Editing Earl Palmer (section)

==Discography==

===As leader===
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* ''Drumsville'' ([[Liberty Records]], 1961)
* ''Percolator Twist'' (Liberty Records, 1962)

=== As sideman ===
'''With [[David Axelrod (musician)|David Axelrod]]'''
* ''[[Song of Innocence]]'' (Capitol, 1968)
* ''[[Songs of Experience]]'' (Capitol, 1969)
* ''[[Earth Rot]]'' (Capitol, 1970)
* ''Strange Ladies'' (MCA, 1977)
* ''Marchin''' (MCA, 1980)
* ''David Axelrod'' (Mo' Wax, 2001)

'''With [[The Beach Boys]]'''
* ''[[The Beach Boys Today!]]'' (Capitol, 1965)
* ''[[Sunflower (The Beach Boys album)|Sunflower]]'' (Reprise, 1970)
* ''[[L.A. (Light Album)]]'' (CBS, 1979)

'''With [[Glen Campbell]]'''
* ''[[The Astounding 12-String Guitar of Glen Campbell]]'' (Capitol, 1964)
* ''[[Hey Little One]]'' (Capitol, 1968)
* ''[[The Glen Campbell Goodtime Album]]'' (Capitol, 1970)

'''With [[Ray Charles]]'''
* ''[[Together Again (Ray Charles album)|Together Again]]'' (ABC, 1965)
* ''[[Crying Time (album)|Crying Time]]'' (ABC, 1966)
* ''[[Ray Charles Invites You to Listen]]'' (ABC, 1967)

'''With [[Sam Cooke]]'''
* ''[[Twistin' the Night Away (album)|Twistin' the Night Away]]'' (RCA Victor, 1962)
* ''[[Mr. Soul (Sam Cooke album)|Mr. Soul]]'' (RCA Victor, 1963)
* ''[[Ain't That Good News (album)|Ain't That Good News]]'' (RCA Victor, 1964)

'''With [[Bobby Darin]]'''
* ''[[Bobby Darin Sings Ray Charles]]'' (Atco, 1962)
* ''[[Venice Blue]]'' (Capitol, 1965)
* ''[[Bobby Darin Sings The Shadow of Your Smile]]'' (Atlantic, 1966)

'''With [[Fats Domino]]'''
* ''[[This Is Fats Domino!]]'' (Imperial, 1956)
* ''[[Fats Domino Rock and Rollin']]'' (Imperial, 1956)
* ''[[Here Stands Fats Domino]]'' (WaxTime, 1957)
* ''Fats Is Back'' (Reprise, 1968)

'''With [[José Feliciano]]'''
* ''[[Feliciano/10 to 23]]'' (RCA Victor, 1969)
* ''That The Spirit Needs (Of Muse And Man)'' (RCA Victor, 1971)

'''With [[Bobbie Gentry]]'''
* ''[[Ode to Billie Joe (album)|Ode to Billie Joe]]'' (Capitol, 1967)
* ''[[The Delta Sweete]]'' (Capitol, 1968)

'''With [[Lightnin' Hopkins]]'''
* ''[[Lightnin' Strikes (Verve Folkways album)|Lightnin' Strikes]]'' (Verve Folkways, 1966)
* ''[[Something Blue (Lightnin' Hopkins album)|Something Blue]]'' (Verve Forecast, 1967)

'''With [[B.B. King]]'''
* ''Blues in My Heart'' (Crown, 1962)
* ''[[L.A. Midnight]]'' (ABC, 1972)
* ''[[Let the Good Times Roll (album)|Let the Good Times Roll]]'' (MCA, 1999)

'''With [[Peggy Lee]]'''
* ''[[Blues Cross Country]]'' (Capitol, 1962)
* ''[[Make It with You (album)|Make It With You]]'' (Capitol, 1970)
* ''[[Norma Deloris Egstrom from Jamestown, North Dakota]]'' (Capitol, 1972)

'''With [[Ketty Lester]]'''
* ''Love Letters'' (Era, 1963)
* ''Ketty Lester'' (Records By Pete, 1969)

'''With [[Harvey Mandel]]'''
* ''Righteous'' (Phillips, 1969)
* ''The Snake'' (Janus, 1972)

'''With [[Teena Marie]]'''
* ''[[Wild and Peaceful (Teena Marie album)|Wild and Peaceful]]'' (Motown, 1979)
* ''[[Irons in the Fire (album)|Irons in the Fire]]'' (Gordy, 1980)

