Earl Palmer: Rock n Roll Hall of Fame Class of 2000

Rock Hall Bio: http://rockhall.com/inductees/earl-palmer/bio/

Earl Palmer was a session drummer most noted for his work with Little Richard. Palmer helped popularize the “back beat” so important to rock music.

Here is some of his work:

The Fat Man by Fats Domino (1949): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nZEx0BRj7O8

The Girl Can’t Help It by Little Richard (1956): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qTxZqAmaVeA

Summertime Blues by Eddie Cochrane (1958): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fZZD8ckwLJA

La Bamba by Ritchie Valens (1959): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jp6j5HJ-Cok

Dead Man’s Curve by Jan and Dean (1964): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4YWzN1A-G9g

River Deep-Mountain High by Ike and Tina Turner (1966):

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VN_Aq2W2Yi0

Sweet Little Bullet From a Pretty Blue Gun by Tom Waits (1978):

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fZ6tobPkzSE

Earl Palmer died in 2008