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1979 single by the Beach Boys
"Lady Lynda" is a song written by vocalist/guitarist
Al Jardine and touring keyboardist
Ron Altbach for American rock band
the Beach Boys . It was released on the band's 1979 album
L.A. (Light Album) . Its melody is based on "
Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring " by
J. S. Bach .
The opening harpsichord is played by Sterling Smith. The lyrics to the song refer to Jardine's then-wife, Lynda Jardine. After the two divorced, the song was rewritten as "Lady Liberty", a tribute to the
Statue of Liberty .
Record World said it has "a big production sound and liberal synthesizer/string textures."
[2]
The song peaked at No. 6 on the
UK Singles Chart .
[3] It also reached No. 39 on the U.S.
adult contemporary chart.
[4] The song was edited for single release with the single version dropping the harpsichord introduction present on the album version.
Personnel
Credits from Craig Slowinski
[5]
Lady Lynda
The Beach Boys
Additional musicians
Murray Adler - violin
Arnold Belnick - violin
Samuel Boghossian - viola
Jimmy Bond - double bass
Verlye Mills Brilhart - harp
Ed Carter - guitar, bass guitar
Isabelle Daskoff - violin
Jim Decker - French horn
Harold Dicterow - violin
Jesse Ehrlich - cello
Henry Ferber - violin
Bobby Figueroa – drums, tambourine, tubular bells
Richard Folsom - violin
James Getzoff - violin
Harris Goldman - violin
Dick Hyde - trombones and bass trombone
Raymond Kelley - cello
Jerome Kessler - cello
William Kurasch - violin
Marvin Limonick - violin
Charles Loper - French horn
Arthur Maebe - French horn
Jay Migliori - flutes
Ray Pizzi - bassoons
Jack Redmond - French horn
William Reichenbach - French horn
Lyle Ritz - double bass
Jay Rosen - violin
David Schwartz - viola
Bobby Shew - trumpets
Harry Shlutz - cello
Sterling Smith - harpsichord; possible Fender Rhodes
Linn Subotnick - viola
Herschel Wise - viola
Tibor Zelig - violin
Full Sail
The Beach Boys
Additional musicians
Murray Adler - violin
Arnold Belnick - violin
Samuel Boghossian - viola
Jimmy Bond - double bass
Verlye Mills Brilhart - harp
Geoffrey Cushing-Murray - backing vocals
Isabelle Daskoff - violin
Jim Decker - French horn
Harold Dicterow - violin
Jesse Ehrlich - cello
Henry Ferber - violin
Bobby Figueroa – backing vocals
Richard Folsom - violin
Steve Forman - percussion
James Getzoff - violin
Harris Goldman - violin
Jim Guercio - bass guitar
Raymond Kelley - cello
Jerome Kessler - cello
William Kurasch - violin
Marvin Limonick - violin
Charles Loper - French horn
Arthur Maebe - French horn
Gary Mallaber - drums, timpani
Jack Redmond - French horn
William Reichenbach - French horn
Lyle Ritz - double bass
Jay Rosen - violin
David Schwartz - viola
Harry Shlutz - cello
Linn Subotnick - viola
Herschel Wise - viola
Tibor Zelig - violin
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