Hal Blaine
Hal Blaine (* February 5, 1929 as Chaim Zalmon Belsky in Holyoke , Massachusetts - † March 11, 2019 in Palm Desert , California ) was an American musician. Blaine worked as a drummer for the group of studio musicians called The Wrecking Crew and was one of the most sought-after session musicians of the 1960s.
Life
At the age of 19, Hal Blaine decided to work as a professional studio musician. In the late 1950s he joined the band of the teenage idol Tommy Sands , but left them a few years later to work again as a studio musician in Los Angeles . That decision should herald a golden age for Blaine.
In 1960 he was hired to play the drums on Connie Francis ' song Mama . It was the first Top 10 hit on the Billboard charts that Blaine hit the drums. The following year he played for Elvis Presley ( Can't Help Falling in Love ). This finally helped him achieve a breakthrough. In 1963, a solo concept album for RCA Victor was released as "Hal Blaine (The Drummer Man) & The Young Cougars" with the title Deuces, "T's", Roadsters & Drums, which was thematically based entirely on the musical hot of the time -Rod - and surf - scene was cut (RCA Victor LPM / LSP 2834). In addition to Presley, Dean Martin , Jan & Dean , The Mamas and the Papas , The Byrds , Sonny and Cher , Gary Lewis , Frank Sinatra , Simon & Garfunkel and Jon Mark were among his regular customers. Blaine has also been featured on numerous Beach Boys albums . In the field of jazz he was involved in 32 recording sessions between 1960 and 2004, including a. with Irene Kral , Herb Alpert , Gene Norman , Frankie Randall / Billy May , June Christy , Howard Roberts , Gerry Mulligan , Steve Allen / Terry Gibbs , Tutti Camarata , Bud Shank , Nancy Wilson / Oliver Nelson , Shorty Rogers , Chet Baker and Ahmad Jamal .
For hit producers like Brian Wilson and Phil Spector , Blaine was indispensable.
Blaine has played on more hit singles than any other drummer in rock history. His discography includes 40 No. 1 singles, 150 top 10 singles, and 35,000 songs he was featured on.
In the mid-1970s, all was quiet around Blaine. The orders fell, because not only he - his regular customers had also grown older.
In March 2000, Blaine was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame . In 2016, Rolling Stone listed him as fifth of the 100 best drummers of all time .
Hal Blaine died on March 11, 2019 at the age of 90.
literature
- Biography: Hal Blaine and the Wrecking Crew. The Story of the World's Most Recorded Musician , 2nd edition, Rebeats Publications (USA), 2003.
Top 10 discography
1960
- Connie Francis : Mom - 8
1961
- Connie Francis: Where the Boys Are - 4
- Elvis Presley : Can't Help Falling in Love - 1
1962
- Elvis Presley: Return to Sender - 2
- Herb Alpert & TJB : The Lonely Bull - 6
- The Crystals : He's a Rebel - 1
1963
- Bobby Darin : Eighteen Yellow Roses - 10
- Bob B. Soxx & the Blue Jeans : Zip a Dee Doo Dah - 8
- Bobby Vee : The Night Has 1,000 Eyes - 3
- Elvis Presley: You're the Devil in Disguise - 3
- Jan & Dean : Surf City - 1
- Jan & Dean: Drag City - 10
- Lesley Gore : She's a Fool - 5th
- Sam Cooke : Another Saturday Night - Jan.
- The Beach Boys : Surfin 'USA - 3
- The Beach Boys: Be True to Your School - 6
- The Beach Boys: Surfer Girl / Deuce Coupe - 7
- The Cascades : Rhythm of the Rain - 3
- The Crystals: Da Doo Ron Ron - 3
- The Crystals: And Then He Kissed Me - 6
- The Ronettes : Be My Baby - 2
1964
- Dean Martin : Everybody Loves Somebody - 1
- Dean Martin: The Door Is Still Open - 6
- Jan & Dean: Little Old Lady from Pasadena - 3
- Jan & Dean: Dead Man's Curve - 8
- Jay & the Americans : Come a Little Bit Closer - 3
- Johnny Rivers : Mountain of Love - Sept.
- Lorne Greene : Ringo - 1st
- Roy Orbison : It's Over - 9
- The Beach Boys : I Get Around - 1
- The Beach Boys: Fun Fun Fun - 5
- The Beach Boys: Dance Dance Dance - 8
- The Hondells : Little Honda - 9
- The Marketts : Out of Limits - 3
- The Rip Chords : Hey Little Cobra - 4
1965
- Barry McGuire : Eve of Destruction - Jan.
- Gary Lewis & The Playboys : This Diamond Ring - 1
- Gary Lewis & The Playboys: Count Me In - 2
- Gary Lewis & The Playboys: Save Your Heart - 2
- Gary Lewis & The Playboys: Everybody Loves a Clown - 4
- Herb Alpert & TJB: A Taste of Honey - 7
- Jay & The Americans: Cara Mia - 4th
- Johnny Rivers: Seventh Son of a Seventh Son - 7
- Mel Carter : Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me - 8
- The Beach Boys: Help Me Rhonda - 1
- The Beach Boys: California Girls - 3
- The Byrds : Mr. Tambourine Man - 1
- The Vogues : You're the One - 4
- Vic Dana : Red Roses for a Blue Lady - 10
1966
- Bob Lind : Elusive Butterfly - 5th
- Bobby Darin: If I Were a Carpenter - 8
- Frank Sinatra : Strangers in the Night - 1
- Frank Sinatra: That's Life - 4
- Gary Lewis & The Playboys: She's Just My Style - 3
- Gary Lewis & The Playboys: Sure Gonna Miss Her - 9
- Johnny Rivers: Poor Side of Town - Jan.
