Earl Palmer

drums, percussion, timbales

Sample recordings

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Top collaborators

Artist name Roles Recordings
Little Richard
Sarah Vaughan
Larry Williams (50's rocker)
Don & Dewey
Sonia Enriquez

Work on other artists' recordings

Artist name Roles Recordings
Little Richard drums Ain't No Tellin', All Around the World, All Around the World (take 8), All Night Long (master - takes 6 & 7 intercut), All Night Long (take 10), Annie Is Back (announcement & take 3 - extended LP master) (stereo), Annie Is Back (take 1 - false start, announcement & take 2) (stereo), Baby, Baby Face, Baby Face (take 4), Baby Face (takes 2 & 3 - false starts), Bama Lama Bama Loo (announcement & master - take 10), Bama Lama Bama Loo (chatter, announcement & take 7), Burning Up With Love, By the Light of the Silvery Moon, California (I'm Comin'), Can't Believe You Wanna Leave (take 8), Can’t Believe You Wanna Leave, Dance What You Wanna, Directly From My Heart, Directly From My Heart (take 1), Directly From My Heart (take 4 - undubbed master), Good Golly, Miss Molly, Good Golly, Miss Molly (take 10), Good Golly, Miss Molly (take 7), Good Golly, Miss Molly (take 8), Good Golly, Miss Molly (two announcements, chatter & take 9), Good Golly, Miss Molly (version 1 - fast, unknown incomplete take faded in), Good Golly, Miss Molly (version 1, unknown complete take), Heeby-Jeebies (version 1 - slow, take 5), Heeby-Jeebies (version 1, take 9), Heeby-Jeebies (version 1, takes 6, 7 & 8 - false starts), Heeby-Jeebies (version 2, speeded up master), Heeby-Jeebies (version 2, take 5), Heeby-Jeebies Love (take 1), Heeby-Jeebies Love (take 2), Heeby-Jeebies Love (take 3), Hey-Hey-Hey-Hey! (Going Back to Birmingham), Hey-Hey-Hey-Hey! (Going Back to Birmingham) (take 3), Hey-Hey-Hey-Hey! (Going Back to Birmingham) (take 5 - false start & take 6), Hey-Hey-Hey-Hey! (Going Back to Birmingham) (take 8), I Git a Little Lonely, I Got It, I Got It (take 1), I Got It (take 9), I'm Just a Lonely Guy, I'm Just a Lonely Guy (All Alone), I'm Just a Lonely Guy (All Alone) (take 1 - false start & take 2), If You Pick Her Too Hard (She Comes Out of Tune), In the Name (version 3), In the Name (version 4, take 1 - false start), In the Name (version 4, take 2), In the Name (version 4, take 3), It Ain't What You Do, It's the Way How You Do It, Jenny, Jenny, Kansas City (SLP 2136 master - take 2), Kansas City (take 1), Last Year's Race Horse, Lonesome and Blue (master - probably take 5), Lonesome and Blue (take 3), Lonesome and Blue (take 4 - false start, take 7), Long Tall Sally, Lucille, Lucille (take 5 - false start), Maybe I'm Right, Maybe I'm Right (master - take 4), Maybe I'm Right (take 1), Miss Ann, Miss Ann (false start & take 6) (stereo), Miss Ann (studio noise & take 7) (stereo), Mockingbird Sally, Nuki Suki, Oh Why?, Oh Why? (take 4), Oh Why? (take 9), Over Yonder, Poor Boy Paul (announcement & take 7) (stereo), Poor Boy Paul (chatter, announcement, take 2 & chatter) (stereo), Poor Boy Paul (false start, announcement & master - take 8) (stereo), Prophet of Peace, Puppy Dog Song, Ready Teddy, Ready Teddy (take 10), Ready Teddy (take 3), Ready Teddy (take 4), Rip It Up, Rip It Up (announcement & take 3), Rip It Up (take 13), Rip It Up (take 14), Rockin' Rockin' Boogie, Sanctified, Satisfied Toe-Tapper, Second Line, Send Me Some Lovin’, Shake a Hand (Specialty master), Shake a Hand (chatter & take 4 undubbed slowed-down), Shake a Hand (take 2), Slippin’ and Slidin’, Sneak the Freak, Something Moves in My Heart, Southern Child, Talkin' 'Bout Soul, The Girl Can't Help It (film version), The Girl Can't Help It (take 10 - false start & take 11), The Girl Can’t Help It, The Most I Can Offer, The Most I Can Offer (Just My Heart), The Most I Can Offer (Just My Heart) (take 4), The Saints, Thomasine, Tutti Frutti, Tutti Frutti (take 2), Without Love, Wonderin', Wonderin' (master - take 8), Wonderin' (take 9)
