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Post #409198 by King Bushwich the 33rd on Sun, Sep 21, 2008 9:41 PM

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Earl Palmer - Legendary New Orleans session drummer
10/25/1924-9/19/2008

All about Jazz: Earl Palmer

Drummer World: Earl Palmer

Palmer recorded with Frank Sinatra, Bobby Darin, Sam Cooke, Glen Campbell, Dizzy Gillespie, Count Basie, Ray Charles, Nat King Cole, the Everly Brothers, the Beach Boys, Willie Nelson, Sonny & Cher, the Supremes, the Monkees, Herb Alpert and the Tijuana Brass, Paul Anka, Mel Torme, the Ronettes, Jan & Dean, Lou Rawls, James Brown, Screamin' Jay Hawkins, Marvin Gaye, Sarah Vaughan and Neil Young.

He was the drummer on Ike and Tina Turner's “River Deep Mountain High,” the Righteous Brothers' smash “You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin'” and Ritchie Valens' signature “La Bamba.”

Palmer was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2000.