- Nancy Sinatra : Boots - 1
- Nancy Sinatra: Sugar Town - 5th
- Nancy Sinatra: How's That Grab You Darlin '? - 7th
- Petula Clark : I Couldn't Live without Your Love - 9
- Petula Clark: My Love - 1
- Simon & Garfunkel : I Am a Rock - 3
- Simon & Garfunkel: Homeward Bound - 5
- The Association : Along Comes Mary - 7
- The Beach Boys: Good Vibrations - 1
- The Beach Boys: Barbara Ann - 2
- The Beach Boys: Sloop John B. - 3
- The Beach Boys: Wouldn't It Be Nice - 8
- The Mamas and the Papas : Monday, Monday - 1
- The Mamas and the Papas: California Dreamin ' - 4
- The Mamas and the Papas: I Saw Her Again Last Night - 5
- The Sandpipers : Guantanamera - 9
- The T-Bones : No Matter What the Shape - 3
1967
- Bobby Vee : Come Back When You Grow Up - 3
- Frank & Nancy Sinatra: Something Stupid - 1
- Johnny Rivers: Baby I Need Your Lovin ' - 3
- Johnny Rivers: Tracks of My Tears - 10
- Paul Revere & the Raiders : Him or Me, What's It Gonna Be? - 5th
- Petula Clark: Love, This Is My Song - 3
- Scott McKenzie : San Francisco (Be Sure to Wear Flowers in Your Hair) - 4
- The Association: Windy - 1
- The Association: Never My Love - 2
- The Fifth Dimension : Up, Up & Away - 7
- The Grass Roots : Let's Live For Today - 8
- The Mamas and the Papas: Dedicated to the One I Love - 2
- The Mamas and the Papas, Creeque Alley - 5th
- The Mamas and the Papas: Words of Love - 5
- The Monkees : A Little Bit Me - 2
- The Supremes : The Happening - 1
1968
- The First Edition : I Just Dropped In (To See What Condition My Condition Was In) - 5
- Gary Puckett & the Union Gap : Young Girl - 2
- Richard Harris : MacArthur Park - 2
- Simon & Garfunkel: Mrs. Robinson - 1
- The Association: Everything That Touches You - 10
- The Fifth Dimension: Stoned Soul Picnic - 3
- The Grass Roots: Midnight Confessions - 5
- The Vogues: My Special Angel - 7
- The Vogues: Turn Around, Look at Me - 7
1969
- Gary Puckett & the Union Gap: This Girl's a Woman Now - Sept.
- Glen Campbell : Galveston - 4th
- Henry Mancini : Love Theme — Romeo & Juliet - 1
- Neil Diamond : Holly Holy - 6
- The Fifth Dimension : Aquarius / Let The Sun Shine - 1
- The Fifth Dimension: Wedding Bell Blues - 1
- Tommy Roe : Dizzy - 1st
- Tommy Roe: Jam Up and Jelly Tight - 8
1970
- Neil Diamond: Cracklin 'Rose - 1
- Simon & Garfunkel: Bridge over Troubled Water - 1
- Simon & Garfunkel: Cecilia - 4
- The Carpenters : Close to You - 1
- The Carpenters: We've Only Just Begun - 2
- The Fifth Dimension: One Less Bell to Answer - 2
1971
- Andy Williams : Love Story Theme - 9
- Barbra Streisand : Stoney End - 6
- David Cassidy : Cherish - 9
- Hamilton, Joe Frank & Reynolds: Don't Pull Your Love Out - 4
- Neil Diamond: I Am, I Said - 4
- Paul Revere & The Raiders: Indian Reservation - Jan.
- The Carpenters: Rainy Days & Mondays - 2
- The Carpenters: Superstar - 2
- The Carpenters: For All We Know - 3
- The Grass Roots: Sooner or Later - 9
- The Partridge Family: I Think I Love You - 1
- The Partridge Family: Doesn't Somebody Want to Be Wanted - 6
- The Partridge Family: I'll Meet You Half Way - 9
Web links
- Hal Blaine at Discogs (English)
- Official website
Individual evidence
- ↑ Hal Blaine, most honored drummer in rock history, dies at Palm Desert home in Desert Sun on March 12, 2019
- ↑ Hal Blaine & The Young Cougars - Deuces, “T's”, Roadsters & Drums at Discogs (English)
- ↑ Tom Lord : The Jazz Discography (online, accessed March 12, 2019)
- ↑ 100 Greatest Drummers of All Time. Rolling Stone , March 31, 2016, accessed August 6, 2017 .
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Blaine, Hal |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Belsky, Chaim Zalmon |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American musician |
DATE OF BIRTH | February 5, 1929 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Holyoke , Massachusetts |
DATE OF DEATH | March 11, 2019 |
Place of death | Palm Desert , California |