ABOUT PHIL UPCHURCH
R&B and jazz bassist whose song "You Can't Sit Down" sold over one million copies and received a gold disc.
He started playing professionally with groups like The Spaniels before working with artists like Curtis Mayfield .
He led his own quartet in the 1970s, which featured Quincy Jones , among others.
Sonya Maddox is his seventh wife and Sean Rickman is his son.
He recorded with a diverse group of artists in the 1980s, including Michael Jackson .