Sarah Vaughan drums A Garden in the Rain, After You've Gone, Baby Won't You Please Come Home, Falling in Love With Love, Friendless, Gravy Waltz, Great Day, Honeysuckle Rose, I Believe in You, I Can't Give You Anything but Love, I'm Gonna Live Till I Die, Look for Me, I'll Be Around, Moonlight on the Ganges, Nobody Else but Me, Sermonette, The Good Life, The Lady's in Love With You, The Lady's in Love With You (first version), The Man I Love, The Trolley Song, These Foolish Things, What Kind of Fool Am I
Larry Williams drums Bad Boy, Boney Moronie, Dizzy Miss Lizzy, Heeby-Jeebies, High School dance, Hootchy-Koo, Iko IKo (aka Jockamo), Lawdy Miss Clawdy, Little School Girl, Make a Little Love, Marie Marie, Peaches & Cream, Short Fat Fannie, Slow Down, The Dummy, You Bug Me, Baby, Zing Zing
Don & Dewey drums Bim Bam, Day by Day, Farmer John (slow version), Good Morning, Jelly Bean, Jump Awhile, Just a Little Lovin', Justine, Koko Joe, Leavin' It All Up to You, Pink Champagne, The Letter, When the Sun Has Begun to Shine
Sonia Enriquez drums Afternoon of a Swan, Double or Nothing, Lazy Summer Evening, Reflections From the Moon, Rippling Waters, Slow and Easy, Space Man in Orbit, Speedy's Special, Sunset at Waikiki, Totem Pole Dance, Tulsa Twist, Wild and Woolly West
Joe Pass drums After School, Alison, Balloons, Better Days, Burning Spear, Free Sample, Gotcha!, Head Start, In the City, It's Too Late, We'll Be Together Again
Bio Rianda drums Ask Him, Constipation Blues, Dig!, Do You Really Love Me?, Feast of the Mau Mau, I Love You, I'm Your Man, Reprise, Thing Called Woman, What That Is!
Arthur Adams drums Bumpin' Around, Chicago Sidewalk, First-Class Woman, Home Brew, Keep on Dancing, That's the Way It's Gonna Be, That's the Way You Move, We've Got an Understanding
Paper Castles drums Angel City, Be's That Way, Big Sur, Groovin' High, Love Theme From "The Sandpiper", Man from Monterey, Moontide, Things Are Here
Maria Muldaur drums As an Eagle Stirreth in Her Nest, I Can't Stand It, Lying Song, Oh Papa, Rockin' Chair, Sweet Harmony, We Just Couldn't Say Goodbye
David Crosby drums Come Back, Baby, Everybody’s Been Burned, Get Together, I’m Just a Young Man, Jack of Diamonds, Willie Jean
Professor Longhair drums Ball the Wall, In the Night, Tipitina, Who's Been Fooling You
Harry “Sweets” Edison drums Keester Parade, Ode to Billy Joe, Seven Eleven, The Shadow of Your Smile
Driftmoon drums Bank Robbery, Blackmail, Coming to Town, Empty Bank
Barbara Dane drums Good Old Wagon, I'm On My Way, This Little Light of Mine
Karl Liebl drums Oh Happy Day, One Mint Julep (One Way), Uh-Huh
Johnny Almond drums Funkville USA, It's the Water
Disillusion drums, percussion Don’t Be Long, Please, Let Me Love You
Carmine Esposito drums Going Back Home, Talk of the Town
The Monkees drums It’s Nice to Be With You, Wasn’t Born to Follow
Tom Waits drums A Sweet Little Bullet From a Pretty Blue Gun, Whistlin’ Past the Graveyard
杉原由規奈 drums Rockin' Pneumonia & the Boogie Woogie Flu
Jack Nitzsche drums Dolly’s Arrival
Judy Henske drums High Flying Bird
The 5th Dimension drums There’s Nothin’ Like Music
The Avengers drums End Credits
The Beach Boys drums, timbales Please Let Me Wonder
Paul Gayten drums If You Love Me, Tell Me So
Tim Buckley drums Who Could Deny You
Peggy Lee drums The Shining Sea
Little Feat drums Feel the Groove