LOS ANGELES (AP) - Session drummer Hal Blaine, who died Monday at age 90 , played on thousands of records in the 1960s and ’70s. He was best known for the opening solo on the Ronettes’ “Be My Baby,” but also played on a wide range of songs now considered classics. Here are highlights:
- “Strangers in the Night,” Frank Sinatra.
- “Return to Sender,” Elvis Presley.
- “Good Vibrations,” The Beach Boys.
- “Mr. Tambourine Man,” The Byrds.
- “A Taste of Honey,” Herb Alpert & The Tijuana Brass.
- “California Dreaming,” The Mamas and the Papas.
- “The Way We Were,” Barbra Streisand.
- “Love Will Keep Us Together,” The Captain and Tennille.
- “Bridge Over Troubled Water,” Simon & Garfunkel.
- “Another Saturday Night,” Sam Cooke.
- “Aquarius/Let the Sunshine In,” The 5th Dimension.
- “(They Long To Be) Close To You,” The Carpenters.
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