Hal Blaine

 

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 & TJB: The Lonely Bull – 6

The Crystals: He’s a Rebel – 1

1963

Bobby Darin: Eighteen Yellow Roses – 10

Bob B. Soxx & the Blue Jeans: Zip a Dee Doo Dah – 8

Bobby Vee: The Night Has 1,000 Eyes – 3

Elvis Presley: You’re the Devil in Disguise – 3

Jan & Dean: Surf City – 1

Jan & Dean: Drag City – 10

Lesley 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 & Dean: Little Old Lady from Pasadena – 3

Jan & Dean: Dead Man’s Curve – 8

Jay & 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 Rip Chords: Hey Little Cobra – 4

1965

Barry McGuire: Eve of Destruction – 1

Gary Lewis & The Playboys: This Diamond Ring – 1

Gary Lewis & The Playboys: Count Me In – 2

Gary Lewis & The Playboys: Save Your Heart – 2

Gary Lewis & The Playboys: Everybody Loves a Clown – 4

Herb Alpert & TJB: A Taste of Honey – 7

Jay & 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 & The Playboys: She’s Just My Style – 3

Gary Lewis & 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 Clark: My Love – 1

Simon & Garfunkel: I Am a Rock – 3

Simon & 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 Mamas and the Papas: Monday, Monday – 1

The Mamas and the Papas: California Dreamin’ – 4

The Mamas and the Papas: 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 & Nancy Sinatra: Something Stupid – 1

Johnny Rivers: Baby I Need Your Lovin’ – 3

Johnny Rivers: Tracks of My Tears – 10

Paul Revere & the Raiders: Him or Me, What’s It Gonna Be? – 5

Petula Clark: Love, This Is My Song – 3

Scott McKenzie: San Francisco (Be Sure to Wear Flowers in Your Hair) – 4

The Association: Windy – 1

The Association: Never My Love – 2

The Fifth Dimension: Up, Up & Away – 7

The Grass Roots: Let’s Live For Today – 8

The Mamas and the Papas: Dedicated to the One I Love – 2

The Mamas and the Papas, Creeque Alley – 5

The Mamas and the Papas: Words of Love – 5

The Monkees: A Little Bit Me – 2

The Supremes: The Happening – 1

1968

The First Edition: I Just Dropped In (To See What Condition My Condition Was In) – 5

Gary Puckett & the Union Gap: Young Girl – 2

Richard Harris: MacArthur Park – 2

Simon & 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 & the Union Gap: This Girl’s a Woman Now – 9

Glen Campbell: Galveston – 4

Henry Mancini: Love Theme—Romeo & 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 & Garfunkel: Bridge over Troubled Water – 1

Simon & 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

Barbra Streisand: Stoney End – 6

David Cassidy: Cherish – 9

Hamilton, Joe Frank & Reynolds: Don’t Pull Your Love Out – 4

Neil Diamond: I Am, I Said – 4

Paul Revere & The Raiders: Indian Reservation – 1

The Carpenters: Rainy Days & 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 Wanted – 6

The Partridge Family: I’ll Meet You Half Way – 9

 

 

Biografie: Hal Blaine and the Wrecking Crew. The Story of the World’s Most Recorded Musician, 2. Auflage, Rebeats Publications (USA), 2003.