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{{Short description|American drummer (1929–2019)}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=March 2019}}
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| name                = Hal Blaine
| image               = Hal Blaine in 1995.jpg
| landscape           = yes
| caption             = Blaine recording at the [[Record Plant]] in 1995
| background          = non_vocal_instrumentalist
| birth_name          = Harold Simon Belsky 
| alias               = 
| origin              = 
| birth_date          = {{birth date|1929|02|05}}
| birth_place         = [[Holyoke, Massachusetts]], U.S.
| death_date          = {{death date and age|2019|03|11|1929|02|05}}
| death_place         = [[Palm Desert, California]], U.S.
| instrument          = {{hlist|Drums|percussion}}
| genre               = {{hlist|[[Pop music|Pop]]|[[rock and roll]]}}
| years_active        = 1949–2019
| label               = 
| past_member_of     = {{hlist|[[The Wrecking Crew (music)|The Wrecking Crew]]}}
| website             = 
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'''Hal Blaine''' (born '''Harold Simon Belsky'''; February 5, 1929 – March 11, 2019) was an American drummer and [[session musician]],<ref name="Larkin">{{cite book|title=[[Encyclopedia of Popular Music|The Virgin Encyclopedia of Popular Music]]|editor=Colin Larkin|editor-link=Colin Larkin (writer)|publisher=[[Virgin Books]]|date=1997|edition=Concise|isbn=1-85227-745-9|page=144}}</ref> thought to be among the most recorded studio drummers in the music industry, claiming over 35,000 sessions<ref name="Larkin"/> and 6,000 singles. His drumming is featured on 150 US top 10 hits, 40 of which went to number one.

Born in [[Holyoke, Massachusetts]], Blaine moved with his family to California in 1944 and began playing jazz and [[big band]] music before taking up [[rock and roll]] session work. He became one of the regulars in [[Phil Spector]]'s de facto [[house band]], which Blaine nicknamed "[[the Wrecking Crew (music)|the Wrecking Crew]]". Some of the records Blaine played on include [[the Ronettes]]' single "[[Be My Baby]]" (1963), which contained a drum beat that became widely imitated, as well as works by popular artists such as [[Frank Sinatra]], [[Elvis Presley]], [[the Beach Boys]], [[Simon & Garfunkel]], [[the Carpenters]], [[Neil Diamond]], and [[the Byrds]].<ref name="LAobit">{{cite news |last=Lewis |first=Randy |url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/music/la-et-ms-hal-blaine-obituary-drums-wrecking-crew-20190311-story.html |title=Hal Blaine, prolific 'Wrecking Crew' drummer who worked with Frank Sinatra and Elvis, dies at 90 |work=[[Los Angeles Times]] |date=March 11, 2019 |access-date=March 13, 2019}}</ref>

Blaine's workload declined in the 1980s as recording and musical practices changed. In 2000, he was among the inaugural "sidemen" inductees to the [[Rock and Roll Hall of Fame]]. In 2007 he was inducted into the [[Musicians Hall of Fame and Museum]] as a member of the Wrecking Crew and in 2018 he received a [[Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award]].

==Early life==
Blaine was born Harold Simon Belsky, one of four children of Jewish Eastern European immigrants Meyer and Rose Belsky (''{{née}}'' Silverman),<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2019/03/12/obituaries/hal-blaine-dead.html|title=Hal Blaine, Wrecking Crew Drummer, Is Dead at 90|first=Richard|last=Sandomir|date=March 12, 2019|website=[[The New York Times]]}}</ref> in [[Holyoke, Massachusetts]].<ref name="goggin">{{cite book |first1=Hal |last1=Blaine |first2=David |last2=Goggin |editor-first=David M. |editor-last=Schwartz |title=Hal Blaine and the Wrecking Crew |publisher=MixBooks |location=Emeryville, California |year=1990 |isbn=978-1888408126}}</ref> When he was seven, his family moved to [[Hartford, Connecticut]].<ref>{{cite news|last=Harrison|first=Smith|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/obituaries/hal-blaine-celebrated-as-the-most-recorded-drummer-in-history-dies-at-90/2019/03/12/9306ef66-44d1-11e9-aaf8-4512a6fe3439_story.html|title=Hal Blaine, celebrated as 'the most recorded drummer in history,' dies at 90|newspaper=Washington Post|date=March 12, 2019|access-date=April 2, 2019}}</ref> He began playing drums at the age of eight,<ref name=bbc>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-47537451|title='Greatest drummer ever' Hal Blaine dies aged 90|work=BBC News|date=March 12, 2019|access-date=March 12, 2019}}</ref> and got his first drum kit at 13. His father worked at a nightclub and Hal followed him to work, learning drum patterns from the musicians in jazz bands and orchestras. 

