Legendary session/studio drummer, used by music producer
Phil Spector on
virtually all of his famous Philles' Records "Wall of Sound"
productions. He was the drummer on such classics as
The Crystals' "Da
Doo Ron Ron", "Uptown" and "He's a Rebel". Probably the biggest hit
record he worked on was
The Ronettes' million-selling "Be My Baby" from
1963, with the famous "thump, thump, thump, BOOM!" drum line repeated
twice at the very beginning of the song.