’s a Hell Below, We’re All Going to Go
Steve Beckmeier guitar Full & Satisfied
Sudhahota Carl Lewis vocal Suspicion
Tanima Cynthia Weiss strings Meditation
The Jo-Lo Girls vocal High Above the Clouds
The Victory Song Nightingales vocal Garden of Love Light
Carlos Santana guitar First Love
Jo-Carol Block Davidson vocal High Above the Clouds
Vernon “Ice” Black guitar (Don’t Worry) If There’s a Hell Below, We’re All Going to Go
John Bahler vocal Listen to Me
Carol Shive strings Meditation
Judy Brown vocal Full & Satisfied
Wayne Wallace trombone (Don’t Worry) If There’s a Hell Below, We’re All Going to Go
Kevin Walden misc (Don’t Worry) If There’s a Hell Below, We’re All Going to Go

Work on other artists' recordings

Artist name Roles Recordings
Diana Ross producer I Will Survive, I Will Survive (Motiv8 radio edit), I Will Survive (Motiv8 radio mix), I Will Survive (Roger Sanchez Atmospheric mix), I Will Survive (Roger Sanchez radio edit), I Will Survive (Sure Is Pure vocal), Take Me Higher, Take Me Higher (12" mix), Take Me Higher (LP version), Take Me Higher (Nush club vocal), Take Me Higher (Reverend Jefferson's Mash Em Up mix), Take Me Higher (T-Empo's 96 radio mix), Take Me Higher (a cappella), Take Me Higher (dub mix), Take Me Higher (instrumental), Take Me Higher (radio edit)
Aretha Franklin arranger, producer, programming, drums, drumset, keyboard, percussion, piano Ain’t Nobody Ever Loved You, An Angel Cries, Another Night, Do You Still Remember, Freeway of Love, He’ll Come Along, Integrity, Jimmy Lee, Look to the Rainbow, Rock-A-Lott, Until You Say You Love Me, Who’s Zoomin’ Who?
Mahavishnu Orchestra vocal, bells, congas, drums, gong, marimba, organ, percussion, piano, shakers, timpani All in the Family, Gita, In My Life, Inner Worlds, Parts 1 & 2, Lotus Feet, Miles Out, Morning Calls, Planetary Citizen, River of My Heart, The Way of the Pilgrim
Whitney Houston arranger, performer, producer, programming, drums, percussion, tambourine For the Love of You, How Will I Know, I Wanna Dance With Somebody (Who Loves Me), I’m Every Woman, Just the Lonely Talking Again, Look Into Your Heart, Love Is a Contact Sport, One Moment in Time, So Emotional, Where Do Broken Hearts Go
James Mason drums Dreams, Free, Funny Girl, Good Thing, Hey Hey Hey, Mbewe, Slick City, Sweet Power Your Embrace
Jeff Beck drums, piano Come Dancing, Led Boots, Love Is Green, Play With Me, Sophie
Angela Bofill arranger, producer, drums, keyboard, percussion Ain't Nothing Like the Real Thing, Love You Too Much, Tonight I Give In, Too Tough, You Could Come Take Me Home
Allan Holdsworth drums Gattox, Good Clean Filth, Karzie Key, Velvet Darkness, Wish
Patti Austin drums, percussion, synthesizer Hot! In the Flames of Love, Rhythm of the Street, Starstruck
George Benson arranger, programming, drums Kisses in the Moonlight, Love Is Here Tonight, Shiver, Teaser, Too Many Times
Regina Belle producer Interlude / Passion, One Love, Tango in Paris
Robert Fripp drums Breathless, I May Not Have Had Enough of Me But I've Had Enough of You, NY3
Curtis Mayfield arranger, producer Back to Living Again, Oh So Beautiful, The Got Dang Song
Mariah Carey arranger, producer, drumset I Don’t Wanna Cry, There's Got to Be a Way, Vision of Love
荻野目洋子 arranger スゥーピン・イン, ヴァージ・オブ・ラブ
Zakir Hussain drums Path of Two
Mica Paris arranger I Never Felt Like This Before (Classic Club Mix), I Never Felt Like This Before (Radio Edit)
Lou Rawls arranger, producer It's Supposed to Be Fun
Lisa Fischer arranger, producer, drums How Can I Ease the Pain
Michelle Gayle arranger, producer Sweetness (radio mix)
Herbie Hancock arranger, producer, drums Can't Hide Your Love
Özgül Turgay arranger, producer, drums I Knew You Were Waiting (for Me)
Hakim performer Ah Ya Albi (feat. Narada Michael Walden)
New Kids on the Block arranger, producer Keep On Smilin’
Fela Velleman arranger, producer, drums, percussion If You Need My Love Tonight
Sister Sledge producer All American Girls
Die Erben drums Triveni
Sr 33 Mcifras producer True Love
Delgado producer True Love
Jaco Pastorius drums Come On, Come Over
Tevin Campbell producer, drums Keep On Pushin’
The Grand Trick producer, drums, percussion Push
Bruce Springsteen performer Curtis Mayfield Medley