On July 6, 1944, Blaine was a survivor of the [[Hartford circus fire|Hartford Circus Fire]]. He attended the circus primarily to watch the band perform, especially the drummer. When the fire broke out he followed the band escaping under the bottom of the big top’s apron. As ambulances arrived one of the drivers asked Hal to help with a gurney. He ended up assisting victims well into the night. 

In 1944, he and his family moved to California.<ref name="variety" />

== Career ==
From 1949 to 1952, Blaine learned drums from [[Roy Knapp (musician)|Roy Knapp]], who had also taught jazz drummer [[Gene Krupa]].<ref name=4things/> He began his professional career playing overnight sessions in Chicago strip clubs, which allowed him to practice and perfect his [[sight reading]] skills.<ref name=4things/> He subsequently played as part of [[Count Basie]]'s big band and toured with [[Patti Page]] and [[Tommy Sands (American singer)|Tommy Sands]] before taking up session work.<ref name=variety/> Unlike many of his jazz contemporaries, Blaine enjoyed playing [[rock and roll]] and this meant he played on numerous such sessions during the 1950s. Blaine rarely performed live, with the exception of working with [[Nancy Sinatra]] at [[Caesars Palace]] in Las Vegas in the 1960s, and with [[John Denver]]'s band in the 70s.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Sandomir |first=Richard |date=March 12, 2019 |title=Hal Blaine, Wrecking Crew Drummer, Is Dead at 90 |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2019/03/12/obituaries/hal-blaine-dead.html |access-date=September 17, 2022}}</ref>

Blaine was a core member of [[The Wrecking Crew (music)|the Wrecking Crew]], the close-knit group of Los Angeles session musicians that played on hit records during the 1960s.<ref name="mr">{{cite magazine|url=https://www.musicradar.com/news/drums/the-wrecking-crews-hal-blaine-my-11-greatest-recordings-of-all-time-450846|title=The Wrecking Crew's Hal Blaine: my 11 greatest recordings of all time|magazine=Music Radar|date=May 23, 2011|access-date=March 11, 2019}}</ref> Blaine claimed to have invented the name as the "old-school" studio musicians feared these new, younger guys were a "destructive force" in the conservative studio environment of the time.<ref name="bbc" /> He played with guitarists [[Glen Campbell]] and [[Tommy Tedesco]], bassists [[Carol Kaye]] and [[Joe Osborn]], and keyboardists [[Leon Russell]] and [[Don Randi]].<ref>{{Cite news |last=Sandomir |first=Richard |date=March 12, 2019 |title=Hal Blaine, Wrecking Crew Drummer, is dead at 90 |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2019/03/12/obituaries/hal-blaine-dead.html |access-date=September 17, 2022}}</ref>

