Adam Schlesinger
Name a bass player who has a gift for crafting unforgettable melodies, a genius for crisp arrangements and the soul of a storyteller. If you guessed Paul McCartney or Sting, you’d be close. Though Adam Schlesinger never achieved the household fame of those other guys, his songs belong in the same league. Most famous for “Stacy’s Mom,” recorded by his band Fountains of Wayne and for the equally catchy title song of the Tom Hanks film “That Thing You Do,” Schlesinger was also the unsung hero behind at least 3 different bands and a legendary composer for film and TV. Just 52 when COVID took him from us, Adam Schlesinger is gone too soon but his hooks will never quit.