Earl Palmer CD: Backbeat - The World Greatest Rock'n'Roll Drummer (CD)

Preview: Backbeat - The World Greatest Rock'n'Roll Drummer (CD)

Backbeat - The World Greatest Rock'n'Roll Drummer (CD)

$18.05 *

* incl. VAT / plus shipping costsDepending on the country of delivery, the VAT at checkout may vary.

only 1x still available
Ready to ship today,
delivery time** appr. 1-3 workdays

catalog number:CDCHD719
weight in Kg 0.1

P Secure bonuspoints now

(ACE Records) 30 tracks Earl Palmer not only shared the same hallowed initials as Elvis Presley...more

Close menu

Earl Palmer: Backbeat - The World Greatest Rock'n'Roll Drummer (CD)

(ACE Records) 30 tracks

Earl Palmer not only shared the same hallowed initials as Elvis Presley but also contributed enormously to the mainframe of first generation rock'n'roll music. His roots stretch back so far, that before Earl mobilised a snare alongside a kick drum and added cymbals and a top kit, there really wasn't such a thing as a drum set to play his kind of music on. Earl developed his love of infectious rhythms when he trod the boards as a child dancer, working with all facets of local life in New Orleans, ranging from a featured spot in a blues revue to stooging for Louis Prima.

After serving his time in the military (which included a run-in with the Home Guard in Southern England!), Earl returned to the Crescent City where he was hired to play drums in the prestigious Dave Bartholomew Band. It was a case of being in the right place at the right time as the post war R&B boom was just getting underway and the regional recording scene was beckoning in all directions.

The ball started rolling in 1949 when he played on Fats Domino's debut hit, The Fat Man, and from thereon the phone was ringing off the hook. Helped to implement the house band at Cosimo Matassa's jam studio and when Little Richard came to town to record Tutti Frutti. It seemed the whole world wanted the powerful Palmer backbeat. After a move to LA in 1957, he took a producer's gig at Aladdin Records and worked his magic on some classic recordings by Shirley & Lee, Big T Tyler and Thurston Harris.

His workload expanded to four sessions a day, seven days a week and could range from a Sinatra date to a Flintstones' cartoon soundtrack. However, it is his stellar work on the best recordings of the likes of Eddie Cochran, Bobby Day and Jesse James that sets the seal on his talents, released as an essential companion to his newly-published autobiography, "Backbeat", this 30-tracker fully illustrates the remarkable Earl Palmer story.

By Stuart Coleman

Article properties:Earl Palmer: Backbeat - The World Greatest Rock'n'Roll Drummer (CD)

Interpret: Earl Palmer
Album titlle: Backbeat - The World Greatest Rock'n'Roll Drummer (CD)
Genre Rock'n'Roll
Label Ace Records
Artikelart CD
EAN: 0029667171922
weight in Kg 0.1

Palmer, Earl - Backbeat - The World Greatest Rock'n'Roll Drummer (CD) CD 1
01	I Got It	LITTLE RICHARD
02	I'm Glad, Glad	PRICE, Lloyd
03	(Everytime I Hear) That Mellow Saxophone	MONTRELL, Roy
04	Shame, Shame, Shame	LEWIS, Smiley
05	Rockin' At Cosmo's	ALLEN, Lee
06	Chicken Shack Boogie	MILBURN, Amos
07	Please Believe Me	BROWN, Charles
08	Dance With Me Henry	JAMES, Etta
09	Don't Feel Sorry For Me	BEASLEY, Jimmy
10	Mad About You	BERRY, Richard
11	I'm Beggin' With Tears	LANG, Eddy
12	I'm Walkin'	DOMINO, Fats
13	Rock All Night	SHIRLEY & LEE
14	Johnny's House Party (Part 1)	PALMER, Earl & JAY HAWKS
15	Johnny's House Party (Part 2)	PALMER, Earl & JAY HAWKS
16	King Kong	TYLER, Big T
17	Sadie Green	TYLER Big T
18	Little Bitty Pretty One	HARRIS, Thurston & SHARPS
19	Drum Village (Part 1)	PALMER, Earl
20	Drum Village (Part 2)	PALMER, Earl
21	Koko	DON, Joe & Dewey
22	Jerry Jerry	WILSON, Artie
23	Red Hot Rockin' Blues	JAMES, Jesse
24	Rockin' Robin	DAY, Bobby
25	Sweet Pea	BOB & EARL
26	Rockville U.S.A.	TURKS
27	La Bamba	VALENS, Ritchie
28	It's Love	ADDRISI BROS
29	Somethin' Else	COCHRAN, Eddie
30	In The Mood	FIELDS, Ernie

Earl Palmer Earl Palmer. Born in New Orleans in 1925, his career as a drummer literally spans... more

Close menu

"Earl Palmer"

Earl Palmer

Earl Palmer. Born in New Orleans in 1925, his career as a drummer literally spans the entire history of rock. As a child during the Thirties, he tap-danced on his parents' vaudeville shows and played toy drums in local street groups. Aftei leaving the .US Army in 1945, Palmer sought a new voca-tion in drumming and joined Dave Bartholomew's band which backed Fats Domino, Little Richard, Shirley and Lee and a host of other R&B artists on record sessions during the mid-Fifties.

Leaving New Orleans in 1957, Palmer wens to work as an A&R man for Aladdin in Los Angeles, bul soon reverted to session drumming for Larry Williams, Dor and Dewey, Bobby Vee, Eddie Cochran and countless others. He remains one of LA's foremost sessions musicians

Read, write and discuss reviews...more

Close menu

Customer evaluation for "Backbeat - The World Greatest Rock'n'Roll Drummer (CD)"

Write an evaluation

Evaluations will be activated after verification.