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REPORT – In the archive photo of June 25, 2008, Hal Blaine raises his hands in cement after placing them in wet cement with Don Randi and Glen Campbell, representative of The Wrecking Crew as a result of induction ceremony for the Hollywood RockWalk, Los Angeles. (AP Photo / Kevork Djansezian, File)
LOS ANGELES (AP) – Drummer Hal Blaine, who has played on many of the biggest hits in the history of music, is dead.
REPORT – In the June 25, 2008, archive photo, Don Randi, from left to right, Glen Campbell and Hal Blaine, representing the session musicians known as The Wrecking Crew, raise their hands after having placed in the cement after the RockWalk Induction Ceremony in Hollywood in Los Angeles. (AP Photo / Kevork Djansezian, File)
Blaine's son-in-law, Andy Johnson, told the Associated Press that Blaine died of natural causes Monday at his home in Palm Desert, California. He was 90 years old.
The drummer of the session was a virtual soundtrack of the 1960s and '70s that played songs featuring Frank Sinatra, the Beach Boys and thousands of others. He threw one of the most memorable opening riffs of all time on "Be My Baby" Ronettes.
Outside of the music industry, not many people knew his name, but almost everyone who owned a turntable, radio, or television listened to his drums.
He was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2000 and won a Grammy Lifetime Achievement last year.
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