'''With [[The Monkees]]'''
* ''[[The Birds, the Bees & the Monkees]]'' (Colgems, 1968)
* ''[[The Monkees Present]]'' (Colgems, 1969)

'''With [[Maria Muldaur]]'''
* ''Waitress in a Donut Shop'' (Reprise, 1974)
* ''[[Sweet Harmony (album)|Sweet Harmony]]'' (Reprise, 1976)

'''With [[Della Reese]]'''
* ''[["i like it like dat!"]]'' (ABC, 1965)
* ''[[Della on Strings of Blue]]'' (ABC, 1967)
* ''[[I Gotta Be Me...This Trip Out]]'' (ABC, 1968)
* ''[[Let Me in Your Life (Della Reese album)|Let Me in Your Life]]'' (People, 1973)

'''With [[Little Richard]]'''
* ''[[Here's Little Richard]]'' (Speciality, 1957)
* ''[[Little Richard (album)|Little Richard]]'' (Speciality, 1958)
* ''[[The Fabulous Little Richard]]'' (Speciality, 1959)
* ''[[The Second Coming (Little Richard album)|The Second Coming]]'' (Reprise, 1972)

'''With [[Howard Roberts]]'''
* ''Color Him Funky'' (Capitol, 1963)
* ''H.R. is a Dirty Guitar Player'' (Capitol, 1963)

'''With [[Lalo Schifrin]]'''
* ''[[Music from Mission: Impossible]]'' (Dot, 1967)
* ''[[There's a Whole Lalo Schifrin Goin' On]]'' (Dot, 1968)
* ''[[Ins and Outs]]'' (Palo Alto, 1982)

'''With [[Frank Sinatra]]'''
* ''[[Sinatra and Swingin' Brass]]'' (Reprise, 1962)
* ''[[Ol' Blue Eyes Is Back]]'' (Reprise, 1973)

