Palmer, Earl

LC control no.	n 84040525
Descriptive conventions	rda
Personal name heading	Palmer, Earl *Browse this term in* LC Authorities or the LC Catalog
Associated country	United States
Associated place	New Orleans (La.)
Located	Los Angeles (Calif.)
Birth date	1924-10-25
Death date	2008-09-19
Place of birth	New Orleans (La.)
Place of death	Banning (Calif.)
Field of activity	Rhythm and blues music Jazz Rock music
Profession or occupation	Rhythm and blues musicians Jazz musicians Rock musicians Drummers (Musicians)
Found in	Turner, J. "Life ain't easy" [SR] p1983: container (Earl Palmer, drums) Scherman, T. Backbeat, c1999: t.p. (Earl Palmer) p. 2 (b. Oct. 25, 1924, New Orleans) New York times WWW site, Sept. 22, 2008 (Earl Palmer; b. 1924, New Orleans; d. Friday [Sept. 19, 2008], Los Angeles, aged 84; session drummer whose pioneering backbeats were recorded on classics like Little Richard's Tutti frutti and the Righteous Brothers' You've lost that lovin' feelin') Oxford music online, May 17, 2017: New Grove dictionary of jazz, 2nd edition (Palmer, Earl (C., Sr.); born October 25, 1924, New Orleans; died September 19, 2008, Banning, CA; American drummer; from childhood, he performed in vaudeville as a singer and dancer, touring widely with Ida Cox, among others; took up drums around 1947 and became involved in the groundbreaking rhythm-and-blues style that was emerging at the time in New Orleans; also performed as a jazz drummer) Grove dictionary of American music, 2nd edition (Palmer, Earl (Cyril); born October 25, 1924, New Orleans, LA; died September 19, 2008, Banning, CA; American drummer; moved to Los Angeles in 1957, where he worked as a session drummer, as well as a regular, for Aladdin Records; worked with early rock and roll stars, popular singers, and jazz performers) Wikipedia, May 17, 2017 (Earl Palmer; Earl Cyril Palmer; born October 25, 1924, New Orleans, Louisiana; died September 19, 2008, Banning, California; American rock-and-roll and rhythm-and-blues drummer)