Can you think of any pop, folk, rock or other songs that contain a French Horn?

Question

Like Patty Griffin's The Rowing Song, I'm looking for non-march, symphonic songs that use the french horn as backup or in other ways...there may be old Beatles songs that have it.

Answer 1

Yes, "For-One" by The Beatles had a French horn section, played by a guy called Alan Civil.

More about him:

http://www.hornsociety.org/PEOPLE/Honor/civil.html

Amusing story about the recording itself:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/For_No_One

Analysis of the song:

http://www.icce.rug.nl/~soundscapes/DATABASES/AWP/fno.shtml

It's on the album "Revolver", available here:

http://www.amazon.com/Revolver-UK-Beatles/dp/B000002UAR

(NB: "Penny Lane" featured piccolo trumpets, and "Fool On The Hill" had recorders. Neither of them had French horn.)

Modern rock rarely features it, but this band used it on this album:

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B00061F8M8/qid=1113233880/sr=2-1/ref=pd_bbs_b_2_1

Answer 2

Sure. "Penny Lane" by The Beatles.