DRUMMER CAFE

Radio King or Supra?  Any hard (or even debatable) evidence?  Is there an actual list anywhere?

Rant on!

Found this:

Hal's Top Ten's Through 1971!

1960
Connie Francis | Mama | 8

1961
Connie Francis | Where The Boys Are | 4
Elvis Presley | Can't Help Falling in Love | 1

1962
Elvis Presley | Return To Sender | 2
Herb Alpert and TJB | The Lonely Bull | 6
The Crystals | He's A Rebel | 1

1963
Bobby Darin | Eighteen Yellow Roses | 10
Bobby Sox and Blue Jeans | Zip A Dee Doo Dah | 8
Bobby Vee | The Night Had 1,000 Eyes | 3
Elvis Presley | You're The Devil In Disguise | 3
Jan and Dean | Surf City | 1
Jan and Dean | Drag City | 10
Leslie Gore | She's A Fool | 5
Sam Cooke | Another Saturday Night | 10
The Beach Boys | Surfin' USA | 3
The Beach Boys | Be True To Your School | 6
The Beach Boys | Surfer Girl/Deuce Coupe | 7
The Cascades | Rhythm Of The Rain | 3
The Crystals | Da Doo Ron Ron | 3
The Crystals | And Then He Kissed Me | 6
The Ronettes | Be My Baby | 2

1964
Dean Martin | Everybody Loves Somebody | 1
Dean Martin | The Door Is Still Open | 6
Jan and Dean | Little Old Lady From Pasadena | 3
Jan and Dean | Dead Man's Curve | 8
Jay and The Americans | Come A Little Bit Closer | 3
Johnny Rivers | Mountain of Love | 9
Lorne Greene | Ringo | 1
Roy Orbison | It's Over | 9
The Beach Boys | I Get Around | 1
The Beach Boys | Fun Fun Fun | 5
The Beach Boys | Dance Dance Dance | 8
The Hondells | Little Honda | 9
The Marketts | Out of Limits | 3
The Ripchords | Hey Little Cobra | 4

1965
Barry McGuire | Eve Of Destruction | 1
Gary Lewis and The Playboys | This Diamond Ring | 1
Gary Lewis and The Playboys | Count Me In | 2
Gary Lewis and The Playboys | Save Your Heart | 2
Gary Lewis and The Playboys | Everybody Loves A Clown | 4
Herb Alpert and TJB | A Taste Of Honey | 7
Jay and The Americans | Cara Mia | 4
Johnny Rivers | Seventh Son of a Seventh Son | 7
Mel Carter | Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me | 8
The Beach Boys | Help Me Rhonda | 1
The Beach Boys | California Girls | 3
The Byrds | Mr. Tambourine Man | 1
The Vogues | You're The One | 4
Vic Dana | Red Roses For A Blue Lady | 10

1966
Bob Lind | Elusive Butterfly | 5
Bobby Darin | If I Were A Carpenter | 8
Frank Sinatra | Strangers In The Night | 1
Frank Sinatra | That's Life | 4
Gary Lewis and The Playboys | She's Just My Style | 3
Gary Lewis and The Playboys | Sure Gonna Miss Her | 9
Johnny Rivers | Poor Side Of Town | 1
Nancy Sinatra | Boots | 1
Nancy Sinatra | Sugar Town | 5
Nancy Sinatra | How's That Grab you Darlin'? | 7
Petula Clark | I Couldn't Live Without Your Love | 9
Petula Clarke | My Love | 1
Simon and Garfunkel | I Am A Rock | 3
Simon and Garfunkel | Homeward Bound | 5
The Association | Along Comes Mary | 7
The Beach Boys | Good Vibrations | 1
The Beach Boys | Barbara Ann | 2
The Beach Boys | Sloop John B. | 3
The Beach Boys | Wouldn't It Be Nice | 8
The Mama's and Papa's | Monday Monday | 1
The Mama's and Papa's | California Dreamin' | 4
The Mama's and Papa's | I Saw Her Again Last Night | 5
The Sandpipers | Guantanamera | 9
The T-Bones | No Matter What The Shape | 3

1967
Bobby Vee | Come Back When You Grow Up | 3
Frank and Nancy Sinatra | Something Stupid | 1
Johnny Rivers | Baby I Need Your Lovin' | 3
Johnny Rivers | Tracks Of My Tears | 10
Paul Revere and The Raiders |
  Him Or Me, What's It Gonna Be? | 5
Petula Clark | Love, This Is My Song | 3
Scott McKenzie | San Francisco, Wear Flowers... | 4
The Association | Windy | 1
The Association | Never My Love | 2
The Fifth Dimension | Up, Up and Away | 7
The Grass Roots | Let's Live For Today | 8
The Mama's and Papa's | Dedicated To The One I Love | 2
The Mama's and Papa's | Creeque Alley | 5
The Mama's and Papa's | Words Of Love | 5
The Monkee's | A Little Bit Me | 2
The Supremes | The Happening | 1

1968
First Edition | I Just Dropped In... | 5
Gary Puckett and The Union Gap Band | Young Girl | 2
Richard Harris | Macarthur Park | 2
Simon and Garfunkel | Mrs. Robinson | 1
The Association | Everything That Touches You | 10
The Fifth Dimension | Stoned Soul Picnic | 3
The Grass Roots | Midnight Confessions | 5
The Vogues | My Special Angel | 7
The Vogues | Turn Around, Look At Me | 7

