Saxophonist, Session Musician. Member of the Wrecking Crew. Born Steven Douglas Kreisman in Los Angeles, California to a musical family (his mother sang with Stan Kenton), he was raised in Fresno before moving back to L.A. at the age of 13. Douglas played the trombone, trumpet & violin in his youth but when he heard the saxophone playing of Chuck Higgins on "Pachuko Hop," he decided to focus on the saxophone. Months later, Douglas would be playing at sessions and concerts at El Monte Legion Stadium (hosted by DJ Hunter Hancock). Upon graduating from Fairfax High School in 1958, Douglas joined Duane Eddy's studio-touring band, playing the sax on hits like: "Peter Gunn," "Forty Miles of Bad Road," "Cannonball," and others. After his collaborations with Eddy ended, Douglas found frequent work as a session musician for a slew of pop, R&B & rock songs. He met Phil Spector around this time, forming a band that disbanded when Spector moved to New York City in 1961. Spector formed the Philles Records record label upon moving to NYC and recruited Douglas to join a band of session musicians that later became known as The Wrecking Crew when he moved the label west in 1962. Other Wrecking Crew members include: bassists Carol Kaye and Ray Pohlman, drummers Earl Palmer and Hal Blaine, pianists Don Randi and Leon Russell, guitarists Barney Kessel, Bill Pitman, Glen Campbell, Howard Roberts and Tommy Tedesco. These musicians played a key role in creating Phil Spector's Wall of Sound. A few of the hit songs Douglas provided the saxophone towards include: "Da Doo Ron Ron," "He's a Rebel," "Shut Down," The Little Old Lady (from Pasadena)," "Surfin' USA," "Return to Sender," "Good Vibrations," "River Deep – Mountain High," "Christmas (Baby Please Come Home)," "Harlem Shuffle," and hundreds of other singles. The artists he recorded with were: The Ronettes, The Beach Boys, Brian Wilson, Frank Sinatra, B.B. King, Ricky Nelson, J.J. Cale, The Crystals, Righteous Brothers, Ike & Tina Turner, Elvis Presley, Bob Dylan, Aretha Franklin, Darlene Love, Ry Cooder and numerous others. Outside of recording, Douglas worked as an A&R man at Capitol Records from 1964 to 1967, signing and overseeing hits by Billy Preston, Bobby Darin & Glen Campbell among others. Douglas moved to Mercury Records signing The Asylum Choir, Blue Cheer & Leon Russell. He even owned his own label, Pentagram Records. Douglas went on Bob Dylan's 1978 world tour and played on the Dylan albums, Street-Legal and Bob Dylan at Budokan. He would record a few solo albums as well like: The Music of Cheops and Hot Sax. During a recording session on April 19, 1993 with Ry Cooder, Douglas collapsed and died of a heart attack. Douglas was an influence on fellow saxophonists: Denis Payton (The Dave Clark Five), Ian McDonald (King Crimson/Foreigner), Clarence Clemons (The E Street Band) and Kirk Pengilly (INXS). In 2003, Douglas was posthumously inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame under the Sideman category.