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Buddy Harman
American drummer
Murrey Mizell "Buddy" Harman, Jr. (December 23, 1928 – August 21, 2008) was an American country music session musician.
Buddy Harman | |
|---|---|
| Birth name | Murrey Mizell Harman, Jr. |
| Born | December 23, 1928 Nashville, Tennessee |
| Died | August 21, 2008(2008-08-21) (aged 79) Nashville, Tennessee |
| Occupation(s) | Drummer, session musician |
| Instrument(s) | Drums, percussion[1] |
Born in Nashville, Tennessee, Harman played drums on over 18,000 sessions for artists such as Elvis Presley, Jerry Lee Lewis, Moon Mullican, Songwriter Larry Petree, Martha Carson,[2] Dolly Parton, Brenda Lee, Tammy Wynette, Loretta Lynn, Roy Orbison, Connie Francis, Chet Atkins, Marty Robbins, Ray Price, Roger Miller, Johnny Cash, Willie Nelson, Waylon Jennings, George Jones, Kenny Rogers, Barbara Mandrell, Eddy Arnold, Perry Como, Merle Haggard, Reba McEntire, Gillian Welch and many more.[3]
Harman appeared on almost all of Cline's Decca sessions from her first in November 1960 to her last in February 1962, during which time he backed her on songs such as:
- Crazy
- She's Got You
- Foolin' Around
- Seven Lonely Days
- You Belong to Me
- Heartaches
- True Love
- Faded Love
- Someday (You'll Want Me to Want You)
- Sweet Dreams
- Crazy Arms
- San Antonio Rose
- The Wayward Wind
- A Poor Man's Roses (Or a Rich Man's Gold)
- Have You Ever Been Lonely (Have You Ever Been Blue)?
- South of the Border (Down Mexico Way)
- Walkin' After Midnight (1961 recording)
- You Made Me Love You (I Didn't Want To Do It)
- Your Cheatin' Heart
- That's My Desire
- Half As Much
- I Can't Help It (If I'm Still in Love with You)
- Leavin' On Your Mind
- Someday (You'll Want Me To Want You)
- Love Letters In The Sand
- Blue Moon of Kentucky
- and more.[4]
Harman was the first regular drummer on the Grand Ole Opry.[5] Some of Harman's awards include "Drummer of the Year" in 1981 from the Academy of Country Music and "Super Picker" Award for drums on the most No. 1 recordings from the Nashville NARAS chapter in 1975 and 1976.[6]
Harman died at the Hospice Center in Nashville from congestive heart failure at the age of 79.[5]
Singles
Albums
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With Kai Winding
- Modern Country (Verve, 1964)
- "Buddy Harman | Credits". AllMusic.
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- Rumble, John (1998). "Buddy Harman". In The Encyclopedia of Country Music. Paul Kingsbury, Editor. New York: Oxford University Press. pp. 228-9.
- "Patsy Cline's Recording Sessions - The Decca Years". www.patsified.com.
- Friskics-Warren, Bill (August 22, 2008). Buddy Harman, 79, Busy Nashville Drummer, Is Dead . The New York Times
- Buddy Harman profile via Drummer World
- Jorgensen, Ernst, Elvis Presley: A Life in Music, The Complete Recording sessions, St. Martin’s Press, New York, 1998
- "Roy Orbison - The Monument Singles Collection (1960-1964)". Discogs. 15 April 2011.
- "Patsy Cline Sessionography". www.angelfire.com.
- Bob Moore’s Nashville A-Team website
- Buddy Harman Interview at NAMM Oral History Collection (2003)
- Buddy Harman Jr. Interview at NAMM Oral History Collection (2009)
- Murray Harman Interview Archived 2021-01-28 at the Wayback Machine at NAMM Oral History Collection (2009)
- Buddy Harman recordings at the Discography of American Historical Recordings
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