Drum

Hal Blaine played drums on the 40 US number one hits and 150 that made the Top Ten.

‘Johnny Angel’  Shelley Fabares, April 7, 1962‘He’s a Rebel’  The Crystals, November 3, 1962 ‘Surf City’  Jan & Dean, July 20, 1963  ‘I Get Around’ Beach Boys ‘Everybody Loves Somebody’  Dean Martin August 15, 1964 , ‘Ringo’  Lorne Greene, December 5, 1964 ‘This Diamond Ring’  Gary Lewis & the Playboys, February 20, 1965 Help Me, Rhonda’  The Beach Boys, May 29, 1965 ‘Mr Tambourine Man’  The Byrds, June 26, 1965 ‘I Got You Babe’  Sonny & Cher, August 14, 1965 ‘Eve of Destruction’  Barry McGuire, September 25, 1965
‘My Love’  Petula Clark, February 5, 1966 ‘These Boots Are Made for Walkin’ Nancy Sinatra, February 26, 1966 ‘Monday, Monday’  The Mamas and the Papas, May 7, 1966 ‘Strangers in the Night’ Frank Sinatra , July 2, 1966 ‘Poor Side of Town’  Johnny Rivers, November 12, 1966 ‘Good Vibrations’  The Beach Boys, December 10, 1966 ‘Somethin’ Stupid’ Frank & Nancy Sinatra, April 15, 1967 ‘The Happening’  The Supremes May 13, 1967 ‘Windy’  The Association, July 1, 1967 ‘Mrs. Robinson’  Simon & Garfunkel, June 1, 1968 ‘Dizzy’  Tommy Roe, March 15, 1969 ‘Aquarius/Let the Sunshine In’  The 5th Dimension, April 12, 1969 ‘Love Theme from Romeo and Juliet’  Henry Mancini, June 28, 1969 ‘Wedding Bell Blues’  The 5th Dimension, November 8, 1969 ‘Bridge Over Troubled Water’ Simon & Garfunkel February 28, 1970 ‘(They Long to Be) Close to You’ The Carpenters July 25, 1970 ‘Cracklin’ Rosie’ Neil Diamond October 10, 1970 ‘I Think I Love You’  The Partridge Family, November 21, 1970 ‘Indian Reservation’  The Raiders, July 24, 1971 ‘Song Sung Blue’  Neil Diamond, July 1, 1972
‘Half Breed’  Cher, October 6, 1973 ‘Top of the World’  The Carpenters, December 3, 1973 ‘The Way We Were’ Barbra Streisand, February 2, 1974 ‘Annie’s Song’  John Denver, July 27, 1974 ‘Thank God I’m a Country Boy’  John Denver, June 7, 1975 ‘Love Will Keep Us Together’  Captain & Tennille, June 21, 1975 ‘I’m Sorry’/’Calypso’  John Denver, September 27, 1975 ‘Theme from Mahogany (Do You Know Where You’re Going To)’  Diana Ross, January 24, 1976