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 ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. Hal Blaine, the Hall of Fame session drummer ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. Drummers Jim Keltner, Hal Blaine and Chad ...

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, drummer of the legendary collective of session musicians known as the Wrecking Crew, has died at the age of 90. A cause of death was not immediately clear. As a member of Wrecking Crew, ...

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 ...

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 ...