The Most Influential Drummers of All Time

JR Robinson

Robinsons is mostly known for making smash pop hits with KILLER percussion tracks (Pointer Sisters “I’m So Excited,” Steve Winwood’s “Higher Love,” a big chunk of Daft Punk’s Random Access Memory), Robinson laid the rhythm for Michael Jackson’s Off the Wall. According to the late Michael Jackson; “I wanted a drum lick that the whole world could sing… and they sang it.”

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The More You Know

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  • Elton John's real name is Reginald Kenneth Dwight.
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