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 — ...

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 ...

Drummer Hal Blaine, who propelled dozens of major hit records during the ‘60s and ‘70s as a member of the “Wrecking Crew,” Hollywood’s elite, ubiquitous cadre of first-call studio musicians, died ...

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 ...

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 ...

Hal Blaine, the legendary session musician labeled by the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as perhaps “the most prolific drummer in rock and roll history,” died Monday. He was 90. Blaine’s death was ...

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 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 ...

You may recall that last week Carol Kaye – living legend of bass playing and member of the so-called Wrecking Crew – turned down her invitation into the Rock N’ Roll Hall Of Fame and expressed disdain ...

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 ...

Blaine, who died Monday, recorded with Elvis Presley, Aretha Franklin, Frank Sinatra, The Beach Boys and many others . Originally broadcast in 2001. Remembering Prolific Rock 'N' Roll Drummer Hal ...