List of song recordings featuring Hal Blaine explained

This is a partial list of recordings of songs on which Hal Blaine, a session drummer in the Wrecking Crew, played.

A

• "All I Have to Do Is Dream" (Bobbie Gentry and Glen Campbell)
• "All I Know" (Art Garfunkel)
• "All I Wanna Do" (The Beach Boys)^[1]
• "Along Comes Mary" (The Association)
• "America" (Simon & Garfunkel)
• "Andmoreagain" (Love)^[2]
• "Annie's Song" (John Denver)
• "Another Saturday Night" (Sam Cooke)
• "Any World (That I'm Welcome To)" (Steely Dan)
• "Aquarius/Let the Sunshine In" (The 5th Dimension)^[3]
• "At the Zoo" (Simon & Garfunkel)

B

• "Baby I Need Your Loving" (Johnny Rivers)
• "Baby Talk" (Jan and Dean)
• "Back Home Again" (John Denver)
• "Barbara Ann" (The Beach Boys)
• "Batman Theme" (The Marketts) ^{[4] [5]}
• "Be My Baby" (The Ronettes)
• "Be True to Your School" (The Beach Boys)
• "(The Best Part of) Breakin' Up" (The Ronettes)
• "Bless the Beasts and the Children" (The Carpenters)
• "Bossa Nova Baby" (Elvis Presley)
• "The Boxer" (Simon & Garfunkel)
• "Bridge over Troubled Water" (Simon & Garfunkel)^[6]
• "By the Time I Get to Phoenix" (Tony Mann)
• "By the Time I Get to Phoenix" (Johnny Rivers)
• "By the Time I Get to Phoenix" (Glen Campbell)

C

• "California Dreamin'" (The Mamas & the Papas)^[5]
• "California Girls" (The Beach Boys)^[4]
• "Calypso" (John Denver)
• "Can't Help Falling in Love" (Elvis Presley)
• "Can't You Hear the Song?" (Wayne Newton)
• "Cara Mia" (Jay and the Americans)
• "Caroline, No" (Brian Wilson)
• "Cecilia" (Simon & Garfunkel)
• "Cherish" (David Cassidy)
• "Christmas (Baby Please Come Home)" (Darlene Love)
• "Come a Little Bit Closer" (Jay and the Americans)
• "Come and Knock on Our Door" (theme from the television series Three's Company)^[7]
• "Come Back When You Grow Up" (Bobby Vee)
• "Come Saturday Morning" (The Sandpipers)
• "Congratulations" (Paul Simon), track 11 on 1972 album Paul Simon
• "Cotton Fields" (The Beach Boys)
• "Count Me In" (Gary Lewis & the Playboys)
• "Could It Be Forever" (David Cassidy)
• "Cracklin' Rosie" (Neil Diamond)^[4]
• "Creeque Alley" (The Mamas & the Papas)

D

• "Da Doo Ron Ron" (The Crystals)
• "Daddy Don't You Walk So Fast" (Wayne Newton)
• "The Daily Planet" (Love)
• "Dance, Dance, Dance" (The Beach Boys)
• "Darlin'" (The Beach Boys)^[8]
• "Dead Man's Curve" (Jan and Dean)
• "Death of a Ladies' Man" (Leonard Cohen)
• "Dedicated to the One I Love" (The Mamas & the Papas)
• "Didn't We" (Richard Harris)
• "Dizzy" (Tommy Roe)
• "Do You Know Where You're Going To" (theme from the film Mahogany) (Diana Ross)
• "Doesn't Somebody Want to Be Wanted" (The Partridge Family)
• "Don't Pull Your Love" (Hamilton, Joe Frank & Reynolds)
• "The Door Is Still Open to My Heart" (Dean Martin)
• "Drag City" (Jan and Dean)
• "Dream a Little Dream of Me" (The Mamas & the Papas)

E

• "18 Yellow Roses" (Bobby Darin)
• "El Condor Pasa" (Simon & Garfunkel)
• "Elusive Butterfly" (Bob Lind)
• "Evangeline" (Emmylou Harris)
• "Eve of Destruction" (Barry McGuire)
• "Everybody Loves a Clown" (Gary Lewis & the Playboys)
• "Everybody Loves Somebody" (Dean Martin)
• "Everything That Touches You" (The Association)

F

• "Fakin' It" (Simon & Garfunkel)
• "For All We Know" (The Carpenters)
• "Fun, Fun, Fun" (The Beach Boys)^[9]

