Roy Harte
Harte (May 27, 1924 – October 26, 2003) was an American jazz drummer and co-founder of Nocturne Records and Pacific Jazz Records. In partnership with Remo Belli, the founder and namesake of internationally famous drumhead manufacturer Remo, he founded "Drum City," a well-known retail drum shop on Santa Monica Boulevard in West Hollywood, California. Harte appeared in Leedy drums endorsement ads in the late 1950s to early 1960s.
Roy Harte
- Name
- Roy Harte
- Birth Name
- Roy S.
- Born
- 27 May 1924
- Birthplace
- New York City United States
- Died
- 26 October 2003
- Place of death
- Burbank, California United States
- Occupation
- Musician, bandleader, music executive
- Nationality
- United States
- Fields
- swing
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Harte (May 27, 1924 – October 26, 2003) was an American jazz drummer and co-founder of Nocturne Records and Pacific Jazz Records. In partnership with Remo Belli, the founder and namesake of internationally famous drumhead manufacturer Remo, he founded "Drum City," a well-known retail drum shop on Santa Monica Boulevard in West Hollywood, California. Harte appeared in Leedy drums endorsement ads in the late 1950s to early 1960s.
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• Name — Roy Harte • Birth Name — Roy S. Hartstein • Born — 27 May 1924 • Birthplace — New York City United States • Died — 26 October 2003 • Place of death — Burbank, California United States • Instrument — Drums, percussion • Genre — Swing music, big band, cool jazz • Occupation — Musician, bandleader, music executive • Years Active — 1943–2003 • Label — * Decca • Nocturne • V-Disc • Pacific Jazz
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• Perfect Percussion: The 44 Instruments of Roy Harte & Milt Holland (World-Pacific Records, 1961)
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• Bobby Sherwood • Billie Rogers • George Paxton • Ike Carpenter • Vido Musso • Ziggy Elman • Dave Pell • Les Brown • Nappy Lamare • Shorty Rogers • Herb Geller • Laurindo Almeida - Laurindo Almeida Quartet Featuring Bud Shank (Pacific Jazz, 1953-1954) • Steve White • Herbie Harper • Bud Shank - Bud Shank - Shorty Rogers - Bill Perkins (Pacific Jazz, 1955) • Bob Enevoldsen • Harry Babasin • Peggy Connelly • The Nash Brothers (Dick & Ted) • Murray McEachern • The Mastersounds • Earl Grant • Percussion Unabridged • Frank Capp • Del Bennett • Jackie Kelso • Jimmy Wyble • John Banister • Arnold Ross With others • Frankie Avalon,...And Now About Mr. Avalon (Chancellor, 1961) • Pat Boone, Great! Great! Great! (Dot, 1961) • Peggy Lee, Jump for Joy (Capitol, 1959) • Randy Newman, 12 Songs (Reprise, 1970)
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