Blaine drummed for [[the Ronettes]]' 1963 single "[[Be My Baby]]", produced by [[Phil Spector]] at Hollywood's [[Gold Star Studios]], heard as part of the [[Wall of Sound]].<ref>{{cite book |last=Whitburn |first=Joel |author-link=Joel Whitburn |title=Billboard Book of Top 40 Hits |publisher=Billboard Books |year=1992 |isbn=978-0823085545 |location=New York}}</ref> The pattern was created when Blaine accidentally hit the snare on just the fourth beat, instead of the two and four. It was a mistake that Spector decided to leave in.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Hal Blaine: Every No. 1 Hit The Wrecking Crew Drummer Played On |url=https://www.billboard.com/pro/hal-blaine-every-no-1-hit-wrecking-crew-drummer/ |website=Billboard.com}}</ref> Drummer [[Max Weinberg]] wrote, "If Hal Blaine had played drums only on ... "Be My Baby", his name would still be uttered with reverence and respect for the power of his big beat."<ref name="weinberg" />

Blaine played less session work from the 1980s onwards as computers and electronics began to be used in studios, and producers began to bring in younger players.<ref name=pas/> The popularity of the [[drum machine]] also reduced demand for session drummers like Blaine.<ref>{{cite news|last=Sandomir|first=Richard|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2019/03/12/obituaries/hal-blaine-dead.html|title=Hal Blaine, Pop Music's Go-To Studio Drummer, Is Dead at 90|newspaper=[[The New York Times]]|date=March 11, 2019|access-date=March 13, 2019}}</ref> He kept busy recording advertising jingles for a number of years, before semi-retiring from performing.<ref name=pas/> He lost most of his wealth following a divorce. At one point, he was working as a security guard in Arizona.<ref name="LAobit"/>

==Personal life and death==
Blaine was married six times; he was widowed by the 1968 death of his first wife, with whom he had one daughter. He died of [[natural causes]] on March 11, 2019, at age 90 in [[Palm Desert, California]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2019/mar/12/hal-blaine-drummer-who-dominated-mid-century-pop-dies-aged-90|title=Hal Blaine, drummer who dominated mid-century pop, dies aged 90|first=Ben|last=Beaumont-Thomas|date=March 12, 2019|access-date=March 12, 2019|newspaper=The Guardian}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.desertsun.com/story/life/entertainment/music/2019/03/11/most-honored-drummer-rock-history-dies-palm-desert-90/3137147002/|title=Hal Blaine, most honored drummer in rock history, dies at Palm Desert home|first=Bruce|last=Fessler|date=March 11, 2019|access-date=March 12, 2019|newspaper=The Desert Sun}}</ref> A statement from his family read "May he rest forever on 2 and 4", referring to the second and fourth beats of a [[bar (music)|measure]] in music.<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/8502133/hal-blaine-wrecking-crew-member-dies-at-90|title=Hal Blaine, Wrecking Crew Drummer, Dies at 90|magazine=Billboard|date=March 11, 2019|access-date=March 11, 2019}}</ref>  [[Beatles]] drummer [[Ringo Starr]] and [[Beach Boys]] leader [[Brian Wilson]] expressed public condolences and praised Blaine's musicianship.<ref name=bbc/> [[Ronnie Spector]] praised Blaine for "the magic he put on all our Ronettes recordings".<ref name=bbc/>

==Artistry and legacy==
[[File:Fake_"HAL_BLAINE_STRIKES_AGAIN"_stamp.jpg|thumb|right|Facsimile of stamp image used by Blaine]]
"Hal Blaine Strikes Again" was a rubber stamp used by Blaine to mark music scores and places where he played. When asked to explain about the stamp, Blaine said, "I always stamp my charts. And there's a reason why I started that; it wasn't all ego."<ref name="weinberg">{{cite book |last1=Weinberg |first1=Max |author-link1=Max Weinberg |last2=Santelli |first2=Robert |others=Foreword by [[Bruce Springsteen]] |title=The Big Beat: Conversations With Rock's Great Drummers |location=New York |publisher=Billboard Books |year=1991 |pages=75–77 |isbn=978-0823075713}}</ref> The stamp was used for any piece of music Blaine played on.<ref name="weinberg" /> Another drummer, [[Mike Botts]], then with the band Bread, recalled: "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!"<ref>{{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 |publisher=Americanheritage.com |access-date=May 23, 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100925073416/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 |archive-date=September 25, 2010 |df=mdy-all}}</ref>