1969
Gary Puckett and The Union Gap Band | This Girl's A Woman Now | 9
Glen Campbell | Galveston | 4
Henry Mancini | Love Theme - Romeo and Juliet | 1
Neil Diamond | Holly Holy | 6
The Fifth Dimension | Aquarius/Let The Sun Shine | 1
The Fifth Dimension | Wedding Bell Blues | 1
Tommy Roe | Dizzy | 1
Tommy Roe | Jam Up and Jelly Tight | 8

1970
Neil Diamond | Cracklin Rose | 1
Simon and Garfunkel | Bridge Over Troubled Water | 1
Simon and Garfunkel | Cecilia | 4
The Carpenters | Close To You | 1
The Carpenters | We've Only Just Begun | 2
The Fifth Dimension | One Less Bell To Answer | 2

1971
Andy Williams | Love Story Theme | 9
Barbara Streisand | Stoney End | 6
David Cassidy | Cherish | 9
Hamilton, Joe Frank and Reynolds | Don't Pull Your Love Out | 4
Neil Diamond | I Am, I Said | 4
Paul Revere and The Raiders | Indian Reservation | 1
The Carpenters | Rainy Days and Mondays | 2
The Carpenters | Superstar | 2
The Carpenters | For All We Know | 3
The Grass Roots | Sooner Or Later | 9
The Partridge Family | I Think I Love You | 1
The Partridge Family | Doesn't Somebody Want To Be... | 6
The Partridge Family | I'll Meet You Half Way | 9

AMAZING!!!

Now...I know this might take the post in an entirely different direction, but:  I can't help but ask myself:

"What were the Motown guys using...?"

Anyone wants to vouch for the RK?

I've read on Cymbalholic that the drums on most of the Hitsville-Motown recordings were relatively worthless, mismatched pieces from a pawn shop---so if RK's met those requirements and were found in a pawn shop of the day, "maybe".

Side note, this, but I read in the same post how the heads were ketchup-stained from the drums being used as dinner tables

Anyway, I would DEFINITELY say Supra, both because of Hal, et al. who played it and because it was a common drum that happened to meet the requirements.

Also, I read in MD's Earl Palmer interview that he claimed "Stoney End".

Hal's book "Hal Blaine and the Wrecking Crew" contains an extensive list as well.  I hear he's working on a new book that will have an even more complete discography.

Hal Blaine's list is indeed impressive, but then I began searching Earl Palmer...  Although there is no conclusive list of "Top 10s" like Blaine's, what I found was just as impressive:

performed with:

Fats Domino
Pat Boone
Arthur Adams
Lee Allen
Johnny Almond
Ernie Andrews
David Axelrod
B. Bumble & the Stingers
Dave Bartholomew
The Beach Boys
Earl Bostic
Teresa Brewer
Roy Brown
Charles Brown
Tim Buckley
Henry Cain
Michael Edward Campbell
Ray Charles
David Clayton-Thomas
Rosemary Clooney
Buddy Collette
Sam Cooke
Priscilla Coolidge
Elvis Costello
Dick Dale
Doris Day
Neil Diamond
The Dillards
Floyd Dixon
Don & Dewey
The Easy Riders
Duane Eddy
Harry "Sweets" Edison
Gene Estes
The Everly Brothers
Phil Everly
The 5th Dimension
Ernie Freeman & His Combo
Dizzy Gillespie
Tim Hardin
Screamin' Jay Hawkins
Lightnin' Hopkins
Jim Horn
Jan & Dean
Carol Kaye
Sarah Kernochan
King Pleasure
B.B. King
Peggy Lee
Smiley Lewis
Little Feat
Little Richard
Nellie Lutcher
Jimmie Maddin
Taj Mahal
The Mamas & the Papas
Harvey Mandel
Teena Marie
Percy Mayfield
Buddy Merrill
Amos Milburn
Bobby Mitchell
The Monkees
Maria Muldaur
Michael Murphey
Rick Nelson
Michael Nesmith
Art Neville
Nanci Nevins
Randy Newman
Johnny Otis
Fess Parker
Van Dyke Parks
Joe Pass
The Platters
Dory Previn
Lloyd Price
Professor Longhair
Alton Purnell
Bonnie Raitt
Lou Rawls
The Righteous Brothers
The Rip Chords
Howard Roberts
Andy Robinson
Chan Romero
Diana Ross
Freddie Roulette
Maxine Sellers
Gilbert Shelton
Shirley & Lee
Frank Sinatra
Nancy Sinatra
Huey "Piano" Smith
Phil Spector
The Spiders
Splinter
Jimmy Stewart
Barbra Streisand
Gene Summers
Roosevelt Sykes
Johnnie Taylor
Tongue & Groove
Big Joe Turner
Tina Turner
Gary Usher
Bobby Vee
Eric Von Schmidt
Tom Waits
T-Bone Walker
Dinah Washington
Larry Williams
Paul Williams
Jimmy Witherspoon
Sheb Wooley
Jim Gordon
Vincent DeRosa
Red Callender
Frank Fields
David Axelrod
Barney Kessel
Victor Feldman
Buddy Collette

...and many more

REF: www.drummerworld.com

Not the Mapex 13'' steel drum?. Im shocked!! .