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Earl Palmer
New Orleans, United States
Earl Palmer is credited on 2,043 releases across 478 albums tracked on Gatefold, active 1954–2025 — the collector-built map of who actually made the music.
2,043
Pressings credited
478
Albums
8
Decades active
617
In collections
Biography
Earl Cyril Palmer (October 25, 1924 – September 19, 2008) was an American drummer. Considered one of the inventors of rock and roll, he is a member of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Palmer was one of the most prolific studio musicians of all time and played on thousands of recordings, including nearly all of Little Richard's hits, many of Fats Domino's hits, "You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin'" by the Righteous Brothers, and a long list of classic TV and film soundtracks. According to one obituary, "his list of credits read like a Who's Who of American popular music of the last 60 years".
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Credited work
2,043 releases · 478 albums · active 1954–2025
- Performance · 2,406
- Other credits · 108
- Production · 5
Studios: Gold Star Studios · Glen Glenn Sound · The Sound Factory · MoWest Studios
Discography
Records they worked on — most-collected first.
Decade
1977
The Monkees
1966
Neil Young
1969
Blue Valentine
1978
U.F.O.
1969
American Stars 'N Bars
1977
The Best Of Sam Cooke
1962
Portrait Of A Legend 1951-1964
2003
King Of America
1986
Sail Away
1972
Ode To Billie Joe
1967
Fishscale
2006
Here's Little Richard
1957
Head
1968
Live!
1966
River Deep-Mountain High
1966
Simply The Best
1991
The Natch'l Blues
1968
Song Of Innocence
1968
Feel Flows (The Sunflower & Surf's Up Sessions 1969-1971)
2021
Good Times!
2016
Down On The Farm
1979
L.A. Midnight
1972
The Delta Sweete
1968
Frequent collaborators
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