Nickname: The Professor
Birthdate: July 2, 1949 Rockaway Beach, NY
Secret Ambition: Play and win at Wimbledon
First Joined Bruce Springsteen: Aug. 23, 1974
Se ho bisogno di qualcosa di particolare, di dare vita alle mie fantasie sulle tastiere, posso contare sul mio caro amico Roy. Sembra che abbia trenta dita, ottantotto tasti non bastano per il Professore. È lui l’artefice del sound dei miei dischi migliori: gli arpeggi pianistici e le melodie da carillon sono pura E Street così come il sax di Clarence. (Bruce Springsteen – Born To Run)
Alcune collaborazioni di Roy Bittan
– “Even a Broken Clock Is Right Twice a Day” Roy’s first band (1972).
– Niki Aukema (1974).
– David Bowie – Station to Station (1975), Scary Monsters and Super Creeps (1980), Changesbowie (1996).
– Jackson Browne – The Pretender (1976).
– Russell Morris – 2 (1977).
– Ronnie Spector & the E Street Band – “Say Goodbye To Hollywood” (1977).
– Meat Loaf – Bat Out of Hell (1977), Dead Ringer (1981), Bat Out of Hell II: Back Into Hell (1993).
– Peter Gabriel – Two (1978).
– Ian Hunter – You’re Never Alone with a Schizophrenic (1979).
– Dire Straits – Making Movies (1980).
– Garland Jeffries – Escape Artist (1980).
– Miguel Rios – (1980) (?).
– Stevie Nicks – Belladonna (1981), The Wild Heart (1983).
– Jim Steinman – Bad For Good (1981).
– Gary U.S. Bonds – Dedication (1981), On the Line (1982).
– Jimmy Mack & the Jumpers (1981).
– Ellen Foley – Spirit of St. Louis (1981).
– Donna Summer (1982).
– Bob Seger – The Distance (1983), The Fire Inside (1991), It’s a Mystery (1995).
– Bonnie Tyler – Faster Than The Speed of Light (1983).
– Chris Mancini (1983).
– Patty Smyth – Patty Smyth (1992).
– Tracy Chapman – Matters of the Heart (1992).
– Darlene Love – “All Alone On Christmas” single (1992).
– Patti Scialfa – Rumble Doll (1993).
– The Jeff Healey Band – Cover to Cover (1995).
– Disappear Fear – Seed in the Sahara (1996).
– Catie Curtis (1997)
– Chicago XXV (1998).
– David Lang – Songs from an English Garden (1998).
– Lucinda Williams – Car Wheels on a Gravel Road (1998)
