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Biography
like resume|date= August 2011Infobox musical artist | name = Hal Blaine| image = Hal Blaine in 2008.jpg| caption = Blaine at the drum kit in 1995, at the Record Plant | background = non_vocal_instrumentalist| birth_name = Harold Simon Belsky| alias =| origin =| Born = birth date and age|1929|02|05|df=y Holyoke, Massachusetts|Holyoke , Massachusetts United States | death_date =| instrument = Drum kit|Drums | genre = Pop music|Pop , Rock and roll | occupation = Musician | years_active = 1940s – present| label =| associated_acts = The Wrecking Crew (music)|Wrecking Crew | website = http://halblaine.com HalBlaine.com| notable_instruments = Hal Blaine (born Harold Simon Belsky , 5 February 1929, Holyoke, Massachusetts|Holyoke , Massachusetts ) is an United States|American Drum kit|drummer and session musician .Allmusic|class=artist|id=p53803|pure_url=yes Allmusic performance credits He is most known for his work with the The Wrecking Crew (music)|Wrecking Crew in California . Blaine played on numerous hits by popular groups, including Elvis Presley , John Denver , the Ronettes , Simon & Garfunkel , the Carpenters , the Beach Boys , Nancy Sinatra , and the 5th Dimension . Blaine is a member of the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame .
"Hal Blaine Strikes Again"
Hal Blaine Strikes Again is a rubber stamp used by Blaine to stamp scores that he plays and also places where he played. Drummer and author Max Weinberg , in his introduction to the chapter on Blaine in his book, writes:
bquote|Eleven years later The E-Street Band|our band played Wembley Arena , near London, England|London . After the show, while we were relaxing backstage, Bruce Springsteen|Bruce asked me to come into his dressing room. I went in, he pointed to the wall and said, "Look at that." I looked at the wall but didn't see anything except peeling wallpaper. "Look closer," he said. Finally, I got right down on the spot he was pointing to. and right there, in a crack in the paper, rubber stamped to the wall, it said HAL BLAINE STRIKES AGAIN.Weinberg, Max, foreword by Bruce Springsteen, ''The Big Beat: Conversations with Rock's Great Drummers'', Billboard Books, NY, 1984/1991 p. 77 When asked to explain about the stamp Blaine replied, "I always stamp my charts. And there's a reason why I started that; it wasn't all ego." He went on to describe that occasionally he would need to find a particular chart amidst "five hundred pieces of music in a pile" and he needed some mark to do so. "Eventually I had a rubber stamp made up, and from that day on I've always stamped every piece of music I play, whether it's a demo or something I play at a friend's house." Another drummer, Mike Botts , then with the band Bread , recalls: “Every studio I went to in the late sixties, there was a rubber stamp imprint on the wall of the drum booth that said, ‘Hal Blaine strikes again.’ Hal was getting so many studio dates he actually had a rubber stamp made. He was everywhere!” cite web| url= http://www.americanheritage.com/entertainment/articles/web/20070212-rock-n-roll-brian-wilson-beach-boys-glen-campbell-monkees-hal-blaine-carol-kaye-leon-russell.shtml |title= Americanheritage.com - The Wrecking Crew
Grammy Awards
A little known Grammy Award s record is held by Blaine who played on 6 consecutive Record of the Year winners:
Herb Alpert & the Tijuana Brass in 1966 for " A Taste of Honey (song)|A Taste of Honey ";
Frank Sinatra in 1967 for " Strangers in the Night ";
The 5th Dimension in 1968 for " Up, Up and Away (song)|Up, Up and Away ";
Simon & Garfunkel in 1969 for " Mrs. Robinson ";
The 5th Dimension in 1970 for " Aquarius/Let the Sunshine In "; and
Simon & Garfunkel in 1971 for " Bridge Over Troubled Water ".
#1 hits
" Can't Help Falling in Love " - Elvis Presley (12/18/61)
" The Happening (song)|The Happening " - The Supremes (04/15/67) cite book|last=Bronson|first=Fred|title=The Billboard Book of NUMBER ONE HITS|publisher=Billboard Publications, Inc|location=New York|year=1988|page=223cite book|last=Blaine|first=Hal|coauthors=David Goggin|title=Hal Blaine and the Wrecking Crew|publisher=MixBooks|location=Emeryville, CA|year=1990
" Theme from Mahogany (Do You Know Where You're Going To) " - Diana Ross (01/22/76)
Discography
1966 Drums& #33; Drums& #33; A Go Go http://www.artistdirect.com/nad/store/artist/album/0,,53424,00.html Review, Drums& #33; Drums& #33; A Go Go , artistdirect.com
1967 Psychedelic Percussion
Legacy
Hal Blaine's drums can be heard as part of the Wall of Sound on the Ronettes' 1963 #2 hit ' Be My Baby ',cite book|last=Whitburn|first=Joel|title=Billboard Book of Top 40 Hits: Revised and Enlarged|publisher=Billboard Books|location=New York|year=1992 produced by Phil Spector at Hollywood's Gold Star Studios. Max Weinberg wrote "If Hal Blaine had played drums only on the Ronettes' 'Be My Baby' his name would still be uttered with reverence and respect for the power of his big beat."cite book|last=Weinberg|first=Max|title=The Big Beat: Conversations with Rock's Great Drummers|publisher=Billboard Books|location=New York|date=1984/1991|page=75 Rolling Stone magazine listed the song as #22 on The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time .
In March 2000, Hal Blaine was one of the first five sidemen inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. (One of the other inductees was Hal's long-time friend and drumming colleague, Earl Palmer .)
Artists with whom Blaine has recorded
Some of the famous musicians with whom Blaine has worked include: Elvis Presley , The Beach Boys , The Ronettes , Jan and Dean , The Mamas & the Papas , The Byrds , Johnny Rivers , Elkie Brooks , The Association , Sonny & Cher , The Grass Roots , Gary Lewis and the Playboys , Frank Sinatra , John Lennon , Neil Diamond , Simon & Garfunkel , John Denver , Paul Revere & the Raiders , Captain & Tennille , The Carpenters , Henry Mancini , The 5th Dimension , The Supremes , Barbra Streisand , Nancy Sinatra , Diana Ross , Dean Martin , and The Partridge Family .
See also
List of recordings of songs Hal Blaine has played on
Hal Blaine and the Wrecking Crew
References
Reflist
Notes
Blaine, Hal with David Groggin, Hal Blaine and The Wrecking Crew , Mix Books, 1990
Whitburn. Joel, Top 40 Hits , Billboard Publications, New York 1992
External links
http://halblaine.com Official website
http://molehillgroup.com/hal_blaine.htm Interview from ''The Complete Idiot's Guide to Playing Drums
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