On March 11, 2019, Harold Simon Belsky aka Hal Blaine died aged 90. He was musician (drums) regarded to be one of the most recorded studio drummers in the history of the modern music. He had more than 35,000 recording sessions in various music genres including big number of film and TV soundtracks. He worked with Shelley Fabares, The Crystals, Jan & Dean, The Beach Boys, Dean Martin, Lorne Greene, Gary Lewis & the Playboys, The Byrds, Sonny & Cher, Barry McGuire, Petula Clark, Nancy Sinatra, The Mamas & the Papas, Frank Sinatra, Johnny Rivers, The Supremes, The Association, Simon & Garfunkel, Tommy Roe, The 5th Dimension, Henry Mancini, The Carpenters, Neil Diamond, The Partridge Family, The Raiders, Barbra Streisand, John Denver, Captain & Tennille, Diana Ross, Sam Cooke, Van Dyke Parks, John Lennon, Lulu, Dennis Wilson, Paul Simon, Richard Harris, Glen Campbell, Emitt Rhodes, Art Garfunkel, Juice Newton, Michael Nesmith, Cher, Dusty Springfield, Aretha Franklin, J.J. Cale, José Feliciano, Bobby Darin, Rosanne Cash, Cass Elliot, Rodney Crowell, Dion DiMucci, Paul Anka, Barry Mann, Emmylou Harris, Jackie Lomax, Elkie Brooks, Helen Reddy, John Philips, Thelma Houston and Leonard Cohen. As leader Blaine released five albums.
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The Walker Brothers: Images
On March 3, 1967, “Philips” label released “Images”, the third Walker Brothers (The) album. It was recorded in 1966, and was produced by John Franz.
Personnel:
- Scott Walker- vocals, guitar, keyboards
- John Walker- vocals, guitar
- Gary Walker- vocals, drums
- Reg Guest – accompaniment
Track listing:
- Everything Under the Sun – Bob Crew, G.Knight
- Once Upon a Summertime – Michael Legrand, Johnny Mercer, Eddy Marnay
- Experience – Scott Engel
- Blueberry Hill – Al Lewis, Vincent Rose, Larry Stock
- Orpheus – Scott Engel
- Stand By Me – Ben E. King, jerry Leiber, Mike Stoller
- I Wanna Know – John Maus
- I Will Wait for You – Michael Legrand, Jacues Demy, Norman Gimbel
- It Makes No Difference Now – Norman Newell, Iller Pattachini
- I Can’t Let It Happen to You – John Maus
- Genevieve – Scott Engel
- Just Say Goodbye – Petula Clark, Pierre Delanoe, Alvin Hatch
Plastic Ono Band: Give Peace A Chance
On June 1, 1969, in room 1742, in “Queen Elizabeth Hotel”, in Montreal, Canada, John Lennon and Yoko Ono recorded the song “Give Peace A Chance”. The song was written by Lennon and recorded by André Perry, using a simple setup of four microphones and a four-track tape recorder. Lennon played acoustic guitar, accompanied by Tommy Smothers from the “Smothers Brothers”, also on acoustic guitar. The recording session was attended by number of journalists and celebrities, including Petula Clark, Timothy Leary, Rabbi Abraham Feinberg, Joseph Schwartz, Rosemary Woodruff Leary, Dick Gregory, Allen Ginsberg, Murray the K and Derek Taylor. The song was released as a single by “Plastic Ono Band” on July 4, 1969 (UK), on “Apple” label. “Give peace a chance” became an anthem of the American anti-war movement during the 70’s.

