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Legendary Drummer Hal Blaine, Who Played For Everyone From Beach Boys to Elvis Presley, Dead at 90

Hal Blaine played on rock hits like "Bridge Over Troubled Water" and "Good Vibrations" Rachel DeSantis is a senior writer on the music team at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE since 2019, and ...
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Drum heroes: Wrecking Crew legend Hal Blaine, Neil Peart's "six favourite drummers"

He played on six consecutive Grammy award-winning Record of the Year performances from 1966 through to 1971, as a key member of The Wrecking Crew (the name coined by Blaine for a group of successful ...
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Drummer Hal Blaine, played on hits of Sinatra and Elvis, dies

Hal Blaine, the Hall of Fame session drummer and virtual one-man soundtrack of the 1960s and '70s who played on the songs of Frank Sinatra, Elvis Presley and the Beach Boys and laid down one of ...
Los Angeles Times

Hal Blaine, prolific ‘Wrecking Crew’ drummer who worked with Frank Sinatra and Elvis, dies at 90

Drummer Hal Blaine, one of the most recorded musicians in pop music history whose powerful percussion work shaped the sound of scores of hit records, died Monday at age 90, his family announced.
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Hal Blaine, Wrecking Crew Drummer and Rock Hall of Fame Member, Dies at 90

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Drummer Hal Blaine, who propelled dozens of major hit records during the ‘60s and ‘70s as a member of the “Wrecking Crew,” ...
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Legendary Holyoke drummer Hal Blaine dead at 90

Drummer Hal Blaine, who provided the back beat for acts ranging from Frank SInatra to Elvis Presley to the Beach Boys, died on Monday. He was 90. His death was announced on his official Facebook page ...
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Remembering Prolific Rock 'N' Roll Drummer Hal Blaine

Blaine, who died Monday, recorded with Elvis Presley, Aretha Franklin, Frank Sinatra, The Beach Boys and many others . Originally broadcast in 2001. This is FRESH AIR. I'm David Bianculli, editor of ...
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Drummer Hal Blaine, who played on hundreds of rock’s greatest songs, is dead at 90

Drummer Hal Blaine, whose smooth backbeat anchored many of the greatest hits of the ’60s and ‘70s, including the Beach Boys’ “Good Vibrations,” the Byrds’ “Mr. Tambourine Man” and Simon & Garfunkel’s ...
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Hal Blaine

Hal Blaine may well be the most profilic drummer in rock and roll history. He's certainly played on more hit records than any drummer in the rock era, including 40 #1 singles and 150 that made the Top ...
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Holyoke-born drummer Hal Blaine, who played on hits of Sinatra, Elvis, dies

LOS ANGELES — Hal Blaine, the Hall of Fame session drummer and virtual one-man soundtrack of the 1960s and ‘70s who played on the songs of Frank Sinatra, Elvis Presley and the Beach Boys and laid down ...
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Hal Blaine, prolific ‘Wrecking Crew’ drummer who worked with Frank Sinatra and Elvis, dies at 90

Drummer Hal Blaine, one of the most recorded musicians in pop music history whose powerful percussion work shaped the sound of scores of hit records, died Monday at age 90, his family announced.