•
Gary Brooker and
Matthew Fisher of
Procol Harum played the recorder on the track "Boredom" on their third album, "
A Salty Dog". •
Emma Christian, native
Manx Gaelic singer and folk artist plays the recorder in place of the more traditional
tin whistle. •
Dido studied recorder at the junior department of London's Guildhall School of Music & Drama and most famously plays it on the track
Thank You from her debut album
No Angel •
Jimi Hendrix played soprano recorder in some of his studio recordings •
Richard Harvey (of
Gryphon originally) •
Bob Homme used the recorder as part of his children's TV show,
The Friendly Giant •
Keith Jarrett played recorder on his album ''
The Survivors' Suite'' •
Billy Joel played the recorder on Cold Spring Harbor. •
Brian Jones (
Rolling Stones) notably played the recorder in the song
Ruby Tuesday •
John Paul Jones (
Led Zeppelin) played several recorders in the studio recording of
Stairway to Heaven •
Rahsaan Roland Kirk featured the recorder on several of his recordings. •
Terry Kirkman of the Association frequently played recorder on Windy, "
Along Comes Mary", etc. •
Sarah Martin (of
Belle and Sebastian) •
Paul McCartney (
The Beatles) occasionally uses the recorder in his music (e.g.
The Fool on the Hill) •
Chisato Moritaka plays the recorder solo on her song "
Watarasebashi" •
Carlos Núñez Muñoz •
Steve Page of the
Barenaked Ladies played the recorder on "Helicopters" on their album "
Maroon (album)" •
Les Penning played recorders on
Mike Oldfield's album
Ommadawn, the singles "
Portsmouth", "
In Dulce Jubilo" and "Cuckoo Song" and also on the track "Argiers" •
Mick Ronson, glam-rock guitarist, producer and arranger played multi-tracked recorders on David Bowie's "
Life on Mars?" and on Lou Reed's "
Satellite of Love" •
Bon Scott played recorder during his pre-
AC/DC career in the band
Fraternity •
Pete Seeger would occasionally play recorder, ofter in his improvisations. •
Grace Slick from
Jefferson Airplane played the recorder on the albums
Surrealistic Pillow (most notably in "
Comin' Back to Me" and "How Do You Feel"),
After Bathing at Baxter's and
Volunteers. •
Bruce Springsteen plays recorder on some of his tracks •
Sufjan Stevens •
Roy Wood from
The Move would play recorder frequently on The Move's albums. ==List of notable amateur recorder players==