Former a HOOFER, as a kid with his Mom and Aunt on-stage, Mr. RHYTHM, the great EARL PALMER.....we were walking out of a club together and up walks a familiar face....the great Hoofer and Movie Star, GREGORY HINES who put his arms around Earl in a bear-hug....they were best buddies. I love Gregory Hines, his great dancing (RIP) and it was a thrill to see my good friend Earl Palmer so loved by another great talent. So many VIPs loved Earl, including Bonnie Raitt and some of the greatest in Jazz, Wynton Marsalis etc. SOME of Earls fine recording Credits since 1947 in New Orleans and 1957 in Hollywood, including many a movie and TV show like Mission Impossible as No. 1 most-recording drummer of all time, and my favorite drummer and long-time friend...... >>>>>>>>Singles: 1947-1949 Dave Bartholomew Daves Boggie Woogie, Stardust, others, Fats Domino The Fat Man, Detroit City Blues. 1950: Dave Bartholomew Good Jax Boggie, etc. Fats Domino Every Night About This Time, Jewel King, Tommy Ridgley, Joe Turner Jumpin Tonight Midnight Rockin 1951 Fats Domino Rockin Chair 1952 Dave Bartholomew Little Girl Sing Ding-a-ling etc., Fats Domino Mardi Gras in New Orleans, Smily Lewis The Bells Are Ringing, Lloyd Price Lawdy Miss Clawdy, Shirley & Lee Im Gone 1953 Fats Domino Little School Girl, Rose Mary, Swanee River Hop, Shirly & Lee Big Mamou 1954 Dave Bartholomew Jump Children, Cat Music, When The Saints Go Marching In, etc., James Booker, Ernie K-Doe, Earl King, Professor Longhair (In The Night), Spiders, Earl Williams I Cant Go On. 1955 Fats Domino Bo Weevil, Im In Love Again, My Blue Heaven, Poor Me; Smiley Lewis I hear You Knocking, One Night, Little Richard Directly From My Heart, Kansas City, Tuttie Frutti, Bob Luman Red Hot, Roy Montrell Ooh Wow, Shirley & Lee Feel So Good 1956 Lee Allen, Charles Brown (Ill Always Be In Love With You, Merry Christmas Baby; Roy Borwn Saturday Night, Fats Domino When My Dreamboat Comes Home, Merle Kilgore, Earl King, Little Richard The Girl Cant Help It, Long Tall Sally, Slippin & Slidin, Amos Milburn, Art Neville Ooh-Whee Baby, Shirley & Lee Let The Good Times Roll, Spider Thats My Desiire 1957 Let the 4 Winds Blow, Party Doll, Sam Cooke Forever, You Send Me, Sugarboy Crawford, Fats Domino Im Walkin, Don and Dewey Im Leavin It All Up To You, Thurston Harris, Hollywood Flames, Little Richard Baby Face, Jenny Jenny, Miss Ann, Lucille Marvin & Johnny Pretty Eyes, Percy Mayfield Please Believce Me, Ricky Nelson Bebop Baby, Im Walkin etc., Earl Palmers Party Rockers, Tommy Sands Sing Boy Sing, Slim whitman Unchain My Heart, Larry Williams 1958 Burnette Bros. Eugene Chuch, Eddie Cochran Summertime Blues etc., Bobby Day Rockin Robin, The Bluebird, etc. Doris Day Everybody Loves a Lover, Fats Domino I Hear You Knocking, Margi, Don & Dewey Koko Joe, Jan & Arnie, Johnny Otis Show Willie and the Hand Jive, Little Richard Good Golly Miss Molly, Earl Palmers own Drum Village, Art & Dotty Todd Chanson damour, Ritch Valens, Come On Lets Go, Donna, La Bamba, Larry Williams Heebie Jeebies, Sheb Wooley The Purple People Eater. 1959: Dorsey Burnette There Was a Tall Oak Tree, Edd Byrnes Kookie, Kookie etc. Eddie Cochran, Don & Dewey, Ernie Field In The Mood, Jan & Dean Baby Talk, Don Ralke Bourbon St. Beat, Chan Romero, Spectors Three I Really Do, April Stevens Teach Me Tiger, Connie Stevens 16 Reasons, Teddy Bears Oh Why, 1960: Bobby Barre Book of Love, Walter Brennan Dutchmans Gold, Dorsey Burnette Hey Little One, Dante & The Evergreens Alley Oop, Bobby Vee Devil or Angle, Dinah Washington Love Walked In. 1961: Paul Anka Dance On Little Girl, B. Bumble & The Stingers: Bumble Boogie, Caravan, Nutrocker, Glen Campbell: Turn Around Look at Me, Castelles, Sacred, Sam Cooke - Stupid, Twistin The Night Away, Bobby Darin - You Must Have Been a Beautiful Baby, Jackie DeShannon - Heaven Is Being With You, Fleetwoods - Hes the Great Impostor, Tragedy, Lettermen - When I Fall In Love, Limelighters - A Dollar Down, Gene McDaniels - Chip Chip, A Hundred Pounds of Clay, Toward of Strength, Lou Rawls - Above My Head, Simms Twins Sooth Me,l Bobby Vee - Run to Him, Take Good Care of My Baby, Dinah Washington - Our Love Is Here To Stay, Sept. in The Rain, Jimmy Witherspoon - Warm Your Heart, Timi Yuro - Hurt. 1962: Herb Alpert & Tijuana Brass - The Lonely Bull, Walter Brennan - Mama Sang a Song, Anita Bryant Till There Was You, Vikki Carr - Hes a Rebel, Ray