The Greatest Drummers of All Time

Earl Young

This guy was in a few bands, did a couple of Blue Note Recordings, backed some big acts, but his greatest contribution was… Inventing disco. Earl Young was the first drummer to kick on all 4 beats of a measure and improvise over it and brought it to dance halls. Drummers started catching on and eventually, one of the greatest revolutions in house music began. As long as Earl Young is still alive, disco will never die.

Advertisement

Next Page →

The More You Know

  • Michael Jackson and Freddie Mercury supposedly had a falling out because Michael brought his pet llama to the recording studio.
  • Alice Cooper is an avid golfer and credits the sport to "saving him from his demons".
  • Childish Gambino got his rap name from a Wu-Tang Clan name generator.
  • “Happy Birthday” was the first song ever played on Mars. Mars Rover Curiosity played the song to itself on its first anniversary on the planet.
Next Page →