Blaine was a prolific session player and by his estimation played on over 35,000 recordings, including 6,000 singles.<ref name="mr" /><ref>{{cite magazine |date=July 2017 |title=Hal Blaine |url=https://www.moderndrummer.com/article/july-2017-hal-blaine/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190321142529/https://www.moderndrummer.com/article/july-2017-hal-blaine/ |archive-date=March 21, 2019 |access-date=March 12, 2019 |magazine=Modern Drummer}}</ref>

Blaine is widely regarded as one of the most in-demand drummers in rock and roll history, having "certainly played on more hit records than any drummer in the rock era".<ref>{{cite web |title=Hal Blaine Biography |url=https://rockhall.com/inductees/hal-blaine/bio/ |access-date=August 10, 2015 |publisher=[[Rock and Roll Hall of Fame]]}}</ref> [[Bruce Gary]], drummer for [[the Knack]], once said he was disappointed to find that his 10 favorite drummers turned out to all be Hal Blaine.<ref>{{cite magazine |title=Remembering Hal Blaine |url=https://drummagazine.com/remembering-hal-blaine-2-5-29-3-11-19/ |magazine=Drum Magazine}}</ref> He is also credited with popularising the "disco beat" after he recorded a "pshh-shup" sound by opening and closing the [[hi-hat]] at appropriate intervals on [[Johnny Rivers]]' "[[Poor Side of Town]]". The effect had been widely used in jazz, but professional recording engineers disliked it because of its resemblance to [[white noise]]. The sound subsequently became sought after by producers in the 1970s.<ref name="4things" />{{additional citation needed|date=March 2019}}

In 2014, Blaine was portrayed by Johnny Sneed in the film ''[[Love & Mercy (film)|Love & Mercy]]'', a biopic of the Beach Boys' Brian Wilson.<ref name="LAobit" />

The instrumental song "Hal McBlaine" – a portmanteau combining the names of Blaine and guitarist [[John McBain (musician)|John McBain]] – by psychedelic garage rock band [[Wellwater Conspiracy]] on their 1999 album ''[[Brotherhood of Electric: Operational Directives]]'' is an homage to Blaine.

== Achievements ==
Blaine played on six consecutive [[Grammy Award]] [[Record of the Year]] winners:<ref name=pas>{{cite web|url=https://pas.org/hal-blaine-2/|title=Hal Blaine|date=February 19, 2024 |publisher=Percussive Arts Society|access-date=January 12, 2025}}</ref>
*[[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]]"
*Simon & Garfunkel in 1971 for "[[Bridge over Troubled Water (song)|Bridge over Troubled Water]]"

In March 2000, Blaine was one of the first five sidemen inducted into the [[Rock and Roll Hall of Fame]] (one of the other inductees was his long-time friend and drumming colleague [[Earl Palmer]]).<ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://www.moderndrummer.com/2005/07/hal-blaine-2/ |title=An Interview with Hal Blaine |first=Billy |last=Amendola |magazine=[[Modern Drummer]] |year=2005 |issn=0194-4533}}</ref> He was inducted into the ''[[Modern Drummer]]'' Hall of Fame in 2010.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.moderndrummer.com/modern-drummers-readers-poll-archive/#_ | title=Modern Drummer's Readers Poll Archive, 1979–2014 | work=[[Modern Drummer]] |access-date=August 10, 2015}}</ref> In 2018, he received a [[Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.grammy.com/grammys/news/tina-turner-queen-2018-recording-academy-special-merit-awards |title=Tina Turner To Queen: 2018 Recording Academy Special Merit Awards |first=Renée |last=Fabian |website=[[The Recording Academy]] |date=January 9, 2018}}</ref>