G

• "Galveston" (Glen Campbell)
• "Go Where You Wanna Go" (The Mamas & the Papas)
• "Go Where You Wanna Go" (The Fifth Dimension)
• "God Only Knows" (The Beach Boys)^[4]
• "Good Vibrations" (The Beach Boys)
• "Goodbye to Love" (The Carpenters)
• "Guantanamera" (The Sandpipers)
• "Guess I'm Dumb" (Glen Campbell)

H

• "Half-Breed" (Cher)
• "Hurt So Bad"(Nelson Riddle)^[10]
• "The Happening" (The Supremes)
• "A Hazy Shade of Winter" (Simon & Garfunkel)^{[11] [12]}
• "He's a Rebel" (The Crystals)
• "Help Me, Rhonda" (The Beach Boys)
• "Hey Little Cobra" (The Rip Chords)
• "Hey Jude" (Bing Crosby)
• "Him or Me – What's It Gonna Be?" (Paul Revere & the Raiders)
• "Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me" (Mel Carter)
• "Holly Holy" (Neil Diamond)
• "Homeward Bound" (Simon & Garfunkel)^[5]
• "Houston" (Dean Martin)
• "How Does That Grab You?" (Nancy Sinatra)
• "Hungry" (Paul Revere & the Raiders)
• "Hurting Each Other" (The Carpenters)

I

• "I Am... I Said" (Neil Diamond)
• "I Believe You" (The Carpenters)
• I Can't Go On (Chris and Craig)^[13]
• "I Couldn't Live Without Your Love" (Petula Clark)
• "I Get Around" (The Beach Boys)
• "I Got You Babe" (Sonny & Cher)
• "I Need You" (America)
• "I Need You" (Chris and Craig)^[14]
• "I Saw Her Again" (The Mamas & the Papas)
• "I Think I Love You" (The Partridge Family)
• "If I Can Dream" (Elvis Presley) ^[15]
• "If I Were a Carpenter" (Bobby Darin)
• "I'll Meet You Halfway" (The Partridge Family)
• 'I'm Not Gonna Miss You" (Glen Campbell)
• "I'm Sorry" (John Denver)
• "In My Room" (The Beach Boys)
• "Indian Reservation (The Lament of the Cherokee Reservation Indian)" (Paul Revere & the Raiders)
• "It Never Rains in Southern California" (Albert Hammond)
• "It's Getting Better" (Cass Elliot)
• "It's Over" (Roy Orbison)^[5]
• "I Won't Last a Day Without You" (The Carpenters)

J

• "Jam Up and Jelly Tight" (Tommy Roe)
• "Jambalaya (On the Bayou)" (The Carpenters)
• "Johnny Angel" (Shelley Fabares)^[16]
• "José Cuervo" (Shelly West)
• "Just Dropped In (To See What Condition My Condition Was In)" (The First Edition)^[17]

K

• "Kicks" (Paul Revere & the Raiders)^[5]

L

• "(Last Night) I Didn't Get to Sleep at All" (The 5th Dimension)
• "Leave Me Alone (Ruby Red Dress)" (Helen Reddy)
• "Let Him Run Wild" (The Beach Boys)
• "Let's Live for Today" (The Grass Roots)
• "Like a Sad Song" (John Denver)
• "Like to Get to Know You" (Spanky and Our Gang)
• "A Little Bit Me, a Little Bit You" (The Monkees)
• "Little Deuce Coupe" (The Beach Boys)
• "The Little Girl I Once Knew" (The Beach Boys)
• "A Little Less Conversation" (Elvis Presley)^[18]
• "The Little Old Lady (from Pasadena)" (Jan and Dean)
• "Lizzie and the Rainman" (Tanya Tucker)
• "The Lonely Bull" (Herb Alpert and the Tijuana Brass)
• "Looking Through the Eyes of Love" (The Partridge Family)
• "Love Theme from Romeo and Juliet" (Henry Mancini)^[16]
• "Love Will Keep Us Together" (Captain & Tennille)^{[19] [16]}