'''With others'''
* [[Arthur Adams (singer)|Arthur Adams]], ''Home Brew'' (Fantasy, 1975)
* [[Cannonball Adderley]], ''[[Accent on Africa]]'' (Capitol, 1968)
* [[J. W. Alexander (musician)|J. W. Alexander]], ''Raw Turntips & Hot Sauce'' (Thrush, 1970)
* [[Lisa Hartman Black]], ''Lisa Hartman'' (Kirshner, 1976)
* [[Pat Boone]], ''Great! Great! Great!'' (Dot, 1961)
* [[Teresa Brewer]], ''Music, Music, Music'' (Amsterdam, 1973)
* [[Charles Brown (musician)|Charles Brown]], ''Drifting Blues'' (Score, 1957)
* [[Tim Buckley]], ''[[Look at the Fool]]'' (Discreet, 1974)
* [[Keith Carradine]], ''[[I'm Easy (album)|I'm Easy]]'' (Asylum, 1976)
* [[David Clayton-Thomas]], ''David Clayton-Thomas'' (Columbia, 1972)
* [[Climax (band)|Climax]], ''Climax Featuring Sonny Geraci'' (Rocky Road, 1972)
* [[Buddy Collette]]'s Swinging Shepherds, ''[[At the Cinema!]]'' (Mercury, 1959)
* [[Priscilla Coolidge]], ''Gypsy Queen'' (Sussex, 1970)
* [[Elvis Costello]], ''[[King of America]]'' (F-Beat, 1986)
* [[Dick Dale]], ''[[Mr. Eliminator]]'' (Capitol, 1964)
* [[Bobby Day]], ''Rockin' With Robbin'' (Class, 1959)
* [[Neil Diamond]], ''[[Tap Root Manuscript]]'' (Uni, 1970)
* [[The 5th Dimension]], ''[[Living Together, Growing Together (album)|Living Together, Growing Together]]'' (Bell, 1973)
* [[Willie Dixon]], ''[[Hidden Charms (Willie Dixon album)|Hidden Charms]]'' (Capitol, 1988)
* [[Deke Dickerson]], ''In 3-Dimensions'' (Major Label, 2003)
* [[Donovan]], ''[[7-Tease]]'' (Epic, 1974)
* [[Duane Eddy]], ''Twistin' And Twangin''' (RCA Victor, 1962)
* [[Harry Edison]], ''[[Sweets for the Sweet Taste of Love]]'' (Vee-Jay, 1964)
* [[The Electric Prunes]], ''[[Release of an Oath]]'' (Reprise Records, 1968)
* [[Phil Everly]], ''Star Spangled Springer'' (RCA, 1973)
* [[The Everly Brothers]], ''[[Roots (Everly Brothers album)|Roots]]'' (Warner Bros., 1968)
* [[Gil Fuller]], ''[[Gil Fuller & the Monterey Jazz Festival Orchestra featuring Dizzy Gillespie]]'' (Pacific Jazz, 1965)
* [[Gale Garnett]], ''Gale Garnett Sings About Flying and Rainbows and Love and Other Groovy Things'' (RCA Victor, 1967)
* [[Lowell George]], ''Lightning-Rod Man'' (Bizarre, 1993)
* [[Lorne Greene]], ''Lorne Greene's American West'' (RCA Victor, 1965)
* [[Hager Twins]], ''Motherhood, Appie Pie and the Flag'' (Capitol, 1971)
* [[Tim Hardin]], ''[[Tim Hardin 1]]'' (Verve, 1966)
* [[Al Hirt]] & [[Lalo Schifrin]], ''Latin in the Horn'' (RCA Victor, 1966)
* [[Milt Jackson]], ''[[Memphis Jackson]]'' (Impulse!, 1969)
* [[Jan and Dean]], ''Surf City (and Other Swinging Cities)'' (Liberty, 1963)
* [[Dr. John]], ''N'Awlinz: Dis Dat or d'Udda'' (Blue Note, 2004)
* [[Plas Johnson]], ''[[This Must Be the Plas]]'' (Capitol, 1959)
* [[Gloria Jones]], ''[[Share My Love (album)|Share My Love]]'' (Motown, 1973)
* [[Eddie Kendricks]], ''[[The Hit Man (Eddie Kendricks album)|The Hit Man]]'' (Tamla, 1975)
* [[Sarah Kernochan]], ''Beat Around the Bush'' (RCA, 1974)
* [[Clydie King]], ''Brown Sugar featuring Clydie King'' (Chelsea, 1973)
* [[Al Kooper]], ''[[Easy Does It (Al Kooper album)|Easy Does It]]'' (Columbia, 1970)
* [[Little Feat]], ''[[Down on the Farm (album)|Down on the Farm]]'' (Warner Bros., 1979)
* [[Julie London]], ''[[Julie...At Home]]'' (Liberty, 1960)
* [[Jon Lucien]], ''Romantico'' (Zemajo, 1980)
* [[Taj Mahal (musician)|Taj Mahal]], ''[[The Natch'l Blues]]'' (Columbia, 1968)
* [[The Mamas & the Papas]], ''[[People Like Us (The Mamas and the Papas album)|People Like Us]]'' (Dunhill, 1971)
* [[Barry Mann]], ''Survivor'' (RCA Victor, 1975)
* [[Letta Mbulu]], ''Free Soul'' (Capitol Records, 1968)
* [[Michael Martin Murphey]], ''[[Swans Against the Sun]]'' (Epic, 1975)
* [[Michael Nesmith]], ''[[The Wichita Train Whistle Sings]]'' (Dot, 1968)
* [[Randy Newman]], ''[[Sail Away (Randy Newman album)|Sail Away]]'' (Reprise, 1972)
* [[Wayne Newton]], ''Pour Me a Little More Wine'' (Chelsea, 1973)
* [[Harry Nilsson]], ''The Point'' (RCA Victor, 1971)
* [[Van Dyke Parks]], ''[[Song Cycle (album)|Song Cycle]]'' (Warner Bros., 1967)
* [[Billy Preston]], ''[[Greazee Soul]]'' (Soul City, 1963)
* [[Bonnie Raitt]], ''[[Takin' My Time]]'' (Warner Bros., 1973)
* [[The Righteous Brothers]], ''Back to Back'' (Philles, 1965)
* [[Leon Russell]], ''[[Looking Back (Leon Russell album)|Looking Back]]'' (Olympic, 1973)
* [[Sonny & Cher]], ''[[Look at Us]]'' (Atco, 1965)
* [[Splinter (band)|Splinter]], ''Harder to Live'' (Dark Horse, 1975)
