Title: In Session
Artist: Earl Palmer
Label: Jasmine Records
Product Type: COMPACT DISCS
UPC: 604988126624
Genre: Soul/R & B
Release Date: 2026-04-24
Number of Discs: 1
Additional Details: UNITED KINGDOM – IMPORT

Drummer Earl Palmer was one of the most important and prolific studio session musicians of all time. In 2000 he was among the first session musicians to be inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame. When he died, in 2008, one obituary noted: “His list of credits read like a Who’s Who of American Popular Music of the last 60 years. “This compilation takes a close look at Palmer’s session work between 1949 and 1962, with the focus on hit records which he played on during this period. His early New Orleans sessions feature Fats Domino, Lloyd Price, Shirley & Lee, Smiley Lewis, Little Richard, etc. His subsequent West Coast/Wrecking Crew sessions include Ricky Nelson, Bobby Day, Ritchie Valens, Eddie Cochran, Bobby Darin, Gene McDaniels, Sam Cooke, Timi Yuro, etc.

Tracks:
1.1 Fats Domino – the Fat Man
1.2 Lloyd Price – Lawdy Miss Clawdy
1.3 Shirley ; Lee – Feel So Good
1.4 Smiley Lewis – I Hear You Knocking
1.5 Little Richard – Long Tall Sally
1.6 Lee Allen – Rockin’ at Cosmo’s
1.7 Roy Brown – Let the Four Winds Blow
1.8 Thurston Harris ; the Sharps – Little Bitty Pretty One
1.9 Bob Luman – Red Hot
1.10 Ricky Nelson – Boppin’ the Blues
1.11 Larry Williams – Slow Down
1.12 Bobby Day – Rockin’ Robin
1.13 The Johnny Otis Show – Willie ; the Hand Jive
1.14 Eugene Church ; the Fellows – Pretty Girls Everywhere
1.15 Ritchie Valens – la Bamba
1.16 Ernie Fields ; His Orch – in the Mood
1.17 Eddie Cochran – Somethin’ Else
1.18 Chan Romero – Hippy Hippy Shake
1.19 Dant ; the Evergreens – Alley Oop
1.20 Bobby Vee – Devil or Angel
1.21 Dinah Washington – Love Walked in
1.22 Barbara Dane – I’m on My Way
1.23 B. Bumble ; the Stingers – Bumble Boogie
1.24 The Sims Twins – Soothe Me
1.25 Bobby Darin – You Must Have Been a Beautiful Baby
1.26 Gene McDaniels – of Strength
1.27 The Champs – Limbo Rock
1.28 Sam Cooke – Twistin’ the Night Away
1.29 Ketty Lester – Love Letters
1.30 Duane Eddy – the Ballad of Paladin
1.31 Timi Yuro – What’s a Matter Baby
1.32 The Tijuana Brass Featuring Herb Alpert – the Lonely Bull