Charlie Gillingham, (born Charles Thomas Gillingham, 26 January 1960, Torrance, California ), plays the Hammond B-3 organ, accordion, piano, and keyboards for Counting Crows. He has also played the bass guitar in live shows during certain songs such as "Miami" and "Holiday in Spain".
He was also a member of Zip Code Revue, and played keyboards on Train's 1998 debut album.
In 2004 Gillingham was nominated for an Oscar as co-composer of the song, "Accidentally in Love". He was put forward in the category 'Academy Award for Best Original Song' with his fellow songwriters Adam Duritz, Jim Bogios, David Immerglück, Matt Malley, David Bryson and Dan Vickrey. The track was used in the film, Shrek 2.
