Remembering Hal Blaine

Hal Blaine was unquestionably the most listened to drummer in rock history. As a part of the Los Angeles studio musicians group known as The Wrecking Crew, a term he coined, Blaine played on eight Grammy Records of the Year, at least 150 #1 songs and thousands of familiar popular tunes. In addition he played the theme music on television shows and movies of the 1960’s and 1970’s. It would be impossible to listen to a radio station with a 1960’s-1970’s format and go an hour without hearing Hal Blaine’s drums.