== Works ==
{{Main list|List of song recordings featuring Hal Blaine
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=== Selected performances ===
*Elvis Presley's ''[[Elvis (1968 TV program)|'68 Comeback Special]]'', which introduced the world to the power ballad "[[If I Can Dream]]", a dramatic tribute to the recently assassinated [[Dr. Martin Luther King]], reaching No. 12 on the Billboard Hot 100.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.cheatsheet.com/entertainment/why-elvis-presleys-drummer-found-his-friends-really-disturbing.html/ |title=Why Elvis Presley's Drummer Found His Friends 'Really Disturbing' |date=February 3, 2021}}</ref>

In addition to playing on 150 US top 10 singles, Blaine played drums on 39 recordings that hit number one on the [[Billboard Hot 100|''Billboard'' Hot 100]].<ref name=bbc /> The dates given are when each song reached number one:<ref>Bronson, Fred, ''The Billboard Book of Number One Hits'', Billboard Books, 1992</ref>
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*"[[Johnny Angel (song)|Johnny Angel]]" – [[Shelley Fabares]],<ref>{{cite book|title=On a Cold Road: Tales of Adventure in Canadian Rock|first=Dave|last=Bidini|date=November 2, 2011|publisher=Random House|page=28|isbn=978-1-551-99675-2}}</ref> April 7, 1962
*"[[He's a Rebel]]" – [[The Crystals]],<ref name=variety>{{cite news|url=https://variety.com/2019/music/news/hal-blaine-studio-drummer-dies-at-90-1203160849/|title=Hal Blaine, Studio Drummer Dies at 90|work=Variety|date=March 11, 2019|access-date=March 11, 2019}}</ref> November 3, 1962
*"[[Surf City (song)|Surf City]]" – [[Jan and Dean]],<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/surf-city-mw0000275086/credits|title=Surf City|website=[[AllMusic]]|access-date=March 12, 2019}}</ref> July 20, 1963
*"[[I Get Around]]" – [[The Beach Boys]],<ref name=pas /> July 4, 1964
*"[[Everybody Loves Somebody]]" – [[Dean Martin]],<ref name=pas /> August 15, 1964
*"[[Ringo (Lorne Green song)|Ringo]]" – [[Lorne Greene]],<ref name=wp>{{cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/gdpr-consent/?destination=%2farchive%2flifestyle%2fstyle%2f1997%2f07%2f13%2fthe-beatmaster%2f8e9e6385-2aee-4632-bc43-2ec02f87da49%2f%3f|title=The Beatmaster|newspaper=Washington Post|date=July 13, 1997|access-date=March 12, 2019}}</ref> December 5, 1964
*"[[This Diamond Ring]]" – [[Gary Lewis & the Playboys]],<ref name=wp /> February 20, 1965
*"[[Help Me, Rhonda]]" – [[The Beach Boys]],<ref name=pas /> May 29, 1965
*"[[Mr Tambourine Man]]" – [[The Byrds]],<ref name=variety /> June 26, 1965
*"[[I Got You Babe]]" - [[Sonny & Cher]],{{sfn|Blaine|Goggin|1990|p=xviii}} August 14, 1965
*"[[Eve of Destruction (song)|Eve of Destruction]]" – [[Barry McGuire]],<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/reaching-the-eve-of-destruction-1418143952|title=Reaching the Eve of Destruction|newspaper=The Wall Street Journal|date=December 9, 2014|access-date=March 12, 2019}}</ref> September 25, 1965
*"[[My Love (Petula Clark song)|My Love]]" – [[Petula Clark]],<ref name=wp /> February 5, 1966
*"[[Monday, Monday]]" – [[The Mamas & the Papas]],<ref name=pas /> May 7, 1966
*"[[Strangers in the Night]]" – [[Frank Sinatra]],<ref name=pas /> July 2, 1966
