They Make Your Fingers Snap, Your Toes Tap...

When Folks Find Out You Are a Drummer...

They Always Get Around to Askin' This Question:

Who's The Greatest Drummer, EVER?

I, Of Course, Answer: "Me."

And They Say: "No, Really."

I Act Surprised, "It's Not Me?"

"Well, Besides Me," I Say, "It's Buddy Rich! Period."

"What About John Bonham or Neil Peart or _____?" They Ask.

"If You Mean Rock and Progressive Rock, Sure," I Answer.

Then, I Ask Them:

"Who's The Most Successful Drummer, EVER?"

While That's Rollin' Around in Their Brain,

I Give 'Em The Correct Answer...

And There's ONLY ONE!

Hal Blaine.

Period 

.

Most Folks Probably Haven't Heard His Name...

But, You've Heard Him Play Drums!

Especially If You Lived Through

The 60's and 70's...

(OR, You Listen to Oldies Stations...)

He Was a Part of 

The Wall of Sound

AND

The Wrecking Crew.

Hal Played on 50 #1 Hits

Hundreds of Top 10 Hits

Thousands of Top 40 Hits

35,000 Songs In His Career

This Is Hal Blaine Behind His "Monster Kit"...

HEY, He Knew This Bloke as well...

(Who's Playin' His Drums)

((Hal Did Some Drum Overdubs...))

And, He Played on Bing Crosby's Cover of

One of His Songs as well...

(But, He Didn't Actually "Make It Better...")

Here, I Went Through the Alphabet:

(It Was Tough to Choose Just One for Each Letter...)

((There's a Couple Letters Missin': Q and X...))

A Hazy Shade of Winter

Be My Baby

Can't Help Falling in Love

Da Doo Ron Ron

Eve of Destruction

Fun, Fun, Fun

Good Vibrations

Homeward Bound

I Got You Babe

Just Dropped In (To See What Condition My Condition Was In)

Kicks

Little Deuce Coupe

Mr. Tambourine Man & Mrs. Robinson

Never My Love

(The) Only Living Boy in New York

Poor Side of Town

Return to Sender

San Francisco (Be Sure to Wear Flowers in Your Hair)

These Boots Are Made for Walkin'

Up, Up and Away

Ventura Highway

Wichita Lineman

Yesterday Once More

Zip-A-Dee-Doo-Dah

This is a partial list of recordings of songs that drummer Hal Blaine played on.

Drummer 

Bruce Gary of The Knack 

Once Said he was Disappointed to find out that 

10 of his Favorite Drummers were ALL 

Hal Blaine.

(February 5, 1929 - March 11, 2019)

A statement from his family read:

"May he rest forever on 2 and 4",

referring to the second and fourth beats

of a measure in music.