March 11, 20196 yr one of the finest drummers to ever pick up the sticks. Wrecking Crew guy. Here's a list of the #1 songs that he played on: (wiki) "Johnny Angel" – Shelley Fabares (03/03/62) "He's a Rebel" – The Crystals (10/06/62) "Surf City" – Jan & Dean (06/22/63) "I Get Around" – The Beach Boys (07/04/64) "Everybody Loves Somebody" – Dean Martin (07/11/64) "Ringo" – Lorne Greene (11/07/64) "This Diamond Ring" – Gary Lewis & the Playboys (01/23/65) "Help Me, Rhonda" – The Beach Boys (05/01/65) "Mr Tambourine Man" – The Byrds (06/05/65) "Eve of Destruction" – Barry McGuire (08/28/65) "My Love" – Petula Clark (01/15/66) "These Boots Are Made for Walkin'" – Nancy Sinatra (02/05/66) "Monday Monday" – The Mamas & the Papas (04/16/66) "Strangers in the Night" – Frank Sinatra (07/02/66) "Poor Side of Town" – Johnny Rivers (10/08/66) "Good Vibrations" – The Beach Boys (10/29/66) "Somethin' Stupid" – Frank & Nancy Sinatra (03/25/67) "The Happening" – The Supremes (04/15/67)[14][1] "Windy" – The Association (06/03/67) "Mrs. Robinson" – Simon & Garfunkel (05/04/68) "Dizzy" – Tommy Roe (03/15/69) "Aquarius/Let the Sunshine In" – The 5th Dimension (04/12/69) "Love Theme from Romeo and Juliet" – Henry Mancini (05/24/69) "Wedding Bell Blues" – The 5th Dimension (10/04/69) "Bridge Over Troubled Water" – Simon & Garfunkel (02/14/70) "(They Long to Be) Close to You" – The Carpenters (06/27/70) "Cracklin' Rosie" – Neil Diamond (08/29/70) "I Think I Love You" – The Partridge Family (10/31/70) "Indian Reservation" – The Raiders (05/29/71) "Song Sung Blue" – Neil Diamond (05/13/72) "Half Breed" – Cher (09/01/73) "Annie's Song" – John Denver (06/15/74) "Top of the World" – The Carpenters (10/20/74) "The Way We Were" – Barbra Streisand (12/22/74) "Thank God I'm a Country Boy" – John Denver (04/05/75) "Love Will Keep Us Together" – Captain & Tennille (05/24/75) "I'm Sorry"/"Calypso" – John Denver (08/30/75) "Theme from Mahogany (Do You Know Where You're Going To)" – Diana Ross (01/24/76) Edited March 11, 20196 yr by Gil Bang
March 12, 20196 yr If you heard it on the radio in the 60's or 70's, there was a pretty decent chance you were hearing his drumming. A giant.
March 12, 20196 yr Author taking another look at the list I posted upstream. Bridge over troubled water. The fucking drums on that...
March 12, 20196 yr Just saw this. Incredible. he was a pretty good actor as well, I have about 20 minutes of outtakes from "Smile" of clips like this, him and the Beach Boys screwing around, there were going to be radio promos for an album that never was...
March 15, 20196 yr NPR Fresh Air interview w Blaine https://www.npr.org/templates/transcript/transcript.php?storyId=392780627
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