Little Richard, “Keep a Knockin'”
From The Times-Picayune:
Earl Palmer, the New Orleans drummer who largely defined the beat of rock ‘n’ roll on thousands of recordings from the late 1940s on, died Friday in Los Angeles after a long illness. He was 83.
Dapper and outspoken, Mr. Palmer may well have been the most recorded drummer in the history of popular music. He stamped his sound on everything from early Fats Domino and Little Richard hits to classic movie soundtracks to music for “The Flintstones” cartoon.
“He was my right hand,” said Dave Bartholomew, the producer and co-writer of Domino’s catalog. “He was a professor of music. (With Mr. Palmer’s passing,) it’s like I died myself.”
Here’s a cool multi-part piece on the drumming of Earl Palmer: Part 1, Part 2.
