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Drummer Earl Palmer was one of the most important and prolific studio session musicians of all time. In 2000 he was among the first session musicians to be inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame. When he died, in 2008, one obituary noted InchHis list of credits read like a Who's Who of American Popular Music of the last 60 years. InchThis compilation takes a close look at Palmer's session work between 1949 and 1962, with the focus on hit records which he played on during this period. His early New Orleans sessions feature Fats Domino, Lloyd Price, Shirley & Lee, Smiley Lewis, Little Richard, etc. His subsequent West Coast/Wrecking Crew sessions include Ricky Nelson, Bobby Day, Ritchie Valens, Eddie Cochran, Bobby Darin, Gene McDaniels, Sam Cooke, Timi Yuro, etc. Album Tracks 1. Fats Domino - the Fat Man 2. Lloyd Price - Lawdy Miss Clawdy 3. Shirley & Lee - Feel So Good 4. Smiley Lewis - I Hear You Knocking 5. Little Richard - Long Tall Sally 6. Lee Allen - Rockin' at Cosmo's 7. Roy Brown - Let the Four Winds Blow 8. Thurston Harris & the Sharps - Little Bitty Pretty One 9. Bob Luman - Red Hot 10. Ricky Nelson - Boppin' the Blues 11. Larry Williams - Slow Down 12. Bobby Day - Rockin' Robin 13. The Johnny Otis Show - Willie & the Hand Jive 14. Eugene Church & the Fellows - Pretty Girls Everywhere 15. Ritchie Valens - la Bamba 16. Ernie Fields & His Orch - in the Mood 17. Eddie Cochran - Somethin' Else 18. Chan Romero - Hippy Hippy Shake 19. Danté & the Evergreens - Alley Oop 20. Bobby Vee - Devil or Angel 21. Dinah Washington - Love Walked in 22. Barbara Dane - I'm on My Way 23. B. Bumble & the Stingers - Bumble Boogie 24. The Sims Twins - Soothe Me 25. Bobby Darin - You Must Have Been a Beautiful Baby 26. Gene McDaniels - Tower of Strength 27. The Champs - Limbo Rock 28. Sam Co