* [[Barbra Streisand]], ''[[Stoney End (Barbra Streisand album)|Stoney End]]'' (Columbia, 1971)
* [[The Smoke Ring (band)|The Strollers]], ''Swinging Flute in Hi-Fi'' (Score, 1958)
* [[The Sugar Shoppe]], ''The Sugar Shoppe'' (Now Sounds, 1968)
* [[Gene Summers]], ''[[The Ultimate School of Rock & Roll]]'' (Crystal Clear Sound, 1997)
* [[Jim Sullivan (musician)|Jim Sullivan]], ''[[U.F.O. (album)|U.F.O.]]'' (Monnie, 1969)
* [[Big Joe Turner]], ''Life Ain't Easy'' (Pablo, 1983)
* [[Ike & Tina Turner]], ''[[River Deep – Mountain High (album)|River Deep – Mountain High]]'' (London, 1966)
* [[Sarah Vaughan]], ''[[A Time in My Life]]'' (Mainstream, 1971)
* [[Eddie Vinson|Eddie "Cleanhead" Vinson]], ''[[The Original Cleanhead]]'' (BluesTime, 1970)
* [[Tom Waits]], ''[[Blue Valentine (album)|Blue Valentine]]'' (Asylum, 1978)
* [[Joe Williams (jazz singer)|Joe Williams]], ''With Love'' (Temponic, 1972)
* [[Paul Williams (songwriter)|Paul Williams]], ''[[Someday Man]]'' (Reprise, 1970)
* [[Neil Young]], ''[[Neil Young (album)|Neil Young]]'' (Reprise, 1969)
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==== Singles ====
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* "[[The Fat Man (song)|The Fat Man]]" – [[Fats Domino]] (1949)
* "Messy Bessy" – [[Dave Bartholomew]] (1949)
* "[[Lawdy Miss Clawdy]]" – [[Lloyd Price]] (1952)
* "I'm Gone" – [[Shirley and Lee]] (1952)
* "Doin' the Hambone" b/w "Thinkin' 'Bout My Baby" – [[James Booker]] (1954)
* "In the Night" – [[Professor Longhair]] (1954)
* "I Hear You Knockin" – [[Smiley Lewis]] (1955)
* "[[Blue Monday (Fats Domino song)|Blue Monday]]" – [[Fats Domino]] (1955)
* "[[The Girl Can't Help It]]", "[[Rip It Up (Little Richard song)|Rip It Up]]", "[[Long Tall Sally]]",   "[[Slippin' and Slidin']]", "[[Ready Teddy]]" – [[Little Richard]] (1956)
* "[[Chicken Shack Boogie]]" – [[Amos Milburn]] (1956)
* "Ooh-Wee-Baby" – [[Art Neville]] (1956)
* "[[Let the Good Times Roll (Shirley and Lee song)|Let the Good Times Roll]]" – Shirley and Lee (1956)
* "Red Hot" – [[Bob Luman]] (1957)
* "[[You Send Me]]" – [[Sam Cooke]] (1957)
* "[[I'm Walkin']]" – Fats Domino (1957)
* "I'm Leaving It Up to You" – [[Don and Dewey]] (1957)
* "[[Little Bitty Pretty One]]" – [[Bobby Day]] and [[Thurston Harris]] (1957)
* "Busy, Busy", "My Heaven" – Dan Bowden (1958)
* "[[Donna (Ritchie Valens song)|Donna]]" – [[Ritchie Valens]] (1958)
* "[[Summertime Blues]]" – [[Eddie Cochran]] (1958)
* "[[Slow Down (Larry Williams song)|Slow Down]]", "[[Dizzy Miss Lizzy]]", "[[Bony Moronie]]" – [[Larry Williams]] (1958)
* "Polly Molly", "Forever and a Day" – 5 Masks (1958)
* "Patricia Darling", "Whatta You Do" – Ray Willis (1958)
* "[[Nervous (Gene Summers song)|Nervous]]", "[[Gotta Lotta That]]", "[[Twixteen]]", "Crazy Cat Corner" – [[Gene Summers]] (1958)
* "[[Rockin' Robin (song)|Rockin' Robin]]" – [[Bobby Day]] (1958)
* "[[Willie and the Hand Jive]]" – [[Johnny Otis]] (1958)
* "[[La Bamba (song)|La Bamba]]" – [[Ritchie Valens]] (1959)
* "[[Hippy Hippy Shake]]" – [[Chan Romero]] (1959)
* "[[Made In The Shade]]" – [[Jimmy & Alton]] (1959)
* "[[Walking to New Orleans (song)|Walking to New Orleans]]" – [[Fats Domino]] (1960)
* "Percolator Twist" – Billy Joe And The Checkmates (1961)
* "[[The Lonely Bull (song)|The Lonely Bull]]" – [[Herb Alpert]] (1962)
* "High Flyin' Bird" – [[Judy Henske]] (1963)
* "Please Let Me Love You" – The Beefeaters (who later became [[the Byrds]]) (1964)
* "[[The Little Old Lady from Pasadena]]", "[[Dead Man's Curve (song)|Dead Man's Curve]]" – [[Jan and Dean]] (1964)
* "[[You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin']]" – [[The Righteous Brothers]] (1964)
* "[[Please Let Me Wonder]]" – [[The Beach Boys]] (1965)
* "[[Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me]]" – [[Mel Carter]] (1965)
* "[[River Deep - Mountain High]]" – [[Ike & Tina Turner]] (1966)
* "[[I'll Be Back Up On My Feet]]", "We Were Made for Each Other", "Magnolia Simms" – [[The Monkees]] (1968)
* "The Old Laughing Lady", "I've Loved Her So Long" – [[Neil Young]] (1969)
* "She Gets Me Where I Live", "God Sheds His Grace on Thee"  – [[Al Kooper]] (1970)
* "[[It's About Time (Beach Boys song)|It's About Time]]" - The Beach Boys (1970)
* "Whistlin' Past the Graveyard", "Sweet Little Bullet From a Pretty Blue Gun" – [[Tom Waits]] (1978)
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===Film scores===
Palmer was the session drummer for a number of [[film score]]s, including:<ref name=scherman/>