*"[[Poor Side of Town (Johnny Rivers song)|Poor Side of Town]]" – [[Johnny Rivers]],<ref name=4things>{{cite magazine|url=http://drummagazine.com/4-things-you-didnt-know-about-hal-blaine/|title=4 Things You Didn't Know About Hal Blaine|magazine=Drum Magazine|date=September 21, 2018|access-date=March 12, 2019}}</ref> November 12, 1966
*"[[Good Vibrations]]" – [[The Beach Boys]],<ref name=pas/> December 10, 1966
*"[[Somethin' Stupid]]" – [[Frank Sinatra|Frank]] & [[Nancy Sinatra]],<ref name=pas /> April 15, 1967
*"[[The Happening (song)|The Happening]]" – [[The Supremes]],<ref name="goggin" /><ref>{{cite book |last=Bronson |first=Fred |title=The Billboard Book of Number One Hits |url=https://archive.org/details/billboardbookofnbro00bron |url-access=registration |publisher=Billboard Publications, Inc |location=New York |year=1988 |page=[https://archive.org/details/billboardbookofnbro00bron/page/223 223] |isbn=978-0823076772}}</ref> May 13, 1967
*"[[Windy (The Association song)|Windy]]" – [[The Association]],<ref name=pas /> July 1, 1967
*"[[Mrs. Robinson]]" – [[Simon & Garfunkel]],<ref name=pas /> June 1, 1968
*"[[Dizzy (Tommy Roe song)|Dizzy]]" – [[Tommy Roe]],<ref name=wp /> March 15, 1969
*"[[Aquarius/Let the Sunshine In]]" – [[The 5th Dimension]],<ref name=pas /> April 12, 1969
*"[[Love Theme from Romeo and Juliet]]" – [[Henry Mancini]],<ref name=wp /> June 28, 1969
*"[[Wedding Bell Blues]]" – [[The 5th Dimension]],<ref name=wp /> November 8, 1969
*"[[Bridge over Troubled Water (song)|Bridge Over Troubled Water]]" – [[Simon & Garfunkel]],<ref name=wp /> February 28, 1970
*"[[(They Long to Be) Close to You]]" – [[The Carpenters]],<ref name=pas /> July 25, 1970
*"[[Cracklin' Rosie]]" – [[Neil Diamond]],<ref name=pas /> October 10, 1970
*"[[I Think I Love You]]" – [[The Partridge Family]],<ref name=wp /> November 21, 1970
*"[[Indian Reservation (The Lament of the Cherokee Reservation Indian)|Indian Reservation]]" – [[Paul Revere & the Raiders|The Raiders]],<ref name=wp /> July 24, 1971
*"[[Song Sung Blue]]" – [[Neil Diamond]],<ref name=pas /> July 1, 1972
*"[[Half-Breed (song)|Half Breed]]" – [[Cher]],<ref name=wp /> October 6, 1973
*"[[Top of the World (The Carpenters song)|Top of the World]]" – [[The Carpenters]],<ref name=pas /> December 3, 1973
*"[[Annie's Song]]" – [[John Denver]],<ref name=wp /> July 27, 1974
*"[[Thank God I'm a Country Boy]]" – [[John Denver]],<ref name=pas /> June 7, 1975
*"[[Love Will Keep Us Together]]" – [[Captain & Tennille]],<ref name=pas /> June 21, 1975
*"[[I'm Sorry (John Denver song)|I'm Sorry]]"/"[[Calypso (John Denver song)|Calypso]]" – [[John Denver]],<ref name=wp /> September 27, 1975
*"[[Theme from Mahogany (Do You Know Where You're Going To)]]" – [[Diana Ross]],<ref name=wp /> January 24, 1976
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=== Discography ===
* ''Deuces, T's, Roadsters and Drums'' (1963)
* ''Drums! Drums! A Go Go'' (1966)
* ''Psychedelic Percussion'' (1967)
* ''Have Fun!!! Play Drums!!!'' (1968)
* ''Buh-Doom'' (1998)

==See also==
*[[List of recordings of songs Hal Blaine played on]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* [https://www.podomatic.com/podcasts/idhitthatpodcast/episodes/2019-03-11T16_52_17-07_00 Hal Blaine] interview from the I'd Hit That podcast
* [https://www.namm.org/library/oral-history/hal-blaine Hal Blaine] interview at [[NAMM Oral History Program|NAMM Oral History Collection]]
* {{Rockhall}}

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