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 ...

LOS ANGELES (AP) — 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 ...

Hal Blaine, the studio drummer who lent his signature sounds and structure to scores of Grammy-winning and chart-topping songs — from Frank Sinatra and Dean Martin to the Byrds and the Beach Boys — ...

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 ...

The late Holyoke drummer Hal Blaine has been recognized as one of history’s most recorded studio drummers. His work with The Beach Boys, The Ronettes and other bands in the 1960s and 1970s earned him ...

Hal Blaine, who died Monday at age 90, was one of the most prolific drummers in the history of rock 'n' roll. He recorded with such artists as Elvis Presley and Roy Orbison, Aretha Franklin and The ...

"The Big Beat" consists of interviews conducted with 14 of the rock music's greatest drummers, including Ringo Star, Charlie ...

Legendary Drummer Hal Blaine, Member of L.A.’s the Wrecking Crew, Dead at 90From the Ronettes to Simon & Garfunkel to Barbra Streisand, chances are there’s a Hal Blaine track close to your heart.

LOS ANGELES (AP) – 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 ...