1961
:''[[Judgment at Nuremberg]]'', score by [[Ernest Gold (composer)|Ernest Gold]]
1963
:''[[Hud (1963 film)|Hud]]'', score by [[Elmer Bernstein]]
:''[[It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World]]'', score by [[Ernest Gold (composer)|Ernest Gold]]
1964
:''[[Baby the Rain Must Fall]]'', score by [[Elmer Bernstein]]
:''[[Ride the Wild Surf]]'', score by [[Stu Phillips (composer)|Stu Phillips]]
:''[[Robin and the Seven Hoods]]'', score by [[Nelson Riddle]]

1965
:''[[Boeing Boeing (1965 film)|Boeing Boeing]]'', score by [[Neal Hefti]]
:''[[Harlow (Paramount film)|Harlow]]'', score by [[Neal Hefti]]
:''[[How to Stuff a Wild Bikini]]'', score by [[Les Baxter]]
:''[[A Patch of Blue]]'', score by [[Jerry Goldsmith]]
1967
:''[[Pretty Polly (film)|Pretty Polly]]'', score by [[Michel Legrand]]
:''[[Cool Hand Luke]]'', score by [[Lalo Schifrin]]
:''[[In the Heat of the Night (film)|In the Heat of the Night]]'', score by [[Quincy Jones]]
1968
:''[[A Dandy in Aspic]]'', score by [[Quincy Jones]]

===Television scores===
Palmer was also the session drummer for a number of television show themes and soundtracks, including:<ref name=scherman/>
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* ''[[The Flintstones]]''
* ''[[M Squad]]''
* ''[[77 Sunset Strip]]''
* ''[[Bourbon Street Beat]]''
* ''[[Hawaiian Eye]]''
* ''[[Peyton Place (TV series)|Peyton Place]]''
* ''[[I Dream of Jeannie]]''
* ''[[The Man from U.N.C.L.E.]]''
* ''[[Green Acres]]''
* ''[[Ironside (1967 TV series)|Ironside]]''
* ''[[The Outsider (1968 TV series)|The Outsider]]''
* ''[[It Takes a Thief (1968 TV series)|It Takes a Thief]]''
* ''[[The Leslie Uggams Show]]''
* ''[[The Brady Bunch]]''
* ''[[Delta (American TV series)|Delta]]''
* ''[[The Partridge Family]]''
* ''[[The Odd Couple (1970 TV series)|The Odd Couple]]''
* ''[[The Pearl Bailey Show]]''
* ''[[M*A*S*H (TV series)|M*A*S*H]]''
* ''[[The Midnight Special (TV series)|The Midnight Special]]''
* ''[[Mannix]]''
* ''[[Mission: Impossible (1966 TV series)|Mission: Impossible]]''
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