[1] He was part of the loose collective of the area's leading session musicians later popularly known as The Wrecking Crew, who played on thousands of studio recordings in the 1960s and 1970s, including several hundred Top 40 hits.
[3] He recorded with most of the top musicians working in the Los Angeles area including the Beach Boys, the Mamas & the Papas, the Everly Brothers, the Association, Barbra Streisand, Jan and Dean, the 5th Dimension, Elvis Presley, Sam Cooke, Ella Fitzgerald, Frank Zappa, Ricky Nelson, Cher, and Nancy and Frank Sinatra as well as on Richard Harris' classic "MacArthur Park".
His playing can be found on Jack Nitzsche's "The Lonely Surfer", on Wayne Newton's version of "Danke Schoen", B. Bumble and the Stingers's "Nut Rocker", the Rip Chords' "Hey Little Cobra", the Ronettes' "Be My Baby", the Sandpipers' "Guantanamera", the T-Bones' "No Matter What Shape'" and Nino Tempo & April Stevens' version of "Deep Purple".
As a solo artist, Tedesco recorded a number of jazz guitar albums, but his musical career ended in 1992 when he suffered a stroke that resulted in partial paralysis.
With Paul Anka With Hoyt Axton With Joan Baez With Chet Baker With The Beach Boys With Stephen Bishop With J. J. Cale With Terry Callier With David Cassidy With Bill Conti With Sam Cooke With The Crystals With Bobby Darin With Jackie DeShannon With Neil Diamond With The 5th Dimension With Don Ellis With Aretha Franklin With Michael Franks With Ace Frehley With Art Garfunkel With Gale Garnett With Richard Harris With Johnny Hartman With Jan and Dean With Quincy Jones With Al Kooper With Peggy Lee With Kenny Loggins With The Mamas & the Papas With Hugh Masekela With Roger McGuinn With The Monkees With Maria Muldaur With Walter Murphy With Anne Murray With Michael Nesmith With Randy Newman With Harry Nilsson With Jack Nitzsche With Van Dyke Parks With Billy Preston With Minnie Riperton With Johnny Rivers With Linda Ronstadt With Leon Russell With The Sandpipers With Lalo Schifrin With Frank Sinatra With Sarah Vaughan With Lenny Williams