Pandora adds song credits to its web and desktop app now displaying full song credits for millions of its tracks in its catalogue. According to a recent blog posting by the streamer full song credits are now accessible to Pandora users across all tiers of service on the web at Pandora.com and on Pandora’s desktop apps for Mac and Windows
With the move from physical to digital music it has been difficult to find the kind of credits and information that used to live on LP sleeves and CD inserts such as Who wrote that song? Who played the instruments? Who produced the beat and arranged the strings?
The first few credits are visible on a song’s details page. To view the full list of credits, just click on ‘See All Song Credits’ to see all of the people who participated from background singers to songwriters to the guy who played the marimba on Sweet Emotion (it was recording engineer Jay Messina).
The blog posting highlights on of its Pandora Stories about the world’s most prolific drummer, Hal Blaine, who has played on over 6,000 singles and 35,000 recording sessions making him a virtual king of song credits!
This playlist features even more songs with extensive credits and amazing backstories. Did you know that Taylor Swift wrote This Is What You Came For by Calvin Harris (feat. Rihanna), or that Eric Clapton played lead guitar on The Beatles’ While My Guitar Gently Weeps?
Pandora is a supporting partner of the Recording Academy’s Behind the Record campaign, a new social media-based initiative with over 200 artists helping to spotlight the need for credits and the range of creators who contribute to the music recording process.
