Hal Blaine, a prolific Los Angeles session drummer most closely associated with the Wrecking Crew, a tightly knit group of musicians in the 1960s and '70s who gave thousands of recordings by inexperienced pop-rock groups and stars a professional studio sound, died on March 11. He was 90.
Hal played on 40 #1 hit singles, 150 top-10 hits and performed on m…
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