M

• "MacArthur Park" (Richard Harris)
• "Make Your Own Kind of Music" (Cass Elliot)
• "Mamma" (Connie Francis)
• "Mary, Mary" (The Monkees)
• "Midnight Confessions" (The Grass Roots)
• "Mona Lisa" (Nat King Cole) (remaster)
• "Monday, Monday" (The Mamas & the Papas)^{[16] [5]}
• "Mother and Child Reunion" (Paul Simon)
• "Mountain of Love" (Johnny Rivers)
• "Mr. Tambourine Man" (The Byrds)^[16]
• "Mrs. Robinson" (Simon & Garfunkel)^{[20] [16]}
• "Muskrat Love" (Captain & Tennille)
• "My Love" (Petula Clark)^[16]
• "My Special Angel" (The Vogues)

N

• "Never My Love" (The Association)
• "New Shabbos Waltz" (David Grisman and Andy Statman)
• "The Night Has a Thousand Eyes" (Bobby Vee)
• "No Matter What Shape (Your Stomach's In)" (The T-Bones)

O

• "(Oly Oxen Free Free Free) Hide Go Seek" (The Honeys)
• "One Less Bell to Answer" (The 5th Dimension)
• "The Only Living Boy in New York" (Simon & Garfunkel)
• "Our Sweet Love" (The Beach Boys)^[21]
• "Out of Limits" (The Marketts)

P

• "Paranoia Blues" (Paul Simon), track 10 on 1972 album Paul Simon
• "Poor Side of Town" (Johnny Rivers)^[16]

R

• "Rainy Days and Mondays" (The Carpenters)
• "Red Roses for a Blue Lady" (Vic Dana)
• "Return to Sender" (Elvis Presley)
• "Rhythm of the Rain" (The Cascades)
• "Ringo" (Lorne Greene)^[16]
• "Rock-A-Hula Baby" (Elvis Presley)
• "The Rocky Horror Show" (original Roxy Theatre cast recording)^{[4] [5]}
• "Run That Body Down" (Paul Simon), track 4 on 1972 album Paul Simon

S

• "San Francisco (Be Sure to Wear Flowers in Your Hair)" (Scott McKenzie)
• "Save Your Heart for Me" (Gary Lewis & the Playboys)
• "She's a Fool" (Lesley Gore)
• "She's Just My Style" (Gary Lewis & the Playboys)
• "The Seventh Son" (Johnny Rivers)
• "Sleigh Ride" (The Ronettes)
• "Sloop John B" (The Beach Boys)
• "The Snake" (Al Wilson)
• "So Long, Frank Lloyd Wright" (Simon & Garfunkel)
• "Softly, as I Leave You" (Frank Sinatra)
• "Somethin' Stupid" (Frank and Nancy Sinatra)^[16]
• "Song Sung Blue" (Neil Diamond)^[16]
• "Sooner or Later" (The Grass Roots)
• "Stoned Soul Picnic" (The 5th Dimension)
• "Stoney End" (Barbra Streisand)
• "Strangers in the Night" (Frank Sinatra)^{[22] [16]}
• "Sugar Town" (Nancy Sinatra)
• "Sunshower" (Thelma Houston, prod: Jimmy Webb)
• "Superstar" (The Carpenters)
• "Sure Gonna Miss Her" (Gary Lewis & the Playboys)
• "Surf City" (Jan and Dean)^[16]
• "Surfer Girl" (The Beach Boys)

T

• "A Taste of Honey" (Herb Alpert)^[23]
• "Tears in the Morning" (The Beach Boys)^[24]
• "A Texas State of Mind" (David Frizzell and Shelly West)
• "Thank God I'm a Country Boy" (John Denver)^[16]
• "That's Life" (Frank Sinatra)
• "Then He Kissed Me" (The Crystals)
• "(They Long to Be) Close to You" (The Carpenters)^[16]
• "This Diamond Ring" (Gary Lewis & the Playboys)^[16]
• "This Girl Is a Woman Now" (Gary Puckett & the Union Gap)
• "This Is My Song" (Petula Clark)
• "Top of the World" (The Carpenters)^[16]
• "The Tracks of My Tears" (Johnny Rivers)
• "Turn Around, Look at Me" (The Vogues)

U

• "Up, Up and Away" (The 5th Dimension)^[25]

V

• "Ventura Highway" (America)

W

• "Wedding Bell Blues" (The 5th Dimension)^[16]
• "(Where Do I Begin?) Love Story" (Andy Williams)
• "Where the Boys Are" (Connie Francis)
• "We've Only Just Begun" (The Carpenters)
• "Windy" (The Association)^[16]
• "Woman, Woman" (Gary Puckett & The Union Gap)
• "Words of Love" (The Mamas & the Papas)
• "Workin' On a Groovy Thing" (The 5th Dimension)
• "Wouldn't It Be Nice" (The Beach Boys)^[4]