Charles - I Cant Stop Lovin You, You Dont Know Me, Nat King Cole - Ramblin Rose, Johnny Crawford - Cindys Birthday, Bobby Darin - Youre the Reason Im Living, Duane Eddy - The Ballad of Paladin, Deep in The Heart of Texas, Everly Bros. - Dont Ask Me To Be Friends, Ketty Lester - Love Letters, Willlie Nelson - Half a Man, Clifford Scott - The Kangaroo, Walk That Twist, Frank Sinatra - Everybodys Twistin, Bobby Vee - The Night Has a Thousand Eyes. 1963: Roy Clark: Through the Eyes of a Fool, Bobby Darin - Treat My Baby Good, Everly Bros. - Its been Nice, Jan & Dean - Drag City, Surf City, Wayne Jennings Rave On, Willie Nelson - Opportunity to Cry, Nino Tempo/April Stevens - Deep Purple, Andy Williams - Cant Get Used to Losing You. 1964: Beefeaters (later called the Byrds) - Please Let Me Love You/It Wont Be Wrong, Roy Clark When the Wind Blows in Chicago, Sam Cooke - Shake, A Change is Gonna Come, Vic Damone - On the Street Where You Live, Jan & Dean Dead Mans Curve, The Little Ol Lady From Pasadena, New Girl In School; Little Richard - Bama Lama Bama Lou, Righteous Bros. Youve Lost That Lovin Feeling, Ronettes Born to Be Together, You Baby,Glenn Yarbrough Baby The Rain Must Fall. 1965: Beach Boys - Please Let Me Wonder, Stan Kenton - Theme from Peyton Place, Righteous Bros. Just Once In My Life, Unchained Melody, Sonny & Cher What Now My Love, Supremes A Lovers Concerto 1966: Ray Charles Lets Go Get Stoned, Jackie De Shannon I can Make it With You, Tim Hardin Itll Never Happen Again, Misty Roses, Neal Hefti Batman Theme, Brenda Holloway Where Were You, PJ Proby Niki Hoeky, Righteous Bros. Soul & Inspiration, Ike & Tina Turner A Love Like Yours, River Deep - Mountain High. 1967: Bobbie Gentry Okolona River Bottom Band, Brenda Holloway You Made Me So Very Happy, Monkees Tapioca Tundra, Lou Rawls Dead End Street, Paul Revere & Raiders Legend of Paul Revere Lalo Schifrin Mission Impossible. 1968: Ray Charles Eleanor Rigby, I Dont Need No Doctor, Fats Domino Lady Madonna, Little Richard Baby Dont You Tear My Clothes, Stingy Jenny, Monkees Its Nice to Be With You, Lou Rawls Down Here on The Ground, Natural Man, Marty Robbins Padre. 1969: Sonny Charles & The Checkmates, Proud Mary, James Brown, World part 1, Jimy Durante He Aint Heavy Hes My Brother, Screamin Jay Hawkins Constipation Blues. 1970 Jose Feliciano, and other artists such as: Beach Boys, Ella Fitzgerald, the Jackson 5, Gladys Knight & The Pips, Peggy Lee, Diana Ross, Frank Sinatra, Barbra Steisand, The Temptations, Dionne Warwick. (Motown stuff was cut without contracts from 1963 on for Earl along with the rest of the studio musicians: Supremes, Four Tops etc.), tons of albums throughout the years with the above artists also. a select few Motion Picture Scores 1961: Judgment at Nuremberg, 1963: Hud and Its a Mad Mad Mad Mad World; 1964: Baby The Rain Must Fall, 1974 - Cinderella Liberty, For Petes Sake, Freebie and the Bean, Harry & Tonto, The Longest Yard, 1975- Matt Helm, 1977 - The Deep, Greased Lightning, The Island of Dr. Moreau, New York New York. 1978 An Unmarried Woman, 1979, Breaking Away, The Rose. `982 - The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas, Cannery Row, Honkytonk Man. 1984 - Gremlins. 1985 Armed & Dangerous. 1986 - The Money Pit, Top Gun. 1987 - The Big Town, Predator, Tin Men. 1988 - Cocktail. ;1989 - The Fabulous Baker Boys. 1990 - The Hot Spot. Some TV shows which include: M Squad, 77 Sunset Strip, Bourbon St. Beat, Hawaiian Eye, Peyton Place, I Dream of Jeannie, Green Acres, Ironside, The Outsider, It Takes a Thief, The Leslie Uggams Show, The Brady Bunch, Della, The Partridge Family, The Odd Couple, The Pearl Bailey Show, MASH 1972-83, The Midnight Special from Carol: Note...Earl did a LOT more than the above which was taken from his book as well as from contracts too....I played on a ton of the above stuff with him. we were very close, and enjoyed playing together, a wonderful man, great Daddy, great friend to all musicians, and a fine person, loved, admired and cared about by everyone as well as #1 DRUMMER/MUSICIAN! Hes also well-known and loved in the UK for his recorded hits here in the USA which include: Youve Lost That Lovin Feelin - Righteous Bros., Mountain Deep River High - Tina Turner, Do I Love You - 65 Motown dance hit by Frank Wilson, I Dont Need No Doctor - Ray Charles, Mission Impossible etc. 1
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