RIP Hal Blaine: Arguably the greatest session drummer of all time. How good? Hal played on six consecutive Record of the Year winners:
1966 Herb Alpert & the Tijuana Brass for “A Taste of Honey”;
1967 Frank Sinatra for “Strangers in the Night”;
1968 The 5th Dimension for “Up, Up and Away”
1969 Simon & Garfunkel “Mrs. Robinson”
1970 and “Aquarius/Let the Sunshine In”;
1971 Simon & Garfunkel for “Bridge over Troubled Water”.
Other artists Hal recorded drums for include:
The 5th Dimension
Alessi
Herb Alpert & the Tijuana Brass
Nancy Ames
America
Paul Anka
The Association
Frankie Avalon
Hoyt Axton
Baja Marimba Band
The Beach Boys
Bob B. Soxx & the Blue Jeans
Graham Bond
Pat Boone
Elkie Brooks
Sam Butera and the Witnesses
The Byrds
J.J. Cale
Glen Campbell
Freddy Cannon
Captain & Tennille
The Carpenters
Mel Carter
The Cascades
Johnny Cash
Rosanne Cash
David Cassidy
Ray Charles
Cher
Petula Clark
Leonard Cohen
Nat King Cole
Sam Cooke
Johnny Crawford
The Crystals
Bobby Darin
James Darren
Sammy Davis, Jr.
Doris Day
John Denver
Jackie DeShannon
Neil Diamond
Patty Duke
Judith Durham
Duane Eddy
The Everly Brothers
Jose Feliciano
Connie Francis
Frizzell and West
Art Garfunkel
Bobby Gentry
Lesley Gore
The Grass Roots
Lorne Greene
Roosevelt Grier
Hamilton, Joe Frank and Reynolds
Albert Hammond
Emmylou Harris
Richard Harris
Neal Hefti
The Hondells
Thelma Houston
Jan and Dean
Jay and the Americans
Frankie Laine
Michael Landon
John Lennon
Gary Lewis and the Playboys
Jerry Lewis
Jerry Lee Lewis
Bob Lind
Jackie Lomax
Trini Lopez
Love
The Mamas & the Papas
Henry Mancini
Ann-Margret
The Marketts
Dean Martin
Barry McGuire
Scott McKenzie
The Monkees
Hugo Montenegro
Chris Montez
Gerry Mulligan
Juice Newton
Wayne Newton
Jack Nitzsche
Roy Orbison
Patti Page
The Partridge Family
Bernadette Peters
John Phillips
Elvis Presley
Louis Prima
Gary Puckett & The Union Gap
Helen Reddy
Paul Revere & the Raiders
The Rip Chords
Johnny Rivers
Howard Roberts
Tommy Roe
The Ronettes
Diana Ross
The Sandpipers
Tommy Sands
Paul Simon
Simon & Garfunkel
Frank Sinatra
Nancy Sinatra
Keely Smith
Sonny & Cher
Spanky and Our Gang
Dusty Springfield
Steely Dan
Barbra Streisand
The Supremes
Tanya Tucker
Ike and Tina Turner
Leslie Uggams
Jerry Vale
Bobby Vee
The Ventures
The Vogues
Shelly West
Andy Williams
Mason Williams
Al Wilson
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