Drummer Bernard "Pretty" Purdie has been on thousands of pop, rock, soul and funk records. His first album as a leader was Soul Drums (1968), a powerful funk tour de force. He's best known for the "Purdie Shuffle"—a much-in-demand use of triplets against a half-time backbeat. One of his earliest hits was playing drums on Doris Troy’s Just One Look in 19…
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