Y

• "The Yard Went on Forever" (Richard Harris)
• "Yesterday Once More" (The Carpenters)
• "Young Girl" (Gary Puckett & The Union Gap)
• "(You're the) Devil in Disguise" (Elvis Presley)
• "You're the One" (The Vogues)
• "You're the Reason God Made Oklahoma" (David Frizzell and Shelly West)
• "You Never Done It Like That" (Captain & Tennille)

Z

• "Zip-a-Dee-Doo-Dah" (Bob B. Soxx & the Blue Jeans)

Notes

All of the dates shown are the following year of the award. The Grammy year preceded the television broadcast by several months.

Sources

• Book: Hartman . Kent . Kent Hartman . . St. Martin's Press . 2012 . 9780312619749 .
• Book: Blaine . Hal . Hal Blaine . Goggin . David (as "Mr. Bonzai") . Schwartz . David M. . Hal Blaine and the Wrecking Crew: The Story of the World's Most Recorded Musician . 2010 . Rebeats Publications . 9781888408126 . 3rd . .

Notes and References

1. Slowinski. Craig . Summer 2020 . Sunflower: 50 Year Anniversary Special Edition (Issue 130, Volume 33, No. 3) . Endless Summer Quarterly Magazine . Charlotte, North Carolina, USA. David Beard. Magazine.
2. Enos . Morgan . Love's 'Forever Changes': 5 Revealing Moments From 50th Anniversary Box Set . March 15, 2019 . Billboard . March 11, 2019.
3. [Grammy Award for Record of the Year]
4. Reed . Ryan . Grow . Kory . Hal Blaine, Iconic Drummer on Beach Boys' 'Pet Sounds,' Dead at 90 . June 6, 2019 . Rolling Stone . March 12, 2019.
5. News: Lewis . Randy . Hal Blaine, prolific 'Wrecking Crew' drummer who worked with Frank Sinatra and Elvis, dies at 90 . June 6, 2019 . Los Angeles Times . March 13, 2019.
6. [Grammy Award for Record of the Year]
7. Web site: Three's Company . Library of Congress . June 7, 2019.
8. Book: Slowinski, Craig. Endless Summer Quarterly. 121. Winter 2017.
9. Weinberg, Max, ‘’The Big Beat: Conversations with Rock's great drummers’’, Billboard Books, NY 1991, c1988 p. 76
10. Web site: Nelson Riddle Orchestra ~ Hurt So Bad 1968 . . 12 January 2015 .
11. Drumming Great Hal Blaine: 5 Classic Performances . Browne . David . Shteamer . Hank . March 12, 2019 . Rolling Stone . March 13, 2019 .
12. Web site: Hal Blaine: Listen to 12 Essential Songs . Weingarten . Christopher R. . March 12, 2019 . New York Times . March 13, 2019 .
13. Web site: John Guerin Discography.
14. Web site: John Guerin Discography.
15. Web site: Why Elvis Presley's Drummer Found His Friends 'Really Disturbing' . 3 February 2021 .
16. Enos . Morgan . Hal Blaine: Every No. 1 Hit The Wrecking Crew Drummer Played On . March 15, 2019 . Billboard . March 12, 2019.
17. Web site: Hal Blaine, 'Most Recorded Drummer In History,' Dies At 90 . Dwyer . Colin . March 12, 2019 . National Public Radio . March 13, 2019.
18. Book: Jorgensen . Ernst . Elvis Presley: A Life in Music: The Complete Recording Sessions . 1998 . St. Martin's Press . New York . 9780312185725 . 243.
19. [Grammy Award for Record of the Year]
20. [Grammy Award for Record of the Year]
21. Slowinski. Craig . Summer 2020 . Sunflower: 50 Year Anniversary Special Edition (Issue 130, Volume 33, No. 3) . Endless Summer Quarterly Magazine . Charlotte, North Carolina, USA. David Beard. Magazine.
22. [Grammy Award for Record of the Year]
23. [Grammy Award for Record of the Year]
24. Slowinski. Craig . Summer 2020 . Sunflower: 50 Year Anniversary Special Edition (Issue 130, Volume 33, No. 3) . Endless Summer Quarterly Magazine . Charlotte, North Carolina, USA. David Beard. Magazine.
25. [Grammy Award for Record of the Year]