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 A Few Earl Palmer Credits

Singles: 1947-1949 Dave Bartholomew "Dave's 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 I'm 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 Can't Go On.

1955 Fats Domino Bo Weevil, I'm 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 (I'll 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 Can't Help It, Long Tall Sally, Slippin & Slidin', Amos Milburn,

Art Neville Ooh-Whee Baby,

Shirley & Lee Let The Good Times Roll,

Spider That's My Desiire

1957 Let the 4 Winds Blow, Party Doll,

Sam Cooke Forever, You Send Me,

Sugarboy Crawford,

Fats Domino I'm Walkin',

Don and Dewey I'm 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 Believe Me,

Ricky Nelson Bebop Baby, I'm Walkin etc.,

Earl Palmer's 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 Palmer's own "Drum Village",

Art & Dotty Todd Chanson d'amour",

Ritch Valens, Come On Let's 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 Dutchman's 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 - He's 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 - He's a Rebel,

Ray Charles - I Can't Stop Lovin' You, You Don't Know Me,

Nat King Cole - Ramblin' Rose,

Johnny Crawford - Cindy's Birthday,

Bobby Darin - You're the Reason I'm Living,

Duane Eddy - The Ballad of Paladin, Deep in The Heart of Texas, Everly Bros. - Don't Ask Me To Be Friends,

Ketty Lester - Love Letters,

Willie Nelson - Half a Man,

Clifford Scott - The Kangaroo, Walk That Twist,

Frank Sinatra - Everybody's 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. - It's 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 - Can't Get Used to Losing You.

1964: Beefeaters (later called the Byrds) - Please Let Me Love You/It Won't 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 Man's Curve,

The Little Ol' Lady From Pasadena, New Girl In School; Little Richard - Bama Lama Bama Lou, Righteous Bros. You've 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 Let's Go Get Stoned, Jackie De Shannon I can Make it With You,

Tim Hardin It'll 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 Don't Need No Doctor,

Fats Domino Lady Madonna,

Little Richard Baby Don't You Tear My Clothes, Stingy Jenny, Monkees It's 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 Ain't Heavy He's 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 It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World;

1964: Baby The Rain Must Fall,

1974 - Cinderella Liberty, For Pete's 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.

1982 - 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.

Also, he's credited for being the drummer on BULLITT movie score.

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!

He's also well-known and loved in the UK for his recorded hits here in the USA which include: "You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin'" - Righteous Bros., "Mountain Deep River High" - Tina Turner, "Do I Love You" - '65 Motown dance hit by Frank Wilson, "I Don't Need No Doctor" - Ray Charles, Mission Impossible, Bullitt, In The Heat of The Night etc.

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Earl Palmer is the most-recorded drummer, from New Orleans to finest Studio Drummer in Hollywood's studios.....

here's more about the fine Earl Palmer: >>>>>>>>>>His story is one of early struggle in New Orleans, and rose up to be the TOP Drummer of all time in the Studio work! He's a self-made man....I used to tease him and he'd tease me, we had a very friendly brother-sister relationship....close and yet he was his own person too.....

I admired him greatly and purposely sought out the little house in New Orleans he spoke of where he was raised. I was stunned when I saw the place in the old French Quarter...he never elaborated but it was a tiny, looked like a 2-room house.....I completely changed my viewpoint of him with added high respect.......he rarely spoke of how tough it must have been, working as a kid....I grew up poor too, worked since I was 9, but nothing like what he had to deal with.....he is a self-made man, a cultured person who always had the flair for knowing the right words to say to make you like yourself, as if you're old friend, comfortable with a flair for humor too....a no-BS person but with class, who through his own efforts as a working youngster tap-dancing on the stage with his mother and his aunt.....working odd-jobs and putting himself through drum school, working early on as a musician, grew to be a man's man who cared about everyone........with class, dignity, and a generous spirit of great warmth and friendliness. Also with great tact in his work. His success started in 1947 in recording, after his years in the military WW Two.

My son, after his Dad died early in life, was sort of adopted by Earl and to this day credits Earl with showing him how to play drums and like a Father to him....

Earl had that magnetism to change kids, and help youth instantly with his presence and personality........he was a great man, and a wonderful Friend to all fine Musicians, a brilliant Top Musician, and just the best to be around and work with.

No. 1 Call Drummer, most-recorded drummer, 1947-2006 of recordings: records, Movie scores, and TV-show films. Be sure to buy his biography "BackBeat, The Earl Palmer Story" amazon.

Photo: It just sounds like he's got a lot of drums! CK

Carol Kaye