Hal Blaine, the Hall of Fame session drummer who played on the songs of Frank Sinatra, Elvis Presley and the Beach Boys, has died age 90.
— #RingoStarr The winner of a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award last year, Blaine's name was known by few outside the music industry, even in his prime.
As a member of the Los Angeles-based studio band"The Wrecking Crew," which also featured keyboard player Leon Russell, bassist Carol Kaye and guitarist Tommy Tedesco, Blaine forged a hard-earned virtuosity and versatility that enabled him to adapt quickly to a wide range of popular music. According to the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, he played on 40 No. 1 hits, 150 top 10 songs.
The song remained a radio staple for decades and got new life in the '70s when it was used to open Martin Scorcese's"Mean Streets" and again in the '80s when it was featured in"Dirty Dancing." Blaine nicknamed himself and his peers"The Wrecking Crew," because they were seen by their more buttoned-down elders as destructive to the industry — an assertion that Kaye and others disputed. Many members of The Wrecking Crew worked nonstop for 20 years, sometimes as many as eight sessions a day, a pace that led to several marriages and divorces for Blaine.
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